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The College of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences UC is looking for highly motivated and talented researchers, with a background in Agricultural, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Economics, Engineering and the like, to apply for the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (FONDECYT Postdoctoral 2023).
P. Universidad Católica de Chile is an institution with a global reputation for research and teaching. Recently, the QS Ranking ranked UC as the Chilean institution with the highest number of disciplines among the best in the world and ranked it fourth in Latin America.
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Research Projects
Académica/o Patrocinante | Tittle of the research proposal | Disciplinas científicas |
Abarca Oyarce, Romina | Coating systems as an antibiofilm solution for the dairy industry | Food processing and technology. |
Ayala Zapata, Marlene | Phenotypic and molecular characterization of advanced sweet cherry selection generated in Chile | Fruticulture & Pomology; Genetic improvement; Postharvest |
Ayala Zapata, Marlene | Effect of microenvironmental variables in sweet cherry orchards using plastic covers on water efficiency and tree phenology. | Fruticulture & Pomology; Fruit physiology |
Bonacic, Cristian | The effects of Rattus rattus on temperate rainforest biodiversity | Animal Ecology; Emerging diseases |
Brossard, Natalia | Effect of tannin-protein aggregates on astringency sub-qualities of red wines | Agronomy; Enology; Food Oral processing |
Cortés Hinojosa, Galaxia | Virus discovery in Chilean pinnipeds | Animal Health; Biology and evolution; Molecular Ecology |
Dettleff, Phillip | Effect of environmental stressors on the gonadal biology of the red sea urchin. | Aquaculture; Molecular biology; Animal health and production |
Donoso, Guillermo | Water use efficiency and its determinants to promote sustainable water use on agriculture | Natural resource economics; Agrarian Economy; Agricultural production systems |
Engler, Alejandra | Investing in conservation agriculture: understanding the underlying factors of farmers´ behavioral preferences | Agrarian Economy |
Escobar, Sebastián | Unraveling the melanocortin system´s role in the Atlantic salmon melanosis | Aquaculture; Molecular Biology; Animal Stress |
Godoy O., Liliana | Non-conventional yeasts and their bioprotective role during winemaking | Enology; Food processing |
Mardones, Fernando | Domestic animals population management in Chile | Veterinary Epidemiology; Veterinary Medecine; One Health |
Mardones, Fernando | Epidemiology of infectious diseases in aquaculture | Veterinary Epidemiology; Veterinary Sciences; Aquaculture |
Melo, Oscar | Development of a model of economic behavior of farmers facing a drought | Agricultural Economics; Environmental Economics |
Miranda, Marcelo D. | Chilean Mediterranean Forests under climate stress | Climate Change; Forest Dynamics; Remote sensors |
Moreno Switt, Andrea | One Health for the study of antimicrobial resistance and foodborne pathogens | Animal Health and Production; Microbiology; Food Safety |
O'Brien Opazo, José A. | Transcriptional regulation of auxin signaling in response to abiotic stress | Vegetal Biology; Molecular Biology |
Rojas, Isabel M | Design and evaluation of landscape sustainability indicators to plan restoration under multiple drivers of global change | Forest ecology; Spatial analysis; Spatial planning |
Rosales V, Marlene | Antiphage Defense Systems in Xanthomonas campestris pv campestris, the causal agent of the Black root of brassicas | Phytobacteriology; Phytopathology; Seed production |
Schwantes, Daniel | Dissipation of pesticides in fruits and vegetables | Environmental Chemistry;Sustainability; Agrochemistry |
Schwantes, Daniel | Adsorption of contaminants using alternative activated carbons. | Environmental Chemistry;Sustainability; Agrochemistry |
Schwember N., Andrés | Identification of genes and molecular markers associated with tolerance to abiotic stress in durum wheat and Chilean beans | Plant breeding; Vegetal Biotechnology; Crop Production |
Zaviezo, Tania | Use of native flowers for the conservation of beneficial insects in fruit crops | Entomology; Ecology; Agriculture |
Zaviezo, Tania | Pheromones for the control of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in fruit crops | Entomology; Chemical Ecology; Agriculture |