Expertise

We use a combination of different approaches, such as population genetics/ genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, phylogeography, and climate niche modeling, typically applied in species of aquatic ecosystems importance. 

News

*News. 2025

• Kelly Gonnelli project got a WWF fund. Congrats Kelly!

• A new grant was obtained with Minciencias Colombia, together with colleagues from Colombia.

• Maria Jose successfully defended her PhD project proposal. Now she is a PhD candidate. Congrats!

• Mauren successfully defended her Master's project on 17th January. Congrats!

*News. 2024

• The lab went to 1er Congress of Zoology at the Universidad Católica del Maule in Talca city. Check the photos

• Yesely Hurtado from Colombia joined our lab as a PhD student. She will start in April 2025. Welcome!

• Diego Silva successfully defended his Undergraduate project on 30th September. Congrats!

• Diego Marquez project got WWF fund. Congrats Diego!

• Luisana Lugo successfully defended her PhD project on 30th April. Congrats!

• Lisandro got accepted as a PhD candidate at the engineering department at UCSC. Welcome Lisandro as a PhD student in the lab (co-advisor).

• Three grants were successfully approved: two governmental funds (Fondecyt regular) for Maribet as a PI and co-PI (with Gustavo Saiz), and an international exchange collaboration Erasmus +KA171 with Hungary.  Exciting new research in eco-evolution dynamics of aquatic insects linking with glaciers, soil microbes communities changes due to fire, and environmental DNA in the Alps.

*News. 2023

• Maribet was appointed as reviewer editor for Frontiers of Ecology and Evolution

• Kelly finished her studies, now she's a Marine biologist. Next step, master studies

• Diego Marquez did an excellent defense for his doctoral examination

• New funding was obtained. Internal UCSC grant for 2 years for studying the molecular adaptation of two fishes in the Bio Bio region

• Luciana´s article was accepted for publication!

• A new article accepted in Experimental animals

• Constanza joins the lab as a doctoral student, welcome!

• New article accepted in Scientific Reports

• A new article accepted in Oecologia 

*News. 2021

By autum/spring, I will move to the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción in Concepción city, Chile in a new position as an assistant professor.

*News. 2020

I was appointed as an Editorial member of Neotropical Biodiversity (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tneo20/current)

Our comparative gene expression study was chosen for a recorded talk for the Biodiversity genomics conference 2020 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVuqaWl6VI0)

Collaborative work with Montana University got into the news. Check it out: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/tuom-ubs070120.php

I was appointed as Editorial-Reviewer board of Genes Journal (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genes )

Happy to announce that a Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science grant was awarded to study the effect of environmental change conditions on aquatic insects using genomics and proteomics approaches. April 2020.

*News. 2019

I was appointed as Editorial-Reviewer board of Insects Journal (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/insects)

My work was highlighted on Macrolatinos news! A website for Latin-American on freshwater research. Check it out: http://www.macrolatinos.net/2019/11/entrenando-futuros-macrolatins.html