
Carolina Fernanda Cubillos León
Profesor Asistente
Universidad de Antofagasta
Antofagasta, Chile
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Ph.D. Mineral Process Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA. Chile, 2019
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Ph.D. Mineral Process Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA. Chile, 2016
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Biotechnology, UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA. Chile, 2012
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Biotechnologist, UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA. Chile, 2012
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Postdoc Full Time
Université Paris-Saclay
Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution
Orsay, Paris, Francia
2021 - 2024
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Professor Other
UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA
Ciencias del Mar y Recursos Biologicos
Antofagasta, Chile
2024 - 2024
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Research assistant Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA
Antofagasta, Chile
2024 - 2025
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Doctoral internship Full Time
University of Strathclyde
Centre for Water, Environment, Sustainability and Public Health (WESP)
Glasgow, ESCOCIA
2017 - 2018
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Doctoral researcher Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA
Antofagasta, Chile
2013 - 2019
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Doctoral researcher Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA
Antofagasta, Chile
2013 - 2019
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Research assistant Full Time
Universidad de Antofagasta
Antofagasta, Chile
2024 - 2025
• Cubillos, C.F., Aguilar, P., Gutierrez-Preciado, A., Kotopoulou, E., Ciobani, M., Bertolino, P., Deschamps, P., Grillo, M., Dorador, C., Moreira, D. & López-Garcia, P. Microbial communities in the arsenic and antimony-rich hydrothermal system of Lagunas de Amuyo, Chile. XLVI Congreso Chileno de Microbiología, 3-6 de Diciembre 2024, Coquimbo, Chile. (Oral)
• Cubillos, C.F., Meneses, D., Aguilar, P & Dorador, C., Nodo Laboratorio Natural Salares. XLVI Congreso Chileno de Microbiología, 3-6 de Diciembre 2024, Coquimbo, Chile. (Oral)
• Cubillos, C.F: Microbiología de Salares:
Revolucionando la Minería con Oportunidades Biotecnológicas Innovadoras. III Taller : Vínculo con el sector productivo, Nodo Laboratorio Natural SALARES. 4 Julio 2024, Antofagasta, Chile (Oral)
• Cubillos, C.F.: Salares: Analogue ecosystems to Primitive Earth and reservoir of extremophile microorganisms, 9th International Workshop on Lithium, Industrial minerals and Energy, December 12th -14th 2022, Santiago, Chile. (Oral)
• Cubillos, C.F. Grágeda, M. & Dorador, C. Lithium brines: microbial habitat, isolation of microorganisms and biological strategies to concentrate Li, 8th International Workshop on Lithium, Industrial minerals and Energy ,November 8th -10th 2021 Universidad Católica Boliviana, Cochabamba, Bolivia. (Oral)
• Cubillos, C.F. Moreira, D. Iniesto, M. Aguilar, P. Deschamps, P. & López-García, P. Microbial mats from extreme environments of Northern Chile. M-fed Conference & Workshop 2021, Paris MNHN, October 13th-15th 2021, Paris, France. (Poster)
• Cubillos, C.F. Paredes. A, Yáñez C. Palma, J. Severino, E. Vejar, D. Grágeda, M. and Dorador, C. “Chaotropic brines stress of microbial life: Lithium ponds of Salar de Atacama, Chile”. 2nd International Symposium on Extreme Environments and Extremophile Organisms, December 2nd to 5th 2019, Santiago, Chile. (Poster)
• Cubillos, C. F. and collaborators.“Viviendo con Litio: La vida microbiana de salmueras del Salar de Atacama”. 1st Chilean Microbiology Society Symposium, CEITSAZA, June 20th 2019, Antofagasta, Chile. (Oral)
• Cubillos, C.F. Paredes, A. Campillay, T. Lavin, P. Aguilar, P. Grágeda, M. and Dorador, C. “A new microbial reservoir in extreme environments: lithium brines of Salar de Atacama, Chile. EMBO Workshop Integrative Biology: From molecules to ecosystems in extreme environments, April 22nd to 28th 2019, Santiago, Chile. (Poster)
• Cubillos, C.F. Paredes, A. Phoenix, V.R. Severino, E. Grágeda, M. and Dorador, C. “Microbial recovery of lithium though environmental strains of Chilean Patagonia and Salar de Atacama, Chile”. XXIV Latin-American Congress of Microbiology ALAM, November 13th to 16th 2018, Santiago, Chile. (Poster)
• Cubillos, C., Aguilar, P., Dorador, C. & Grágeda, M. Exploration of microbial potential of brines in Salar de Atacama for purification of lithium. 3rd International workshop in Lithium, Industrial Minerals and Energy (IWLIME). November 1st to 4th, 2016. San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina.(Poster)
• Cubillos, C., Aguilar, P., Dorador, C. & Grágeda, M. “Microbial diversity of evaporation ponds concentrated in lithium of Salar de Atacama, Chile”. 16th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME). August 21st to 26th, 2016. Montreal, Canada. (Poster)
• Cubillos, C., Dorador, C., & Grágeda, M. Using of native microorganisms of Salar de Atacama to obtain Lithium from brines. 2nd International workshop in Lithium, Industrial Minerals and Energy (IWLIME). September 9th to October 1st ,2015. Antofagasta, Chile.(Oral)
• Cubillos, C., Dorador, C.,& Grágeda, M. Purification and concentration of lithium brines mediated by microorganisms of the Salar de Atacama. 7th International Symposium of Hydrometallurgical Process-Hydroprocess, July 22nd to 24th, 2015. Antofagasta, Chile. (Poster)
• Cubillos, C., Dorador,C. & Grágeda, M. Recovery of Lithium for native microorganisms from Salar de Atacama brines, Chile. 6th Congress of European Microbiologists, Federation of European Microbiological Societies FEMS. June 7th to 11th, 2015. Maastricht, Netherlands. (Poster)
• Cubillos, C., Vazquez, Y. & Dorador, C. Diversidad de microorganismos oxidantes de amonio en distintos humedales del Altiplano Chileno. XXXI Congreso Chileno deMicrobiología, Diciembre 2009, Santa Cruz, Chile (Poster)
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Premio Mujer referente STEM
LiQCAU
Chile, 2024
Mujer referente en CTCI, mención honrosa en la categoría Ciencia y Tecnología
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Early Career Researcher Spotlight
la Sociedad Internacional de Ecología Microbiana (ISME)
Holanda, 2024
Reconocida por la Sociedad Internacional de Ecología Microbiana (ISME) en el programa “Early Career Researcher Spotlight” por su destacada labor de investigación postdoctoral en la Université Paris-Saclay, Francia.
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Jovenes Lideres del Norte
Mercurio de Antofagasta, Antofagasta Minerals Company and SQM
Chile, 2016
Nominada como 1 de los 45 Jóvenes Lideres del Norte y Premiada como una de las 11 Jóvenes Lideres del Norte (4° versión), entregado por el Mercurio de Antofagasta, Antofagasta Minerals Company and SQM.
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• Beca Daniel Ariztegui Grant, M-fed Conference & Microbialites Workshop
Microbialites workshop
Francia, 2021
Beca Daniel Ariztegui Grant, M-fed Conference & Microbialites Workshop, Paris, France (2021)
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• Travel Grant to XXIV Latin-American Congress of Microbiology
ALAM
Chile, 2018
Travel Grant to XXIV Latin-American Congress of Microbiology ALAM in Santiago, Chile (2018).
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• Travel Grant to 16th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME16)
ISME
Canada, 2016
Travel Grant to 16th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME16) in Montreal, Canada (2016).

Mario Grageda
Director
Ingeniería química y procesos de minerales
UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA
Antofagasta, Chile

Carolina Yáñez
Profesor Adjunto
Instituto de Biología
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Valparaíso , Chile

Esteban Severino
Investigador
Ciencias Farmacéuticas
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile