Food web structure of pelagic systems, carbon flows in the pelagic zone, biological oceanography, autecology of carnivorous zooplankton, trophic impact of carnovorous zooplankton.

Courses

ICML080 Introduction to Biological Oceanography
ICML101 Excursions to the marine Environment
ICML105 Basic Zoology
ICML204 Marine Invertebrates
ICML263 Scientific Methods and experimental design
ICML281 Physical Oceanography
ICML244 Dynamic of Marine Ecosystems
ICML284 Biological Oceanography

Undergraduate students:

2016 Marine Biology Student Tomas Vallejos (UACh). Colonization and degradation of bacteria on copepod carcasses at different salinities along the Valdivia river estuary. March 2016.

2013 Marine Biology Student Katty Riquelme (UACh). Phisical and chemical patterns which modulate the distribution and abundance of the nano and picoplanktonic communit along the Valdivia river basin.. Defensa 15december 2013.(advisor)

2012 Marine Biology Student: Santiago Ancapichun (UACh) Thesis: Variability of the south pacific anticyclone and its oceanographic implications along Chilean coast. Co-advisor

Graduate Students
Advisor Master in Science on Hydrological Resources, Universidad Austral de Chile Tomas Vallejos. "Seasonal degradation of Acartia tonsa carcasses by heterotrophic bacteria at different salinities at the Valdivia River estuary, Chile. August 2018.

Co advisor Student: Dayane Osman. Master in Science on Hydrological Resources, Universidad Austral de Chile: "Environmental Effects of Cordon-Caulle eruption on the distribution of phytoplankton in seven Araucanian lakes region of Rivers. November 13, 2013.

External Reviewer: Paula Mendoza Student Master in Oceanography. Universidad de Concepción. Thesis Title: "Distribution of carnivorous gelatinous zooplankton in the upwelling region of northern Chile: Effect of oxygen minimum zone and implications for early stages of anchovy, EngraulisRingens". Defense in January 2011

External Reviewer: Paulo Lagos. Master Thesis in Marine Biology(Universidad Andres Bello). Effects of UV radiation on the RNA / DNA ratio and Antarctic copepods central Chile.July 2013.

Academic Service
Invited Lecturer for the international Postgraduate course (Universidad de Concepcion).
Invited Lecturer for the PhD course of Coastal Oceanography. Universidad Austral de Chile.

Reviewer for: Journal of Plankton Research, Continental Shelf Research, Marine Ecology Progress Series,
Progress in Oceanography, Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, Coasts and Shelf Science, Polar Biology, Journal of Marine Systems, Deep Sea Research I, Marine Biology, Crustaceana, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

Proposal evaluator for: CONICYT, Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), Argentinian National Agency of Science and Technology (Agencia Nacional de Promoción de Ciencia y Tecnología - ANPCyT).