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Dr. Cristian A. Vargas
Aquatic System Research Unit
Environmental Sciences Center EULA Chile

Research Interests:

- Ecosystem Ecology, Plankton Ecology
- Food-web analysis of aquatic ecosystems; fjords,
estuaries, and coastal areas
- Ecosystem effects and biogeochemical consequences of
anthropogenic activities in estuaries and river/ocean
areas
- Nutrient cycling and biogeochemical cycles in relation to
climate change


Education

PhD (2002) Oceanography, Universidad de Concepción
B.A. (1995) Marine Biology, Universidad Austral de Chile


Professional Experience

2005 - Present
Full-time Researcher, Environmental Sciences Center
EULA Chile, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile

2004 - 2005
Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Oceanography,
Universidad de Concepción, Chile

2002 - 2004
Post-doctoral Associate, Department of Ecology, P.
Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

2001
Research Fellow, Department of Biology, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, USA

1999 - 2000
Research Fellow, Kristineberg Marine Research Station,
Göteborg University, Sweden

1995 - 1998
Research Assistant, Institute of Marine Biology,
Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile


Awards and Honors

2006 - at present
Member of the International Program Frontiers in Science
of the National Academy of Scieces

2006 - at present
Coordinator of the Marine Ecology Section at Patagonian
Ecosystems Research Center - CIEP Center (Centro de
Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia
).

2005
Invited Participation as Plenary Speaker during the
COLACMAR (Marine Science Latin-American Meeting)
Science Meeting, Viña del Mar, Chile

2001
WHOI/FA/UDEC Graduate Student Fellowship, Universidad
de Concepcion/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Massachusets, USA

1999
Graduate Student Fellowship, Swedish Institute, Sweden


Services

· Reviewer in the following international journals:
Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, ICES Journal of
Marine Science, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Journal
of the Marine Biological Association of United Kingdom,
Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science, Scientia Marina,
Journal of Plankton Research, and others.

· Reviewer of projects in the Fondecyt Program, Comisión
Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICYT), Chile.

· Reviewer in the Technological Development Program,
Dirección Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (DINACYT),
Uruguay.


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Dr. Cristian A. Vargas

E-mail: crvargas@udec.cl
Phone: (56) (41) 2204032
Fax : (56) (41) 2207076