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Luis Rodrigo Orrego Fuentealba

Associate Professor / Asociate Researcher

University of Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

Ecology, Aquatic Toxicology, Ecological Risk Assessment (PAHs, PCBs, Metals, Pesticides, EDCs, Plastic), Real-time Biosensors (aquatic organisms), Genomics/Proteomics Biomarker, Ecotoxicology, Endocrinology, Adverse Outcome Pathways .

Environmental Sciences, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2005
Marine Biologist, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 1998
Marine Sciences, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 1998
Environmental Management, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2001

Associate Professor / Associate Professor Full Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA

Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Recursos Biologicos

Antofagasta, Chile

2011 - A la fecha
Post Doctoral Fellow in Aquatic Toxicology Full Time

University of Ontario Institute of technology

Science

Oshawa, ON., Canada

2005 - 2011

Profesor Asistente Full Time

Universidad de Antofagasta

ANTOFAGASTA, Chile

2012 - 2018
Profesor Asociado Full Time

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

2018 - A la fecha

(2023 - 2025) Dr (c) Nataly Lobos (Becaria ANID). Análisis ecotoxicológico de la cuenca de Río Loa, segunda región de Antofagasta, Chile: aproximaciones para determinar riesgo ecológico de metales(oides) desde una perspectiva química, biológica y social. Profesor Tutor de Tesis en desarrollo (Doctorado en Ciencias Aplicadas, Mención Sistemas Marinos Costeros): Facultad de Ciencias del Naturales y Recursos del Mar, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile.

(2023 - 2024) MSc. (c) Juan Cortes (Becario ANID). Evaluación integrada de calidad ambiental: análisis de riesgo ecológico y respuesta de biomarcadores de metales en ostiones (A. purpuratus) expuestos a sedimentos submareales de la Bahía Algodonales (Tocopilla). Profesor Co-Tutor de Tesis en desarrollo (Magister en Ecología de Sistemas Acuáticos): Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Recursos Biológicos, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile.

(2024) Dr. Enzo Garcia Bartolomei (Becario ANID). Multidisciplinary environmental approach to the sustainable management of seawater desalination effluents. Profesor Co-tutor de Tesis (Doctorado en Ciencias Ambientales, Mención Sistemas Acuáticos Continentales): Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

(2020 - 2021) Javiera Sandoval. Capacidad de absorción de Cd, Cu, Ni y Pb ben Macrocystis pyrifera, Lessonia berteroana y Gracilaria chilensis, como herramienta de biorremediación de ambientes marinos contaminados. Profesor Tutor de Tesis (Biología Marina): Facultad de Ciencias del Naturales y Recursos del Mar, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile.

(2021) MSc. Nataly Lobos (Becaria ANID). Relación entre el riesgo ecológico y la expresión de biomarcadores genéticos de detoxificación de metales (MT-A) y carcinogénesis (p53) en trucha arcoíris (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum, 1792) a causa de los metales pesados presentes en la cuenca del río Loa, segunda región de Antofagasta, Chile. Profesor Tutor de Tesis (Magister en Ecología de Sistemas Acuáticos): Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Recursos Biológicos, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile.

(2020) Roberto Ramirez. Impacto antropogénico en nidos de cormorán lile Phalacrocorax gaimardi (Lesson y Garnot, 1828) en Mejillones, región de Antofagasta, Chile. Profesor Tutor de Tesis (Biología Marina): Facultad de Ciencias del Naturales y Recursos del Mar, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile.

(2019) Nataly Lobos. Induction of MT, HIF-1 and VEGF genes expression as biomarkers of carcinogenesis in liver and gills of adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) by exposure to Cd and Pb. Profesor Tutor de Tesis (Biología Marina): Facultad de Ciencias del Naturales y Recursos del Mar, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile.

(2019) Dr. Ana Maria Garcia Cegarra (Becaria ANID). Interactions effects between cetaceans and humans in south east pacific. Profesor Tutor de Tesis (Doctorado en Ciencias Aplicadas, Mención Sistemas Marinos Costeros): Facultad de Ciencias del Naturales y Recursos del Mar, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile.

(2019) Agustin Vargas. Contaminación por metales pesados en diferentes matrices ambientales y su relación con las variables oceanográficas en la bahía de San Jorge, Antofagasta. Profesor Tutor de Tesis (Biología Marina): Facultad de Ciencias del Naturales y Recursos del Mar, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile.

(2018) Guillermo Valenzuela. Concentración de metales pesados de origen antropogénico en sedimentos intermareales y organismos bentónicos en la costa de Taltal-Paposo. Profesor Tutor de Tesis (Biología Marina): Facultad de Ciencias del Naturales y Recursos del Mar, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile.

(2018) MSc. Giannina Maya Hun (Becaria ANID). Desalination Industrial effluents in marine coastal areas: Genetic biomarkers identification and evaluation of impacts associated with water desalination used in mining processes activities. Profesor Co-tutor de Tesis (Magister en Ciencias de la Ingeniería Mención Procesos Minerales): Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antofagasta., Chile.

(2017) Dr. Patricia Romero. Efectos sobre la expresión del Gen de Metalotioneinas y la acumulación en concha de Argopecten purpuratus por exposición a metales presentes en la Bahía San Jorge. Profesor Tutor de Tesis (Doctorado en Ciencias Aplicadas, Mención Sistemas Marinos Costeros): Facultad de Ciencias del Naturales y Recursos del Mar, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile.

(2015) Javiera Godoy. Toxicidad de Pb y Cd en embriones y juveniles de Argopecten purpuratus (Lamark, 1819), Antofagasta, Chile. Profesor Tutor de Tesis (Ecología Marina): Facultad de Ciencias del Naturales y Recursos del Mar, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile.

(2011) MSc. Monique Robichaud Effects of Ibuprofen and Naproxen on Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Based on Chronic Waterborne Exposures. Thesis Co-supervisor (Master in Applied Bioscience): University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa Canada.

(2011) MSc. Zacharias Pendelides. Studying the anti-estrogenic and liver metabolic effects of DHAA in rainbow trout. Thesis Co-supervisor (Master in Applied Bioscience): University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa Canada.

(2010) MSc. Christopher Bourdages. The Potential of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis to Predict the Energy Content of Fish. Thesis Co-supervisor (Master in Applied Bioscience): University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa Canada.

(2010) MSc. Richard Nesbitt. Environmental Fate and Reproductive Implications of NSAIDs. Thesis Co-supervisor (Master in Applied Bioscience): University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa Canada.

(2009) MSc. Lindsay Beyger. Growth, survivability, and reproductive effects of endosulfan on Jordanella floridae (flagfish) over one complete life-cycle. Thesis Co-supervisor (Master in Applied Bioscience): University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa Canada.

(2009) MSc. Mathumai Ganeshakumar. Chronic toxicity assessment of Canadian bottled water using the cnidarian Hydra viridissima (green hydra). Thesis Co-supervisor (Master in Applied Bioscience): University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa Canada.

(2009) MSc. Jeffrey Armour. Biochemical effects of endosulfan on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) under laboratory and field caged fish condition in Oshawa Creek. Thesis Co-supervisor (Master in Applied Bioscience): University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa Canada.

(2004) Gustavo Moraga Cid. Reproductive effects in juvenile female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to sediment from pulp and paper mill industrial discharge áreas. Profesor Tutor de Tesis (Biología Marina): Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

(2003) Paula Alejandra Avendaño Silva. Inducción de la actividad MFO y evaluación de los niveles de hormonas esteroidales en trucha arcoíris (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum, 1990) Profesor Tutor de Tesis (Biología Marina): Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

SETAC/Procter & Gamble Fellowship for Doctoral Research in Environmental Science

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Estados Unidos, 2002

Fellowship for Doctoral Research in Environmental Science (PhD Thesis developed in EULA-Chile, University of Concepcion).
Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI). ON, Canada: Post Doctoral Fellowship

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Canada, 2007

The MRI program provides outstanding scientists, who have recently received their PhD, with two-year fellowships at Ontario's research institutions.
Research Graduate Student Program

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUT

Estados Unidos, 2005

Short Time Research Graduate Student Program. University of Concepcion (Chile), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA) and Andes Foundation (Chile).
PhD Scholarship

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Chile, 2001

2001-2002 PhD scholarship (Universidad de Concepcion Graduate School)
Programa MECESUP

UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA

Chile, 2012

Programa Mejoramiento de la Calidad de la Educación Superior (MECESUP) Doctorado en Ciencias Aplicadas Sistemas marinos Costeros, Universidad de Antofagasta


Tolerance of free-living larval stage of a parasite from coastal mining areas in northern Humboldt Current to copper pollution at low and high temperatures Leiva, Natalia V.; Montenegro, Diana; Orrego, Rodrigo; Vidal, Rodrigo; Gonzalez, M. Teresa Article ISI PLOS ONE (2024)
Desalination effects on macroalgae (part A): Laboratory-controlled experiments with <i>Dictyota</i> spp. from the Pacific Ocean and Mediterranean Sea Munoz, Pamela T.; Rodriguez-Rojas, Fernanda; Celis-Pla, Paula S. M.; Lopez-Marras, Americo; Blanco-Murillo, Fabio; Sola, Ivan; Lavergne, Celine; Valenzuela, Fernando; Orrego, Rodrigo; Sanchez-Lizaso, Jose Luis; Saez, Claudio A. Article ISI FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE (2023)
Desalination effects on macroalgae (part b): Transplantation experiments at brine-impacted sites with <i>Dictyota</i> spp. from the Pacific Ocean and Mediterranean Sea Munoz, Pamela T.; Rodriguez-Rojas, Fernanda; Celis-Pla, Paula S. M.; Lopez-Marras, Americo; Blanco-Murillo, Fabio; Sola, Ivan; Lavergne, Celine; Valenzuela, Fernando; Orrego, Rodrigo; Sanchez-Lizaso, Jose Luis; Saez, Claudio A. Article ISI FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE (2023)
Metal concentrations in <i>Isognomon alatus</i> by stages and climatic seasons in San Andres Island, Colombian Caribbean Romero-Murillo, Patricia; Campos Campos, Nestor Hernando; Orrego, Rodrigo Article ISI ACTA BIOLOGICA COLOMBIANA (2023)
Defining Priority Areas for the Sustainable Development of the Desalination Industry in Chile: A GIS Multi-Criteria Analysis Approach Garcia-Bartolomei, Enzo; Vasquez, Vanesa; Rebolledo, Gonzalo; Vivallo, Andres; Acuna-Ruz, Tomas; Rebolledo, Jose; Orrego, Rodrigo; Barra, Ricardo O. Article ISI SUSTAINABILITY (2022)
Endocrine Disruptor Impacts on Fish From Chile: The Influence of Wastewaters Barra, Ricardo O.; Chiang, Gustavo; Saavedra, Maria Fernanda; Orrego, Rodrigo; Servos, Mark R.; Hewitt, L. Mark; McMaster, Mark E.; Bahamonde, Paulina; Tucca, Felipe; Munkittrick, Kelly R. Article ISI FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY (2021)
Integrated Physiological Biomarkers Responses in Wild Fish Exposed to the Anthropogenic Gradient in the Biobio River, South-Central Chile Quiroz-Jara, Mauricio; Casini, Silvia; Cristina Fossi, Maria; Orrego, Rodrigo; Gavilan, Juan F.; Barra, Ricardo Article ISI ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (2021)
Persistence, bioaccumulation and vertical transfer of pollutants in long-finned pilot whales stranded in Chilean Patagonia Garcia-Cegarra, Ana M.; Jung, Jean-Luc; Orrego, Rodrigo; Padilha, Janeide de A.; Malm, Olaf; Ferreira-Braz, Bernardo; Santelli, Ricardo E.; Pozo, Karla; Pribylova, Petra; Alvarado-Rybak, Mario; Azat, Claudio; Kidd, Karen A.; Espejo, Winfred; Chiang, Gustavo; Bahamonde, Paulina Article ISI SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2021)
Sex-Related Embryotoxicity of Pulp Mill Effluent Extracts in Medaka (<i>Oryzias latipes</i>) Female Leucophore-free FLFII Strain Orrego, Rodrigo; Guchardi, John; Beyger, Lindsay; Barra, Ricardo; Hewitt, L. Mark; Holdway, Douglas Article ISI ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY (2021)
Ecophysiological and cellular stress responses in the cosmopolitan brown macroalga <i>Ectocarpus</i> as biomonitoring tools for assessing desalination brine impacts Rodriguez-Rojas, Fernanda; Lopez-Marras, Americo; Celis-Pla, Paula S. M.; Munoz, Pamela; Garcia-Bartolomei, Enzo; Valenzuela, Fernando; Orrego, Rodrigo; Carratala, Adoracion; Luis Sanchez-Lizaso, Jose; Saez, Claudio A. Article ISI DESALINATION (2020)
Red-legged cormorant uses plastic as nest material in an artificial breeding colony of Atacama Desert coast Garcia-Cegarra, Ana M.; Ramirez, Roberto; Orrego, Rodrigo Article ISI MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN (2020)
Assessing wild fish exposure to ligands for sex steroid receptors from pulp and paper mill effluents in the Biobio River Basin, Central Chile Orrego, R; Hewitt, LM; McMaster, M; Chiang, G; Quiroz, M; Munkittrick, K; Gavilan, JF; Barra, R Article ISI SCOPUS ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY (2019)
Embryo-larvae and juvenile toxicity of Pb and Cd in Northern Chilean scallop Argopecten purpuratus Romero-Murillo, P; Espejo, W; Barra, R; Orrego, R Article ISI SCOPUS ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT (2018)
Geologic and anthropogenic sources of contamination in settled dust of a historic mining port city in northern Chile: health risk implications Tapia, Joseline S.; Valdes, Jorge; Orrego, Rodrigo; Tchernitchin, Andrei; Dorador, Cristina; Bolados, Aliro; Harrod, Chris Article ISI SCOPUS PEERJ (2018)
EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL OF EFFLUENT EXTRACTS FROM PULP AND PAPER MILLS IN CANADA, BRAZIL, AND NEW ZEALAND TO AFFECT FISH REPRODUCTION: ESTROGENIC EFFECTS IN FISH Orrego, Rodrigo; Milestone, Craig B.; Hewitt, L. Mark; Guchardi, John; Heid-Furley, Tatiana; Slade, Alison; MacLatchy, Deborah L.; Holdway, Douglas Article ISI SCOPUS ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY (2017)
Exposure of rainbow trout to industrial wastewater is associated with immune-related gene expression and hematological changes Miandare, H. K.; Yarahmadi, P.; Jalali, M. A.; Aramoon, A.; Mohammadi, M. J.; Orrego, R. Article ISI SCOPUS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2017)
Evaluating the Potential of Effluents and Wood Feedstocks from Pulp and Paper Mills in Brazil, Canada, and New Zealand to Affect Fish Reproduction: Chemical Profiling and In Vitro Assessments Milestone, Craig B.; Orrego, Rodrigo; Scott, Philip D.; Waye, Andrew; Kohli, Jagmohan; O'Connor, Brian I.; Smith, Brendan; Engelhardt, Heidi; Servos, Mark R.; MacLatchy, Deborah L.; Smith, D. Scott; Trudeau, Vance L.; Arnason, John T.; Kovacs, Tibor; Furley, Tatiana Heid; Slade, Alison H.; Holdway, Douglas A.; Hewitt, L. Mark Article ISI ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (2012)
The acute and chronic effects of endosulfan pulse-exposure on Jordanella floridae (Florida flagfish) over one complete life-cycle Beyger, Lindsay; Orrego, Rodrigo; Guchardi, John; Holdway, Douglas Article ISI ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY (2012)
Comparative embryotoxicity of pulp mill extracts in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), American flagfish (Jordanella floridae) and Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) Orrego, Rodrigo; Guchardi, John; Beyger, Lindsay; Krause, Rachelle; Holdway, Douglas Article ISI AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (2011)
Effects of pulp and paper mill effluent extracts on liver anaerobic and aerobic metabolic enzymes in rainbow trout Orrego, Rodrigo; Pandelides, Zacharias; Guchardi, John; Holdway, Douglas Article ISI ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY (2011)
Effects of pulp and paper mill effluent extractives on aromatase CYP19a gene expression and sex steroid levels in juvenile triploid rainbow trout Orrego, Rodrigo; McMaster, Mark; Van Der Kraak, Glen; Holdway, Douglas Article ISI AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (2010)
Estrogenic and anti-estrogenic effects of wood extractives present in pulp and paper mill effluents on rainbow trout Orrego, Rodrigo; Guchardi, John; Krause, Rachelle; Holdway, Douglas Article ISI AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (2010)
Monitoring of the Environmental Effects of Pulp Mill Discharges in Chilean Rivers: Lessons Learned and Challenges Chiang, G; Munkittrick, KR; Orrego R.; Barra, R Article ISI SCOPUS Water Quality Research Journal of Canada (2010)
Patterns of fish community composition along a river affected by agricultural and urban disturbance in south-central Chile Orrego R.; Adams, S; Barra, R; Chiang, G; Gavilan, JF Article ISI SCOPUS HYDROBIOLOGIA (2009)
PULP AND PAPER MILL EFFLUENT TREATMENTS HAVE DIFFERENTIAL ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING EFFECTS ON RAINBOW TROUT Orrego R.; Guchardi, J; Hernández, V.; Krause R.; Roti, L; Armour, J; Ganeshakumar, M; Holdway, D Article ISI SCOPUS ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY (2009)
Basal and 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl-induced expression of cytochrome P450 1A, 1B and 1C genes in zebrafish Jonsson, Maria E.; Orrego, Rodrigo; Woodin, Bruce R.; Goldstone, Jared V.; Stegeman, John J. Article ISI TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY (2007)
Analysis of CYP4501A1, PAHs metabolites in bile, and genotoxic damage in Oncorhynchus mykiss exposed to Biobio River sediments, Central Chile Inzunza, B; Orrego R.; Penalosa, M; Gavilan, JF; Barra, R Article ISI SCOPUS ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY (2006)
Effects of pulp and paper mill discharges on caged rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Biomarker responses along a pollution gradient in the Biobio River, Chile Orrego R.; Burgos A.; Moraga-Cid, G; Inzunza, B; Gonzalez, M.; Valenzuela A.; Barra, R; Gavilan, JE Article ISI ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY (2006)
EROD activity and biliary fluorescence in Schroederichthys chilensis (Guichenot 1848): Biomarkers of PAH exposure in coastal environments of the South Pacific Ocean Fuentes-Rios, D; Orrego R.; Rudolph A.; Mendoza, G.; Gavilan, JF; Barra, R Article ISI SCOPUS CHEMOSPHERE (2005)
EROD induction and PCDD/F levels in fish liver from the Biobio River in Chile Orrego R.; Jiménez B; Bordajandi, LR; Gavilan, JF; Inzunza, B; Abad E.; Gonzalez, MJ; Rivera J.; Barra, R Article ISI SCOPUS CHEMOSPHERE (2005)
Reproductive, physiological, and biochemical responses in juvenile female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to sediment from pulp and paper mill industrial discharge areas Orrego R.; Moraga-Cid, G; Gonzalez, M.; Barra, R; Valenzuela A.; Burgos A.; Gavilan, JE Article ISI SCOPUS ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY (2005)
Bioavailability of PAHs in the Biobio river (Chile): MFO activity and biliary fluorescence in juvenile Oncorhynchus mykiss Barra, R; Sanchez-Hernandez, JC; Orrego R.; Parra, O.; Gavilan, JF Article ISI SCOPUS CHEMOSPHERE (2001)


Disruptores endocrinos en sistemas acuaticos y sus posibles impactos en la salud de las personas y el ambiente Paulina Bahamonde; Gustavo Chiang; Orrego, Rodrigo; Barra, Ricardo O. BookSection (2023)


Endocrine Disruption in Chilean Rivers: Balancing Science and Regulation Ricardo Barra, Paulina Bahamonde, Gustavo Chiang, Rodrigo Orrego ConferencePaper (2024)
Laboratory assessment of EDCs toxicity through biomarkers in aquatic organism Orrego, Rodrigo ConferencePaper (2024)
Genetic/Molecular and individual biomarkers of northern scallop Argopecten purpuratus in San Jorge Bay (Antofagasta, Chile) Orrego, Rodrigo ConferencePaper (2017)


Efecto del Cambio Climático en la Biodiversidad Costera Minera Escondida / Universidad de Antofagasta Proyecto 2018-2019 Coinvestigador(a)
Desarrollo de Herramientas Biotecnológicas para el Monitoreo de Sistemas Marinos Sometidos a la Influencia de la Descarga de la Industria Desalinizadora. Minera Escondida / Universidad de Antofagasta Proyecto 2016-2017 Coinvestigador(a)
Reproducción y crianza larval de la Anguila del Pacífico (Ophichthus remiger) para la obtención de post larvas (angulas), como producto de alto valor de comercialización. FONDEF (D09E1160) Proyecto 2015-2016 Investigador(a)
TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL TRENDS ANALYSIS OF GENETIC/MOLECULAR AND INDIVIDUAL BIOMARKERS OF NORTHERN SCALLOP ARGOPECTEN PURPURATUS IN SAN JORGE BAY (ANTOFAGASTA). ADDRESSING POTENTIAL RISK OF BIOAVAILABLE METALS AND METALLOIDS FONDECYT (1140164) Proyecto 2014-2018 Inv. Responsable
Zebrafish como modelo biológico para la evaluación de efectos toxicológicos a nivel genético por exposición a contaminantes ambientales=> metales y metaloides en agua potable. Universidad de Antofagasta Proyecto 2014-2015 Inv. Principal
Evaluating the potential of effluents from pulp and paper mills from Canada, South America and New Zealand to affect fish reproduction. Environment Canada, University of New Brunswick, University of Ontario Institute of Technology Proyecto 2008-2012 Coinvestigador(a)
Environmental risk assessment of endocrine disruptors compounds present in pulp and paper mill industries discharges into the Biobio River. 8th Región. Central Chile. Direction de Investigación Universidad de Concepcion (202.031.090-1.0) Proyecto 2004-2005 Coinvestigador(a)
Effects of the pulp and paper mill effluents on fish in the Biobío River, Central Chile=> Use of reproductive, physiologic and biochemical biomarkers. SETAC / PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Proyecto 2001-2004 Inv. Principal
Use of Biomarkers to aquatic pollution assessment in Chile. International Foundation for Science Research Project. (IFS 2775/1) Proyecto 1998-1999 Tesista