Academic education:
-Médico Veterinario (Universidad de Concepción, Chile).
- PhD in Veterinary Medicine (Superior School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany).
Membership:
-founding member of the Antarctic Wildlife Health Working Group of SCAR-EGBAMM
- Member of the Chilean Antarctic Program and the SCAR Antarctic Wildlife Health Monitoring Working Group working group.
Scientific publications:
Over 400 publications (including 2 books and 23 book chapters), published with many coauthors, covering diverse aspects of the biology, ecology and systematics of ecto- and endoparasites of mammals and birds from South America and the Antarctic Continent.
Awards:
15 scholarships and awards received from the Universidad de Concepción, as well as Chilean, German and Swedish Institutions, from 2003 until 2019.
Supervisor of Postgrad Students:
Over 130 theses of various levels, about parasitological and veterinary subjects.
