Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 2017 | 
 Environmental Engineering, PhD. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America  | 
| 2011 | 
 MSc in Microbiology (Summa Cum Laude equivalent), University of Chile, Chile  | 
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 2009  | 
 BSc in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering (Summa Cum Laude equivalent), University of Chile, Chile  | 
Current positions
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 2024-  | 
 Representative of the scientific staff members for MPI Bremen  | 
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 2020-  | 
 Project Leader/Postdoctoral Researcher. Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany  | 
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 2020-  | 
 Faculty of the International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology. Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany  | 
Prizes and Scholarships
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 2021,22,23  | 
 Teaching Excellence Award from the International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology. Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany  | 
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 2020  | 
 Humboldt Postdoctoral Scholarship (Declined)  | 
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 2017  | 
 Best PhD Thesis in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Georgia Institute of Technology  | 
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 2011  | 
Fulbright Scholarship to pursue a PhD in the USA (USA grant) | |
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 2011  | 
Becas Chile Scholarship to pursue a PhD in the USA (Chile) | 
Selected talks (since 2020)
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 2023  | 
 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Boston, USA  | 
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 2021  | 
 General Meeting German Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM)  | 
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 2021  | 
 Second International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) meeting in Latin America. Bogotá, Colombia  | 
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 2020  | 
 First International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) meeting in Latin America. Valparaíso, Chile  |