
Daniel Antonio Garrido Cortes
Associate Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Research areas and interests: Food microbiology, Functional Foods, Prebiotics and Probiotics, Gut microbiome in health and metabolic diseases, microbiome therapeutics, Systems and Synthetic Biology,
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Food Science, emphasis in Biotechnology, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS. Estados Unidos, 2012
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Engineering in Molecular Biotechnology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2005
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University Teaching, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2018
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Assistant Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Engineering
Santiago, Chile
2013 - 2018
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Postdoctoral researcher Full Time
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS
Food Science and Technology
Davis, Estados Unidos
2012 - 2013
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Engineering
Santiago, Chile
2019 - A la fecha
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Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time
University of California Davis
Davis, Estados Unidos
2012 - 2013
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Consultant Part Time
Evolve Biosciences
San Francisco, Estados Unidos
2012 - 2013
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Teaching Assistant Part Time
University of California, Davis
Davis, Chile
2008 - 2011
Postdoctoral researchers
Dr. Daniel Medina
Dr. Pamela Thomson
Dr. Arles Urrutia
Graduates, Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences
Juan José Fuentes, 2014-2019 “Genomic Characterization of Cylindrospermopsis Raciborskii a Cyanobacterium Able to Produce Bioactive Compounds”
Rodrigo Santibáñez, 2016-2020 “Development of rule-based models for regulatory mechanisms of gene expression and bacterial metabolism”
Ph.D. students in progress
Romina Díaz (U. de la Serena), 2018-to date
Kevin González (U. de Cartagena, Colombia), 2018-to date
Marco Vega (U. de Concepción), 2018-to date
Alvaro Altamirano, 2019 to date
Aline Ovalle, 2019 to date
Alexis Torres, 2019 to date
Felipe Melis, 2020 to date
Claudia Silva (codirección; Universidad Mayor, Doctorado Genómica Integrativa)
Joaquín Gutiérrez (codirección; Doctorado Ciencias Biológicas PUC)
Graduated, Master in Engineering Sciences
Aline Ovalle, 2014-2016, graduated. “Interacciones Mediadas por Prebióticos en un Consorcio Modelo del Microbioma Intestinal Infantil”
Francisco Pinto, 2014-2017, graduated. “Construcción de un Modelo Dinámico Basado en Interacciones Metabólicas entre Especies del Microbioma Intestinal”
Natalia Gutiérrez, 2016-2018, graduated. “Deleción de Especies desde un Consorcio de Microbioma Intestinal Sugiere Interacciones Metabólicas Claves entre Microorganismos”
María José Barra, 2019-2021, graduated. “Engineered bacteria for propionate-repressed expression of sfGFP and GM-CSF”
Belén Hirmas, 2019-2021, graduated. “Bi-directional cultures reveal metabolic cross-feeding between gut commensals”
Loreto Román, 2019-2021, graduated. “Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling of the Human Milk Oligosaccharide Utilization by Bifidobacterium Longum Subsp. Infantis”
Guillermo Orellana, 2019-2021, graduated. “Modelamiento a Escala Genómica de las Interacciones Metabolicas entre Microorganismos Comensales y Productores de Butirato”
Masters Students In progress
Kineret Serebrinsky
Javiera Munizaga
Tomás Proschle
Paula Lobos
Undergraduate Research students, Civil Engineering in Biotechnology
Gonzalo Alcaíno
Andrés Cisneros
Ignacia Cancino
Alexis Suárez
Francisco Pedreros
Guillermo Orellana
María José Barra
Bárbara Coloma
Francisca Rojas
Rosa Godoy
Martín Silva
Daniela Contador
Ricardo Leiva
Adolfo Godoy 2021
Tomás Proschle 2021
Paula Lobos 2021
Rocío Arratia 2022
María José Santibáñez 2022
Tays Troncoso 2022
Andrés Canales 2022
Diego Ulloa 2022
Kaina Galdames 2022
Michelle Gibert 2022
Undergraduate thesis, Biochemistry
Samantha Nuñez
Camila Solar
Juan Paulo Pedreros
Amalia Candia
Visiting Students
Taylor Hinchliffe, Columbia University
Participación en programas Conicyt: "Un Dia con un Científico" y programa Explora dictando charlas educaciones a alumnos de educación media.
Difusión de carreras en ingeniería química y biotecnología a alumnos visitantes del programa Embajadores Ingeniería UC (Instituto O'Higgins de Rancagua, Instituto Nacional, Colegio Internacional Sek Chile, Liceo José Toribio Medina, entre otros)
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Panamerican Bimbo Award
Bimbo
Estados Unidos, 2013
Bimbo Award 2013, award to the best thesis in human nutrition, United States area. Dissertation title: A molecular basis for the enrichment of bifidobacteria in the infant gastrointestinal tract”
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Young Investigator Oral Presentation Award
American Societies for Microbiology
Estados Unidos, 2012
Young Investigator Oral Presentation Award. 111th Annual Meeting of the Association of Societies of Microbiology, San Francisco, CA, June 2012.
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National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Award.
National Milk Producers Federation
Estados Unidos, 2011
National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Award. July 2011. Awarded to the most qualified doctoral students in dairy-related sciences in the US.
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Fulbright-CONICYT scholarship
Comisión Fulbright
Chile, 2006
Fulbright-CONICYT scholarship for doctoral programs in the U.S. Ministry of Education and Fulbright Chile Commission, 2006.
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UCDavis Chile Fellow
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS
Chile, 2017
Premio destacada trayectoria Ex-alumnos chilenos de UC Davis
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Malaspina International Scholar Travel (MIST) 2019 Award
International Life Sciences Institute
Estados Unidos, 2018
Malaspina International Scholar Travel (MIST) 2019 Award, by the International Life Sciences Institute. One of six worldwide scholarships to support travel and engage early-career, academic scientists at the ILSI Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium.
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Associate Editor mSystems
American Societies for Microbiology
Estados Unidos, 2020
Parte del board of editors de la revista mSystems, parte de ASM
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Associate Editor Frontiers in Microbiology
Frontiers
Suiza, 2021
Selected as Associate Editor for this journal. Edit 12-15 papers per year.
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Associate Editor - Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins
Springer publishers
Chile, 2022
Selected as associate editor for this journal. Edit 10 papers a year.
The Gut Microbiome after Bariatric Surgery |
Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Health Promotion Through the Gut Microbiome |
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED DIGESTION OF MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES |
Enzymes and methods for cleaving N-glycans from glycoproteins |

Daniel Garrido
Associate Professor
Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Claudio Martinez
Profesor Titular
Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile

MARIA GANGA
academico jornada completa
Departamento en Ciencia y Tecnologia de los Alimentos
UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

José Pérez
Profesor Titular
Ingeniería Química y Bioprocesos
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

JOSE GALGANI
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
NUTRITION, DIABETES AND METABOLISM; AND UDA-CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD, NUTRICION Y DIETETICA
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Lucy Belmar
Profesor asistente adjunto
Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida
Universidad Andrés Bello
Santiago, Chile

Mario Caruffo
Investigador Post-doctoral
Inmunología en Peces
Universidad Andrés Bello
Santiago, Chile

Guillermo Figueroa
Profesor Asociado
Laboratorio: Microbiología de Alimentos y Probióticos
INTA, Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Luz Vásquez
Profesor Asociado
Genética Molecular y Microbiología
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Danilo Pérez
Investigador
Programa Institucional de Fomento a la Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación
UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA METROPOLITANA
Santiago, Chile
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Francisco Salinas
Profesor Auxiliar
Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiolgía
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile

Lliliana Godoy
Profesor Asistente
Fruticultura y Enología
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Juan Ugalde
Assistant Professor
Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida
Universidad Andrés Bello
Santiago, Chile