Marcelo Michel Rivadeneira Valenzuela
Senior Researcher
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Aridas (CEAZA)
Coquimbo, Chile
Paleobiology, Biogeography, Historical Ecology, Macroecology, Conservation
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Ph.D. Biological Sciences, P. Universidad Católica de Chile. Chile, 2005
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B.Sc. Marine Sciences, Universidad Arturo Prat. Chile, 1998
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Marine Biologist, Universidad Arturo Prat. Chile, 1998
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Associated Professor
Universidad Católica del Norte
Coquimbo, Chile
2007 - Sin Información
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Full Researcher Full time
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Aridas (CEAZA)
Coquimbo, Chile
2007 - Sin Información
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Full Researcher Full Time
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Aridas (CEAZA)
Coquimbo, Chile
2007 - A la fecha
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Associate Professor Other
Universidad Católica del Norte
Coquimbo, Chile
2007 - A la fecha
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Postdoctoral Scholar Full Time
University of California San Diego
San Diego, Estados Unidos
2005 - 2007
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Associate Researcher Full Time
P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
1998 - 2000
Supervision of PhD theses:
Rodrigo Moreno. 2013. PhD in Ecology and Evolution, Universidad de Chile. “Latitudinal and bathymetric gradients of species richness of benthic polychates of eastern Pacific”
Cynthia Asorey. 2016. PhD in en Applied Biology and Ecology, Consorcio Universidad Católica del Norte-Universidad de la Serena. “Origin and spatial distribution of the genus Scurria: The determining role of ecological and evolutionary processes”
César Chávez. 2015-present. PhD in en Applied Biology and Ecology, Consorcio Universidad Católica del Norte-Universidad de la Serena. “Site-occupancy dynamics in Liolaemus lizards in central Chile: the forcing role of environmental factors and biotic interactions"
Oscar Inostroza-Michael. 2020. PhD In Systematics and Biodiversity, Universidad de Concepcion. "Causes and consequences of the evolution of brain size in mammals: integrating phylogeny and fossils"
Ana Navarro-Campoy. 2021. PhD in en Applied Biology and Ecology, Consorcio Universidad Católica del Norte-Universidad de la Serena. “Evolutionary processes driving the global bathymetric gradient of corals diversity"
Supervision of MSc theses:
Cynthia Asorey. 2010. M.Sc. in Marine Sciences, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo. “Assembly rules in porcelain along southeastern Pacific: the role of evolutionary processes on the species co-occurrence”
Jaime Villafaña. 2015. M.Sc. Marine Sciences, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo “Paleobiogeografía y paleoecología de elasmobranquios del Neógeno del Pacífico de Sudamérica”
Constanza Peña. 2019. M.Sc. in Paleontology, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia. "Geographic patterns of depredation along a latitudinal gradient in relation to early Miocene marine mollusks".
Supervision of undergraduate BSc theses:
Jaime Villafaña. 2010. Marine Biology Thesis, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo. “Selective extinction of marine vertebrates of Neogene of the Pacific South America”.
Albert Neira. 2013. Marine Biology Thesis, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, “Selectivity of predation marks by drilling organisms in mollusk assemblages of the Pleistocene-Holocene of northern Chile".
Melissa González. 2013. Marine Biology Thesis, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, “Paleoecology and stratigraphy of marine Neogene deposits of northern Chile: Systematic paleontology of mollusk and paleoenvironmental reconstruction”.
Pablo Oyanadel. 2015. Marine Biology Thesis. Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, “Fossil bonefishes of the Bahia Inglesa Formation, Caldera, Chile”
Tomas Soto. 2017. Marine Biology Thesis, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo. "Morphological changes in Mulinia edulis (King 1832) (Mactridae: Bivalvia) during the late Quaternary in Tongoy Bay, northern Chile".
Teaching Experience
2009-2020: Invited Professor, Applied Ecology Course, PhD Program in Applied Biology and Ecology, Universidad Católica del Norte-Universidad de la Serena, Coquimbo, Chile.
2008-2021: Invited Professor, Evolutionary Macroecology, PhD Program in Systematic and Biodiversity, Facultad de Zoología, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
2008, 2010, 2012, 2014: Coordinating Professor, Marine Biogeography Course, MSc. Marine Sciences, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile.
2008, 2012: Coordinating Professor, Paleobiology Course, Marine Biology, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile.
The use of sighting records to infer species extinctions: Reply |
A network-theory approach to understanding the paleobiogeographic dynamics of marine bivalves of the southeastern Pacific across the late Cenozoic |
Predicting future extinction risk of Antarctic marine invertebrates |
SISTEMA DE PRODUCCIÓN DE ARTEFACTOS DE PESCA EN CONCHA DE CHOROMYTILUS CHORUS DURANTE EL ARCAICO DE LA COSTA ARREICA CHILENA (TALTAL). |
ESTABLISHING TEMPORAL BASELINES FOR BENTHIC COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CHILEAN COAST BY THE USE OF LIVING AND DEAD MOLLUSC ASSEMBLAGES |
MIOCENE MARINE DIVERSITY ALONG THE COAST OF CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN CHILE ACROSS MULTIPLE TAXA |
MIOCENE MARINE DIVERSITY ALONG THE COAST OF CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN CHILE ACROSS MULTIPLE TAXA |
TRAIT-BASED STRUCTURE OF REEF FISHES=> TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF ASSEMBLY RULES ACROSS BIOGEOGRAPHIC SCALES. |
TRAIT-BASED STRUCTURE OF REEF FISHES=> TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF ASSEMBLY RULES ACROSS BIOGEOGRAPHIC SCALES. |
SPECIES INTERACTIONS IN MOLLUSK ASSEMBLAGES ACROSS GEOGRAPHIC AND EVOLUTIONARY SCALES |
SPECIES INTERACTIONS IN MOLLUSK ASSEMBLAGES ACROSS GEOGRAPHIC AND EVOLUTIONARY SCALES |
Bergmann’s and Cope’s rules and the Evolutionary Dwarfism in Antarctic and Magellan Mollusks |
Estudio de Línea Base y propuesta de Plan General de Administración para un área marina protegida en Bahía Chipana, región de Tarapacá |
Estudio de línea de base y propuesta de plan general de administración para un área marina protegida en bahía Chipana, región de Tarapacá |
Evolutionary determinants of the latitudinal gradients of biodiversity of rocky intertidal gastropods |
EVOLUTIONARY DETERMINANTS OF THE LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS OF BIODIVERSITY OF ROCKY INTERTIDAL GASTROPODS |
Sistematización cartográfica de capas de información ambientales de biodiversidad marina para la planificación ecorregional de la costa de Chile |
Elaboración de plan de gestión para el sitio marino costero Península de Mejillones |
Elaboración de plan de gestión para el sitio marino costero Punta Patache |
Eleven thousand years fishing=> the history of the human impacts on the marine biodiversity at the coastal desert of northern Chile |
Estandarización y compilación de datos de los ecosistemas de Fiordos Marinos en el Sur de Chile |
Estudio de Línea Base de la Biodiversidad Marina del Sitio Prioritario Península de Mejillones |
The structure and dynamics of mollusk assemblages during the late Quaternary in northem Chile=> an historical approach to evaluate the human impacts on coastal marine biodiversity |
THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MOLLUSK ASSEMBLAGES DURING THE LATE QUATERNARY IN NORTHERN CHILE=> AN HISTORICAL APPROACH TO EVALUATE THE HUMAN IMPACTS ON COASTAL MARINE BIODIVERSITY |
Reconstructing the history of human impacts on coastal biodiversity in Chile: constraints and opportunities |
Scaling and power-laws in ecological systems |