
Praxedes Natalia Muñoz Parra
Full professor
UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE
Coquimbo, Chile
My area of interest is focused on the trace elements biogeochemistry and radioisotopic techniques applied to paleo-environmental research to explain past (Holocene) and recent oceanographic processes.
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Chemical Oceanography, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2002
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Oceanography, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 1999
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Marine Biologist, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 1993
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academic assistant Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas
Concepción, Chile
1992 - 1992
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Associate Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE
Ciencias del Mar
Coquimbo, Chile
2003 - At present
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Researcher Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Centro Copas
Concepción, Chile
2002 - 2003
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Researcher Part Time
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile
2002 - 2003
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Consultant PMEIA Projects Part Time
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile
1994 - 1996
2004: Undergraduate Thesis Director, Universidad Católica del Norte to obtain the professional title of Marine Biologist, Mis Daniella Herrera. Title:“ Spatial and temporal distribution of trace metals in Tongoy Bay”.
2005: Co-Director of Master Thesis, Master of Marine Sciences, Universidad Católica del Norte, Mr. Edward Peñalver, Title: “Dynamics of the upper layer of the coastal zone in front of Coquimbo and its relationship with the distribution of nutrients and chlorophyll”
2007: Undergraduate Thesis Director, Universidad Católica del Norte to obtain the professional title of Marine Biologist, Mis Lissette Cárdenas: Title: “Use of trace metals as indicators of paleoproductivity in an upwelling zone of the continental margin of south-central Chile (36º S)”.
2008: Training for chemical tools to characterize benthic marine environments. Undergraduate student exchange program: Mr. Pierre-Olivier Coste from Montpellier-2 University, France.
2009: Undergraduate Thesis Director, Universidad Católica del Norte to obtain the professional title of Marine Biologist, Mr. Jorge Inostroza, Title: " Geochemistry of trace elements in an area of minimum oxygen in south-central Chile (36°S)".
2009: Undergraduate Thesis Director, Universidad Católica del Norte to obtain the professional title of Marine Biologist, Mr. Luis Menares, Title: " Use of phosphorus in the paleoceanographic reconstruction of sedimentary recesses of the Marinelli fjord (54°S), Chile".
2010: Undergraduate Thesis Director, Universidad Católica del Norte to obtain the professional title of Marine Biologist, Mis Karen Araya, Title: " Distribution of minor and trace elements in the Bay of Tongoy: an approximation of its dynamic".
2013: Master Thesis Director, Program: Master in Environmental Management, Universidad Católica del Norte, Mis Karen Araya, Title: " The protection of marine waters in Chile: analysis of the institutional framework of environmental regulations and their applicability".
2013: Master Thesis Director, Program: Master in Marine Sciences mention Coastal Resources, Universidad Católica del Norte, Mis. Lissette Cárdenas, Title: "Geochemical characterization of oxic and suboxic sediments in three contrasting sites in front of the Chilean continental margin; El Quisco methane seepage zone (33 ° S), Concepción methane seepage zone (36 ° S) and Chilean Triple Point (46°S)".
2016: Undergraduate Thesis Reviewer, Universidad de Concecpión to obtain the professional title of Marine Biologist, Mis Katherine Lalangui, Title: " Reconstruction of the siliceous paleoproductivity preserved in marine sediments of the Chilean semi-arid bay system, Guanaqueros and Tongoy (30°S)".
2020: Undergraduate Thesis Reviewer to obtain a professional degree in Geophysics, Universidad de Concepción, Mr. Ivan Almendras. Title: “Variability in sedimentary core data in the central region of Chile: interpretation of oxygenation processes on an inter-annual and inter-decadal scale”.
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Conicyt Scholarship
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Chile, 1998
doctoral scholarship
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Short Research Stay DAAD
UNIVERSIDAD DE KIEL
Alemania, 2000
three months
Bioturbation by symbiont-bearing annelids in near-axonic sediments: Implications for biofacies models and paleo-oxygen assessments (vol 199, pg 129, 2003) |

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Juan Manuel Vega
Investigador Asociado
Biología Marina
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Marcel Ramos
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Coquimbo, Chile

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Profesora Asociada
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Conservación
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