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Leonardo David Fernández Parra

ACADEMICO INVESTIGADOR

Universidad de Las Américas

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Integro ecología molecular y salud pública bajo el enfoque One Health para investigar la conexión entre el microbioma humano, animal y ambiental ante al cambio climático, la pérdida de biodiversidad y los contaminantes en entornos naturales y urbanos

Educación

  •  BSc. BIOLOGIA MARINA, UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS. Chile, 2010
  •  DR. SISTEMATICA Y BIODIVERSIDAD, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2013
  •  DR. CIENCIAS BIOLÓGICAS, UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL. Suiza, 2016
  •  MAGISTER ONE HEALTH - UNA SALUD, UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS. Chile, 2025
  •  Epidemiologia y Gestión de Riesgo en Salud, UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS. Chile, 2025
  •  Salud de Ecosistemas y Conflictos Ambientales, UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS. Chile, 2025

Experiencia Académica

  •   INVESTIGADOR ASOCIADO Part Time

    UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL

    Faculté des Sciences

    NEUCHATEL, Suiza

    2015 - 2016

  •   PROFESOR ASISTENTE Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS

    FACULTAD DE MEDICINA VETERINARIA Y AGRONOMÍA

    CONCEPCION, Chile

    2016 - 2017

  •   PROFESOR ASOCIADO Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD BERNARDO O'HIGGINS

    CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS NATURALES Y SUSTENTABILIDAD (CIRENYS)

    SANTIAGO, Chile

    2017 - 2023

  •   POSICION POSTDOCTORAL Part Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS

    SANTIAGO, Chile

    2017 - 2018

  •   PROFESOR ASOCIADO Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD BERNARDO O'HIGGINS

    CIENCIAS MEDICAS

    SANTIAGO, Chile

    2023 - 2024

  •   PROFESOR ASOCIADO Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS

    MEDICINA VETERINARIA Y AGRONOMÍA

    SANTIAGO, Chile

    2024 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Investigador principal

    EX-Consultora CEGEDE

    Chile

    2008 - 2008

  •   Co-gestor

    Fundación/ONG

    Chile

    2009 - A la fecha

  •   JEFE DE LABORATORIO Full Time

    CONSULTORA LINNAEUS

    PUERTO MONTT, Chile

    2010 - 2011

  •   ANALISTA DE LABORATORIO Full Time

    CONSULTORA LITORAL AUSTRAL

    PUERTO MONTT, Chile

    2008 - 2010

Premios y Distinciones

  •   Young Testate Amoebae Researcher

    International Society of Protistology

    Alemania, 2016

    Premio internacional entregado por mi labor en la investigación de microorganismos eucariotas.


 

Article (29)

Inland saline lakes as hotspots of specialized, non-marine protist diversity; the case of Arcellinida (Amoebozoa).

Useros, F; Fernández, LD; González-Miguéns, R; Soler-Zamora, C; Lara, E

Article WOS CORE COLLECTION ISI, SCOPUS
ENVIRONMENTAL DNA  (2025)

Protist ecology in Patagonian peatlands: pH, organic phosphorus, and sulfate as key drivers of testate amoeba diversity in undisturbed ecosystems.

Fernández, LD; Marchant, M

Article WOS CORE COLLECTION ISI, SCOPUS
ZOOKEYS  (2025)

Rapoport's Rule, the Ecotone Concept, and Salinity Gradient Predict the Distribution of Benthic Foraminifera in a Southeastern Pacific Estuary

Fernández, Leonardo D.; Marchant, Margarita

Article ISI SCOPUS
Ecologies  (2025)

Global distribution modelling of a conspicuous Gondwanian soil protist reveals latitudinal dispersal limitation and range contraction in response to climate warming

Bruni, Estelle P.; Rusconi, Olivia; Broennimann, Olivier; Adde, Antoine; Jauslin, Raphaël; Krashevska, Valentyna; Kosakyan, Anush; du Chatelet, Eric Armynot; Armynot du Châtelet, Eric; Alcino, João P.B.; et al.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Diversity and Distributions  (2024)

Global distribution modelling of Apodera vas, a flagship protist for microbial biogeography, confirms dispersal limitation and reveals threat to microbial diversity from climate warming

Bruni, EP; Rusconi, O; Broennimann, O; Adde, A; Jauslin, R; Armynot du Châtelet, E; Alcino, JPB; Beyens, L; Burdman, L; Fernández, LD; et al.

Article WOS Core collection ISI, SCOPUS
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS  (2024)

Redescription of the enigmatic myriapod Hanseniella chilensis (Hansen, 1903) (Symphyla, Scutigerellidae) based on scanning electron microscope images of Chilean specimens

Parra-Gomez, Antonio; Perez-schultheiss, Jorge; Fernández, Leonardo D.

Article ISI SCOPUS
ZooKeys  (2024)

The southernmost record for a symphylan: Hanseniella guerreroi sp. nov. (Myriapoda, Scutigerellidae), an inhabitant of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago

Porta, Andres O.; Parra-Gomez, Antonio; Poy, Dante; Kreps, Gaston; Mackenzie, Roy; Pastur, Guillermo Martinez; Fernández, Leonardo D.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Zoosystematics and Evolution  (2024)

Two new genera of coastal Talitridae (Amphipoda: Senticaudata) from Chile, with the first record of Platorchestia Bousfield, 1982 in the southeastern Pacific coast

Perez-schultheiss, Jorge; Fernández, Leonardo D.; Ribeiro, Felipe bezerra

Article ISI SCOPUS
Zootaxa  (2024)

Microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning in fragmented rivers worldwide

Lu, Lunhui; Zhao, Dayong; Li, Zhe; Fernández, Leonardo D.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Frontiers in Microbiology  (2023)

Microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning in fragmented rivers worldwide.

Fernández, LD

Article WOS CORE COLLECTION ISI, SCOPUS
Frontiers in Microbiology  (2023)

Checklist, diversity and biogeography of ciliates (Ciliophora) from Chile

Campello-Nunes, Pedro H.; Woelfl, Stefan; Silva-Neto, Inacio D. da; Paiva, Thiago da S.; Fernández, Leonardo D.

Article ISI
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY  (2022)

Filling gaps in the diversity and biogeography of Chilean millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda)

Parra-Gomez, Antonio; Fernández, Leonardo D.

Article ISI
ARTHROPOD SYSTEMATICS & PHYLOGENY  (2022)

Niche Conservatism Drives the Elevational Diversity Gradient in Major Groups of Free-Living Soil Unicellular Eukaryotes

Fernández, Leonardo D.; Seppey, Christophe V. W.; Singer, David; Fournier, Bertrand; Tatti, Dylan; Mitchell, Edward A. D.; Lara, Enrique

Article ISI
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY  (2022)

Designation of a neotype for Orchestoidea tuberculata Nicolet, 1849 (Amphipoda: Senticaudata: Talitridae), a monotypic sandhopper endemic to the southeastern Pacific coast

Pérez-Schultheiss, J.; Fernández, L.D.; Bezerra Ribeiro, F.

Article WOS Core Collection ISI
ZOOTAXA  (2021)

Designation of a neotype for Orchestoidea tuberculata Nicolet, 1849 (Amphipoda: Senticaudata: Talitridae), a monotypic sandhopper endemic to the southeastern Pacific coast.

Fernández, LD

Article WOS CORE COLLECTION ISI, SCOPUS
ZOOTAXA  (2021)

Macronuclear plasticity in Spirostomum (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea) life cycle.

Fernández, LD; Soares, C.A.G.

Article WOS CORE COLLECTION ISI, SCOPUS
PROTIST  (2021)

Peatlands of Southern South America: a review.

Iturraspe, R; Pancotto V; Díaz, MF; Fernández, LD; Roland T; Mauquoy D

Article WOS CORE COLLECTION ISI, SCOPUS
MIRES AND PEAT  (2021)

Dispersal limitations and historical factors determine the biogeography of specialized terrestrial protists

Payne R.J.; Duckert C.; Fournier, B; Granath, G; Rydin H.; Bragazza L.; Koronatova N.G.; Goia I.; Harris L.I.; Kajuka?o K.; et al.

Article ISI SCOPUS
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY  (2019)

Environmental filtering and phylogenetic clustering correlate with the distribution patterns of cryptic protist species

Kosakyan, A; Pillonel, A; Fernández, LD; Fontaneto, D; Mitchell, EAD; Lara, E

Article ISI SCOPUS
ECOLOGY  (2018)

Genetic Diversity and Distribution of Blastocystis Subtype 3 in Human Populations, with Special Reference to a Rural Population in Central Mexico

Rojas-Velazquez, L; Moran, P; Serrano-Vazquez, A; Fernández, LD; Perez-Juarez, H; Poot-Hernandez, AC; Portillo, T; Partida-Rodriguez, O; Nieves-Ramirez, ME; Magana, U; et al.

Article ISI
BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL  (2018)

Population Dynamics of Amoeboid Protists in a Tropical Desert: Seasonal Changes and Effects of Vegetation and Soil Conditions

Perez-Juarez, Horacio; Serrano-Vazquez, Angelica; Ximenez, Cecilia; Rodriguez-Zaragoza, Salvador; Eguiarte, Luis E.; Hernandez Moreno, Mayra M.; Rojas-Velazquez, Liliana; Moran, Patricia; Castillo, Mariela; Rivera Aguilar, Victor M.

Article ISI
ACTA PROTOZOOLOGICA  (2018)

First freshwater member ever reported for the family Bathycoccaceae (Chlorophyta, Archaeplastida) from Argentinean Patagonia revealed by environmental DNA survey

Schiaffino M.R.; Izaguirre, I

Article ISI SCOPUS
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY  (2017)

Geographical distance and local environmental conditions drive the genetic population structure of a freshwater microalga (Bathycoccaceae; Chlorophyta) in Patagonian lakes



Article ISI SCOPUS
FEMS Microbiology Ecology  (2017)

A legacy of human-induced ecosystem changes: spatial processes drive the taxonomic and functional diversities of testate amoebae in Sphagnum peatlands of the Galapagos

Fournier, B; Coffey, EED; van der Knaap, WO; Fernández, LD; Bobrov, A.; Mitchell, EAD

Article ISI SCOPUS
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY  (2016)

Microbial eukaryote communities exhibit robust biogeographical patterns along a gradient of Patagonian and Antarctic lakes

Seppey, CCW

Article ISI SCOPUS
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY  (2016)

Checklist, diversity and distribution of testate amoebae in Chile

Fernández, LD; Lara, E; Mitchell, EAD

Article ISI SCOPUS
European Journal of Protistology  (2015)

Taphonomy of Ammonia beccarii (Linne, 1758) (Protozoa: Foraminiferida) in the Quillaipe Inlet, Chile

Fernández, L; Zapata, J

Article ISI SCIELO SCOPUS
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research  (2010)

QUALITY OF THE RIPARIAN VEGETATION OF THE MAULLIN RIVER (41 degrees 28 ' S; 72 degrees 59 ' W) USING QBR INDEX

Fernández, L; Rau, J.; Arriagada, A

Article ISI
GAYANA BOTANICA  (2009)

Morphology and Morphometry of Apodera vas (Certes, 1889) (Protozoa: Testacea) from Two Peatlands in Southern Chile

Zapata, J; Fernández, L

Article ISI SCOPUS
ACTA PROTOZOOLOGICA  (2008)

BookSection (3)

Composición y estructura comunitaria de las amebas tecadas en las turberas de la región de Aysén, Chile



BookSection
 (2021)

Amoebae

Siemensma F; Burdmann L

BookSection
 (2020)

Introduction to Free-Living Protozoa



BookSection
 (2020)

Proyecto (4)

Unifying macro- and microbial biogeography: patterns and processes driving the latitudinal diversity gradient in plants, protists, bacteria and viruses

Fernández, LD

Proyecto
 (2022)

MYXOTROPICS VI

Lado, Carlos

Proyecto I participate as researcher in the current (sixth) stage of this project
 (2019)

Unravelling microbial biogeography - Elevational patterns and causes of diversity in unicellular organisms from all three domains of life (Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya)

Fernández, LD

Proyecto
 (2018)

Towards a Better Understanding of Microbial Biogeography

Fernández, LD

Proyecto
 (2017)

Review (1)

Soil protists: A fertile frontier in soil biology research

Geisen S

Review ISI SCOPUS
 (2018)

2
Cristian Hernandez

Full Professor

Universidad San Sebastián

Concepción, Chile

1
Jaime Rau

Full professor

Ciencias Biológicas y Biodiversidad

Universidad de Los Lagos

Osorno, Chile

37
Leonardo Fernández

ACADEMICO INVESTIGADOR

Universidad de Las Américas

Santiago, Chile

2
Luis Eguiarte

Full-time C Principal Investigator

Evolutionary Ecology

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico

Ciudad de México, México