Cursos que dicta
Pregrado
- Seminario de Investigación
- Antropoceno y Ciencias del Mar
- Parasitología Marina
Postgrado
- Fundamentos y Métodos en Biodiversidad
- Unidad de Investigación
- Proyecto de Tesis
- Tesis
Líneas de investigación
- Ecología marina
- Ecología y filogenia de organismos parásitos
- Enfermedades infecciosas y zoonosis
Publicaciones académicas
- Balancing sample sizes in parasitology: A standardized experimental infection method using faecal parasite eggs and aquatic intermediate hosts. Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2026.100364.
- Record of color aberration in the Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti in the Biobío Region and a review of unusual coloration in Chilean wildlife. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. https://doi.org/10.22370/rbmo.2025.60.1.5592.
- Balancing sample sizes in parasitology: A novel experimental infection method using faecal parasite eggs and aquatic intermediate hosts. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.24.683585.
- Enteroparasitic fauna of non-native Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) on the Chilean coast: host-parasite networks and the potential for spillback. NeoBiota. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.100.154617.
- Occurrence of Intersex in the Marine Mussel Perumytilus purpuratus (Mollusca: Bivalvia): Does Gonadal Parasitism Play a Role?. Biology. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14010070.
- La importancia de alimentarse rápido cuando hay ladrones cerca: Cleptoparasitismo sobre Zarapitos alimentándose en una playa arenosa expuesta en el sur de Chile. Austral Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13373.
- The importance of feeding fast when thieves are around: A case study on Whimbrels foraging on a wave‐exposed sandy beach in southern Chile. Austral Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13298.
- First report of a member of the family Mermithidae parasitizing the sandhopper Orchestoidea tuberculata (Amphipoda, Talitridae) in Chile. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.10.011.
- New perspectives on morphological and genetic variability of Corynosoma bullosum [Linstow, 1892] parasitizing southern elephant seals from the Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Helminthology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X23000238.
- Review of the concept of Profilicollis Meyer, 1931 with a description of Profilicollis rancoensis n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from the freshwater crab, Aegla abtao Schmitt, 1942 (Decapoda: Anomura) in Chile, with a key to congeneric species. Parasite. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2023042.
- Phylogeny and Life Cycles of the Archiacanthocephala with a Note on the Validity of Mediorhynchus gallinarum. Acta Parasitologica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-021-00472-7.
- A comparative assessment of the morphology of Profilicollis altmani (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from crustaceans and shore birds in Peru, with special notes on hook elemental analysis (EDXA), SEM imaging, histopathology,and molecular profile. Parasite.
- Variation in helminth infection prevalence, abundance, and coinfection in an intermediate host across large spatial scale.. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
- Geographical variations of enteroparasitism in the southern sea lion Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800) off the coast of Chile, evidenced with coprological tests: implications for zoonotic risks.. Journal of Parasitology.
- Stability of rocky intertidal dommunities in response to species removal varies across spatial scales.. OIKOS.
- The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches.. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
- Widespread infection of Areospora rohanae in southern king crab ( Lithodes santolla ) populations across south Chilean Patagonia. Royal Society Open Science. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190682.
- Decreased metabolic rate in mole crabs Emerita analoga infected with the acanthocephalan Profilicollis altmani.. Journal of Parasitology.
- Morphological updates and molecular description of Heterosentis holospinusAmin, Heckmann, Ha, 2011 (Acanthocephala: Arhythmacanthidae) in the Pacific Ocean off Vietnam. Parasite.
- Solving a long-standing nomenclatorial controversy: designation of a neotype for the southern sea lion Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800). Zootaxa.
- Sugerencias para mejorar la regulación chilena de manipulación de vertebrados terrestres en poblaciones naturales en el contexto de investigaciones científicas. Gayana.
- The phylogeny and life cycle of two species of Profilicollis (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in marine hosts off the Pacific coast of Chile. Journal of Helminthology.
- Mesoscale spatiotemporal variability in a complex host-parasite system influenced by intermediate host body size. PeerJ.
- Morphological and molecular evidence on the existence of a single estuarine and rocky intertidal acanthocephalan species of Profilicollis Meyer, 1931 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of southern South America. Systematic Parasitology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-017-9716-6.
- Pan-American marine coastal distribution of the acanthocephalan Profilicollis altmani based on morphometric and phylogenetic analyses of cystacanths from the mole crab Emerita brasiliensis. Journal of Helminthology.
- A parasitic copepod, Neoalbionella sp. (Lernaeopodidae), on the southern lanternshark Etmopterus granulosus (Etmopteridae) off Juan Fernández, Chile. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. https://doi.org/RBMO.
- A parasitic copepod, Neoalbionella sp. (Lernaeopodidae), on the southern lanternshark Etmopterus granulosus (Etmopteridae) off Juan Fernandez Archipelago, Chile. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanogrfía.
- Alloxenic distribution of Cystacanths of two Profilicollis species in sympatric crustacean hosts in Chile. Journal of Parasitology.