I work at the interface of ecosystems and conservation ecology, in human dominated ecosystems. I am particularly interested in understanding how multifunctional landscapes can contribute to ecosystem services provision.

Four undergraduate students: Karina Arteaga (2012, UACh), Romina Zepeda (2013, UACh), Lorena Sandoval (2014, UACh), Daniela Tapia (2017, UACh), Guillermo Salazar (2024)
Five master's students: Valeria Ochoa (2013, UACh), Mauricio Gonzalez Chang (2013, UACh), Angel Salazar (2019; UACh), Carmen Etcheverry (2015, ISARA-Lyon, Francia); Garance Journet (2016, ESA-NMBU, Francia –Noruega), Lyemnys Vasquez (2024, UACh), Naomi Manríquez (2024, UACh) Nicolás Arcos (2024, UACh)
Four doctoral students: Dra. Carmen Paz Silva (2014; UACh) Dra. Marcela Marquez 2017 (co-advisory University of Florida, USA), Dr. Roland Sanchez (2019; UACh), Leonardo Espinoza 2020, UACh)
Five postdocs: Dr. César González (2012-2016), Dr. Luis Castañeda (2013- 2015), Dra. Elizabeth Cook (2014-2017), Dra. Toshiko Miura (2015-2018), Dra. América Duran (2018- 2020).

Selection of outreach and knowledge transfer activities
- Participation in parliamentary sessions at the National Congress in matters sucha as: Creation of Ministry of Science and Technology (Comisión Mixta CyT, may 2018), project to create the National Biodiversity and Protected Aeas Service at Ministry of Environment (several sessions 2016-2017) and informative session on the topic of environmental protection and evidence based decision making at local government instances such as at the Regional Council of the Rivers (July 2018) regarding
-Participation as speaker at Congreso del Futuro (January 2018), and moderator of Congreso del Futuro – Los Rios (January 2017)
- Participation on TV program Por la Razón y la Ciencia of CNN-Chile (June 2018) and Patria Cientifica of CNN (July 2018), TV documentary about my project of conservation with the wine industry at the series “Cambio Global” for TVN, the state´s tv channel that was recently awarded as the best film at OENOVIDEO Festival (France), several interviews regarding scientific issues (sustainability, science based policy making) at
- With my research team we have performed more than 16 workshops on biodiversity, sustainable management and biological conservation in for winery companies and trader association of Wines of Chile, with a total of 1,818 people from the wine sector trained until 2017.
- 66 appearances in the media (# 59 in the national press and # 7 in the international press) 7 detailed file attached in proposal
- 3 Broadcast videos with a number of visits that reach # 3,398 YouTube and # 1,254 Facebook, at the Austral University of Chile and the bus terminal in the city of Valdivia.
- Exhibition in the Chilean pavilion of the Expo Milan (2015) of the video "Conservation of Biodiversity and Viticulture"
- Talk at “Encuentros Con Ciencia”, organized by the Universidad Austral de Chile open to community, with the theme "Climate Change, Wine and Sustainability"
- 3 invitation as keynote speaker at conference events in the agroindustry and 1 in the Association of Salmon Breeders, and q to BIOFIn with PNUD

Keynote Speaker (selection)
o Rootstock Symposium, November 18, 2022, and November 14, 2019, and in Napa, California, organized by The Association of Napa Winegrowers and associated industry. Additionally, I conducted workshops on conservation methodology for Napa Winegrowers partner winegrowers, at the “Tres Sabores” vineyard in St. Helena, California.
o Climate Change Leadership Conference, Solutions for the Wine Industry, Porto, Portugal, March 6 - 7, 2019, organized by Taylor’s Port, Associação Comercial do Porto and Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho.
o Future Congress, “Resilience: learning to live”, Santiago, January 15, 2018, organized by the Challenges of the Future Commission of the Senate of the Republic of Chile.
o Conference “Heritage, Science and Conservation of the Natural Capital of Chile in Sustainable Wine Tourism, Heritage and Culture, Casablanca, Valparaíso Region, November 28, 2017, organized by Great Wine Capitals and Casablanca Valley.
o Seminar "Forest fires and their consequences on ecosystems: international experiences and proposals for the restoration and redesign of the landscape", May 2, 2017, organized by the Center for Public Studies
o International seminar on “Finance and the environment: contributions to the sustainable development of our country”, Santiago, March 30, 2016, organized by UNDP in Santiago, Chile.