Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA. (Major professor, Dr. Klaus Puettmann). Dissertation title "Recovery of High-Graded Nothofagus Forests: Building Resilience Through Theory and Practice ".

• Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Forest Resources [with Summa Cum Laude], Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile. (Major professor, Dr. Pablo Donoso). Thesis title "Effects of light availability and soil disturbance on growth and mortality of underplanted seedlings in a high-graded Nothofagus old-growth forest ".

• Bachelor in Forest Sciences, Forest Engineer [with Cum Laude], Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile. (Major professor, Dr. Carlos Le Quesne). Thesis title "Conservation status of Pilgerodendrom uviferum populations in its northern limit in the Coastal range of Chile".

Trainings 

• Curso “Técnicas de propagación para especies nativas leñosas”, dictada por proyecto FONDEF DO1I1155” Desarrollo de tecnologías para la generación de una oferta diversificada de especies leñosas para el manejo sustentable de los bosques nativos de Chile”, director del proyecto Claudio Donoso Z. Profesor Emérito de la  UACH. (Diciembre de 2004).

• Course “The use of genetics in conservation biology” instructors Dr. Peter Hollingsworth, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Dr. Richard Ennos Professor at University of Edinburgh, UK. March 7 - 9/ 2005, Valdivia, Chile.

• Course “Silviculture of plantation and forests: concepts and applications” instructor Ralph D. Nyland Distinguished Service Professor at the State University of New York, Syracuse, USA. June 20-23/ 2008, Valdivia, Chile.

• Course "Resilience and adaptability of forest ecosystems: Forest Management for complexity" instructor Klaus J. Puettmann Edmund Hayes Professor of Silviculture Alternatives at the Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA. October 8/ 2009, Valdivia, Chile.

• Course"Uneven-aged management in native forests" instructor Pablo J. Donoso Professor of Silviculture, Universidad Austral de Chile. En el marco del proyecto "Mejoramiento de las competencias y habilidades del capital humano en el sector forestal para incrementar la competividad de los bosques nativos" INNOVA-CORFO Chile. 18-19 de Marzo de 2010, Valdivia, Chile.

• Graduate short-course "IceBreakeR" introduction for R: Statistical Computing for Researcher. instructor Christian Salas Associate Professor in Biometrics at the Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.. Julio 15-16/ 2011, Temuco, Chile.

• Graduate short-course "Forest Stand Dynamics" instructor Chadwick D. Oliver Pinchot Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University. Course carried out in Universidad de La Frontera, November 18-20/2011, Temuco, Chile.

• "Research internship" under supervision of the Klaus J. Puettmann Edmund Hayes Professor of Silviculture Alternatives, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University. September 25 - December 22, 2013. 

• "Visiting Scholar" in the Regeneration and Restoration Silviculture Laboratory. Work supervised by Douglass F. Jacobs, Fred v. Eck Professor of Forest Biology, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University. August 29 - October 29, 2015. 

• Curso "3-PG Forest Growth Model ". Instructor Carlos Gonzalez-Benecke, Assistant Professor,  College of Forestry, Oregon State University. 18-19 July 2017, en P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.