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Carola Susana Espinoza Figueroa

Asistente investigador

Universidad de Concepción

Concepcion, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Bacterias marinas gigantes, macrobacterias, arrecifes artificales, Derecho marino y maritimo

Educación

  •  Biología Marina, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2001
  •  Biología Marina, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2002
  •  Marine Affairs and Resources Management, National Taiwan Ocean University. Taiwán, 2017
  •  Derecho Marino y Maritimo, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2018

Experiencia Académica

  •   Investigador Other

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas

    Concepcion, Chile

    2002 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Investigador Other

    Universidad de Concepcion

    Concepcion, Chile

    2002 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1. 2006 – 2015: Universidad de Concepción.
Hierarchy: Teaching Assistant.
Course: Benthic and Demersal Systems.
Associate Professor: Prof. Dr. Víctor Ariel Gallardo

2. 2006 – 2015: Universidad de Concepción
Hierarchy: Teaching Assistant
Course: Benthic Process Research
Associate Professor: Prof. Dr. Víctor Ariel Gallardo

COORDINATION AND SUPPORT IN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS
1. Title: Identificación de las primeras Megabacterias hidrotermales marinas sésiles descubiertas en el sur de Chile
Student: Camila Belmar
College career: Marine Biology
University: Universidad de Concepción
Year: 2012
2. Title: “Patrones ecológicos en la comunidad de bacterias bentónicas del Sulfureto de Humboldt”
Student:: Selim Musleh
College career: Biología Marina
University: Universidad de Concepción
Year: 2013
3. Title: “Estudio mediante isótopos estables de las relaciones tróficas al interior de la comunidad bentónica del Sulfureto de Humboldt en un régimen no-El Niño prolongado”
Student: Valentina Méndez
College career: Biología Marina
University: Universidad de Concepción
Year: 2014
4. Title: “Detección de bacterias reductoras de sulfato filamentosas tipo bacterias cable (Familia: Desulfobulbaceae) en el Sulfureto de Humboldt y sus aplicaciones en el área de la Biotecnología”.
Student: Rocío Paleo
College career: Marine Bioengineering and Aquaculture
University: Universidad de Concepción
Year: 2014

COORDINATION AND SUPPORT IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. Title: Prospección y Caracterización morfológica de bacterias filamentosas multicelulares betónicas de agua dulce en Lagunas chica y grande de San Pedro de la Paz.
Student: Felipe Durán
College career: Biology
University: Universidad de Concepción
Year: 2014


Difusión y Transferencia


2008. Participation in the Documentary “Mundos de la Ciencia”. This documentary describes the Laboratory of Bentos’ work in the University of Concepción.
2006. Participation in the television series “Tesoros del Mar de Chile”, (Artecam).
o Cientific audiovisual work:

• 2008. Direction, production and edition: “Mussel Culture Centers in outh of Chile”. . Universidad Arturo Prat.
Coordination: Dr. Eduardo Bustos

• 2006..Direction of outreach material DVD: “Austral Summer Institute”. Universidad de Concepción.
Coordination: Dr. Víctor Ariel Gallardo

• 2005. Direction, production and edition of aquaculture centers Chile.
Universidad Arturo Prat.
a. Chapter I: Mussels (choritos)
b. Chapter II: Clams (navajuela)
c. Chapter III: Sea urchin (erizos)
Coordination: Dr. Eduardo Bustos.

• 2003. Direction, production and edition of scientific documentaries in Aquaculture topics. Universidad de Concepción.
a. Chapter I: Ensis macha
b. Chapter II: Choromytilus chorus (choro zapato)
c. Chapter III: Loxechinus albus (sea urchin)
d. Chapter IV: Hatchery
e. Chapter V: Mussel culture centers in south of Chile.
Coordination: Dra. Irene Lépez


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Award for the Best Master´s Dissertation of Marine Affairs and Resources Management in National Taiwan Ocean University

    NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY

    Taiwán, 2017

    This award is granted in recognition as the student has the best Master's dissertation of Marine Affairs and Resource Management Institute in National Taiwan Ocean University.


 

Article (8)

Genomic features of "Candidatus Venteria ishoeyi", a new sulfur-oxidizing macrobacterium from the Humboldt Sulfuretum off Chile.
Molecular taxonomy and community dynamics of Actinobacteria in marine sediments off central Chile.
Sulfur-cycling fossil bacteria from the 1.8-Ga Duck Creek Formation provide promising evidence of evolution's null hypothesis
Las grandes Bacterias del Sulfureto de Humboldt
Microbial life in fjord=> Metagenomic analysis of a microbial mat in Chilean Patagonia
Gypsum-permineralized microfossils and their relevance to the search for life on Mars
New communities of large filamentous sulfur bacteria in the eastern South Pacific
The sediment microorganisms under the oxygen minimum zone: present day analogs of precambrian oceans?

BookSection (1)

Bacterias Marinas

BookWhole (3)

Exploremos la Costa
Granjas marinas de arrecifes artificiales: Nueva tecnica de produccion de recursos marinos costeros
Simposio Censo de la Vida Marina de Chile

Proyecto (10)

GENOMIC STUDY OF A MULTICELLULAR FILAMENTOUS SPECIES OF MACROBACTERIA FROM THE HUMBOLDT SULFURETUM.
Metagenómica de comunidades bacterianas asociadas a coladeros hidrotermales someros del Fiordo Comau, Huinay, Región de Los Lagos, Chile
ECOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THE BENTHIC SUBLITTORAL MICROBIAL PROKARYOTIC COMMUNITIES (ARCHAEA AND BACTERIA) IN THE HUMBOLDT CURRENT ECOSYSTEM OFF CHILE WITH INSIGHTS INTO CULTIVATION OF SELECTED SPECIES AND CHEMICA
Ecological study on the composition and structure of the benthic sublittoral microbial prokaryotic communities (Archaea and Bacteria) in the Humboldt Current Ecosystem off Chile with insights into cultivation of selected species and chemical biology
Estructura de la comunidad bacteriana del sulfureto de Chile central=> Análisis de la data 454
Microbial Genome Sequencing Project
Unveiling the Ocean’s Hidden Majority through 454 Tag Sequencing
STUDY ON THE BIODIVERSITY, FUNCTION, AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL PATTERNS OF DISTRIBUTION OF GIANT BENTHIC FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PREVAILING ENSO REGIME CONDITIONS IN THE EASTERN SOUTH PACIF
Study on the biodiversity, function, and temporal and spatial patterns of distribution of giant benthic filamentous bacteria and their relationship with the prevailing ENSO regime conditions in the eastern South Pacific
Census of Marine Life
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Carola Espinoza

Asistente investigador

Oceanografía

Universidad de Concepción

Concepcion, Chile

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VICTOR GALLARDO

Profesor Titular

Oceanografía

Universidad de Concepción

Concepcion, Chile