EDUCATION

• 2015- 2019 PhD –Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile—Santiago, Chile. Thesis title: Macroecology and Evolution of Migration in Fishes (Advisor: Pablo A. Marquet, Professor).

• 2000-2003 Master's Degree–Biology, University of New Mexico—Albuquerque, NM, USA. Thesis title: How River Alterations Affect Population Dynamics of the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow (Hybognathus amarus): A Genetic Perspective with Implications for Conservation and Restoration. (Advisor: Thomas F. Turner, Professor).

• 1996-2000 Bachelor's Degree–Biology, Magna cum Laude University of New Mexico— Albuquerque, NM, USA Thesis title: Patterns of Evolution of the Orangebelly Darter (Etheostoma radiosum). (Advisor: Thomas F. Turner, Professor).

COURSES

• Landscape Genetics - Distributed Graduate Seminar (DGS) 2018. University of Idaho, U.S.A. January-May 2018.

• Summer School, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Centro EULA. Universidad de Concepcion. Protecting river connectivity: Effective design and monitoring of fishways. January 16-20th 2017.

• Curso de introducción al Modelamiento de Sistemas Complejos 2016. Instituto de Filosofia y Ciencias de la Complejidad. Santiago, Chile.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• 2011- present Faculty—SUNM, Santa Fe, NM, USA. E-teaching of research methods.

• 2013-2015 Adjunct Professor, Institute of Conservation, Biodiversity, and Territory, Universidad Austral de Chile—Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile.

• 2012 Research Technician, National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM, USA

• 2006-2007 Visiting Scholar and Health Sciences Research Technician, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, College of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

• 2005-2006 Associate Researcher—Center of Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Department of Aquatic Ecology. Blanes (Girona), Spain.

• 2002-2005 Senior Research Technician and Laboratory Manager, Fish Genetics Lab, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

• 2001 – 2002 Microbiology Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

• 2000 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

PEER REVIEWED CONTRIBUTIONS

• In press Alò D, Lacy SN, Castillo AG, Samaniego HA, Marquet P. The macroecology of fish migration. Global Ecology and Biogeography. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13199

• 2020 Alò D, Castillo AG, Marín P, Samaniego HA. Low-cost emerging technologies as a tool to support informal environmental education in children from vulnerable public schools of southern Chile. Int J Sci Educ. PDF

• 2019 Lacy S.N, Corcoran, D., Alò D., Lessman, J., Meza F., Marquet P.A. Main Drivers of Freshwater Fish Diversity across Extra-tropical Southern Hemisphere Rivers. Hydrobiologia.

• Alò D, Correa C, Samaniego H, Krabbenhoft CA, Turner TF. 2019. Otolith microchemistry and diadromy in Patagonian river fishes. PeerJ 7:e6149 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6149. PDF

• Castillo, A., Alò D., Gonzalez, B., Samaniego H. 2018 . Change of niche in guanaco (Lama guanicoe): the effects of climate change on habitat suitability and lineage conservatism in Chile. PeerJ 6:e4907 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4907. PDF

• J Godoy-Güinao, IA Díaz, M Llanos-Pineda, D Alò. 2017. Feeding habits and people’s perception of the Barn Owl (Tyto alba tuidara, JE Gray 1829) in urban settings of Southern Chile: Implications for conservation. Gayana 81 (1), 9.

• Alò D, Correa C., Arias C, Cárdenas L. 2013. Diversity of Aplochiton Fishes (Galaxiidea) and the Taxonomic Resurrection of A. marinus, PLoS ONE, Volume 8, No. 8: e71577. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071577. PDF

• de Frutos Garcia, S., L. Duling, D. Alò, T. Berry, O. Jackson-Weaver, M. K.Walker, N.L. Kanagy, L.V. Gonzalez Bosc. 2008. NFATc3 is required for intermittent hypoxia-induced hypertension. AJP-Heart Circ Physiol, Volume 294, H2382-90. PDF

• de Frutos Garcia, S., R. Spangler, D. Alò, and L. V. Gonzalez-Bosc. 2007. NFATc3 mediates Chronic Hypoxia-induced α-Actin Up-regulation in Pulmonary Arteries. Journal of Biological Chemistry. Volume 282, No. 20, 15081-15089. PDF

• Turner T. F., M. J. Osborne, G. R. Moyer, M. Benavides, and D. Alò. 2006. Life history and environmental variation interact to determine effective population to census size ratio. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Volume 273, No. 1605, 3065-3073. PDF

• Osborne, M. J., M. Benavides, D. Alò, and T. F. Turner. 2006. Genetic effects of hatchery propagation and rearing in the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow, Hybognathus amarus. Reviews in Fisheries Science, Volume 14, No. 1-2, 127-138. PDF

• Alò, D. and T. F. Turner. 2005. Effects of habitat fragmentation on effective population size in the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow. Conservation Biology. Volume 19, No. 4, 1138-1148. PDF

• Wares J.P., D. Alò, T. F. Turner. 2004. Successful implementation of recovery goals for endangered southwestern trout: a genetic perspective. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 61: 1890-1899. PDF

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

• Alò D. and P. Marquet. Global diversification rates of migratory fishes. In prep

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• 2015-2019 Conicyt Doctoral Fellowship, awarded by the Chilean Government.

• 2010-2013 Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences of Habitat Alterations on the Endangered Patagonian Peladilla, Aplochiton spp. Native Freshwater Fish Conservation in Southern Chile, project in collaboration with McGill University, Canada, and Uach, Chile. PI: Dominique Alò.

• 2011-2016 Otolith microchemistry as a tool to document migration patterns in native and endangered Patagonian fishes. Large RAC Award – University of New Mexico. PI: Thomas F. Turner, CoPI: Dominique Alò.

• 2010-2011 Diversidad Genética y Química en Aplochiton, un genero Nativo del Sur de Chile. Consecuencias en su Conservación. Proyecto de conservación Reserva Costera Valdiviana. The Nature Conservancy. PI: Dominique Alò

• 2006-2007 Transcriptional regulation of arterial cardiovascular remodeling in an animal model of Sleep Apnea. American Heart Association. Scientist Development Award. PI: L. Gonzalez Bosc.

• 2002-2004 Conservation genetics of the Rio Grande silvery minnow. US Bureau of Reclamation. PI: T. F. Turner.

• 2002-2003 Museum-based approaches to ecology and evolution of aquatic systems: an integrated research and educational program. National Science Foundation. PI: T.F. Turner.

• 2000-2002 Conservation Genetics of Gila and Apache Trout. USDA Forest Service. PI: T. F. Turner

• 1999-2003 Temporal genetic variation and the effective population size of the silvery minnow. New Mexico Dept. Game and Fish. PI: T.F. Turner.

OUTREACH

• 2015-2016 Co-Director. EXPLORA-CONICYT #ED190018. Ecoinformática para jóvenes: Capturando información ambiental para comprender nuestro entorno. Proyecto Explora de valoración de las ciencias. 2015-2016

• 2015 Director. NO MÁS BASURA! Queremos un parque y humedal limpios, ricos en biodiversidad y el cuidado responsable de animales domésticos! Fondo Protección Ambiental, Ministerio del Medio Ambiente. Valdivia, Chile.

• 2014 Director. Yo Aprendo a Ser Sustentable: del Juego a la Practica. Talleres Practico Teórico con niños y niñas del hogar Mi Familia, Proyecto Extension UACh en colaboración con CIFAN, Valdivia, Chile.

CONFERENCES

• XXIV Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Ecología de Chile. "Global Patterns in Fish Migrations". Puerto Varas, Chile. November 21-23rd 2017

• I Congreso Iberoamericano de Limnología. XIII Congreso Sociedad Chilena de Limnología. Oral presentation: "Otolith microchemistry indicates that diadromy is widespread, but not ubiquitous among native Patagonian galaxiid fishes and introduced salmonids". Valdivia-Chile, November 1-4th 2016.

INVITED ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

• Simposio Paso para peces: Investigación reciente y gestión futura. Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Centro EULA. U. de Concepción. Presentation: Características migratorias de los peces nativos en Chile. January 26th, 2018.

• Simposio Conservación Peces Dulceacuícolas. XIV Congreso Sociedad Chilena de Limnología 2017. Presentation: "Consecuencias evolutivas y ecológicas de las represas para peces de aguas continentales y estrategias para su conservación". Puerto Montt, Chile, October 23-25th 2017.

• “Taxonomic Resurrection of Aplochiton marinus”. Native Fishes Symposium within the 10th Meeting of the Chilean Society of Limnology (Sociedad Chilena de Limnología)—Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. 20-24th October 2013.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

• Conicyt Doctoral Fellowship—Comisión Nacional de Investigación Cientiífica y Tecnológica, Becas de Doctorado Nacional, Año Académico , 2015, Chile.

• Large RAC Award – University of New Mexico, U.S.A. 2011. Otolith microchemistry as a tool to document migration patterns in native and endangered Patagonian fishes

• Marie Curie Research Training Network Fellowship, “Cope with the Challenges and Opportunities of the 21st Century: Integrated Basic and Applied Training in a Success-oriented Bioprospecting”. 2005-2006

• RPT award. Office of Graduate Studies. University of New Mexico, U.S.A. 2002

• Graduate Research Development Fund, UNM and NM Game and Fish Dept. 2001. Development of genetic markers for the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow.

• Graduate Research Allocation Committee, Travel Grant. University of New Mexico, U.S.A. 2001

• Student Research Allocations Committee, Travel Grant University of New Mexico, U.S.A. 2001

PEER-REVIEWS

• Environmental Biology of Fishes

• Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

• Journal of FisheriesSciences.com

NGO EXPERIENCE

• 2013-2015 Grassroot Organizer. The Global Alliance of Animal and People, Valdivia, Chile.

• 2000 - 2001 Environmental Educator, Legambiente - Rome, Italy.

LANGUAGES

• Italian: native

• English and Spanish: excellent

• French: good