Projects

  • June 2026 – June 2027. SPUN Underground Explorer project: “Climate and land-use drivers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in the under-sampled Indo-Gangetic plains agroecosystem”. Collaborator, Universidad Santo Tomás.
  • January 2025 – December 2026. Mariana Valoy (PI): “Multilevel Selection and its implications as an agro-evolutionary management strategy in quinoa crops in Tucumán, Argentina”. Research Projects No. CUP BI-0035-1 – Fundación Miguel Lillo. Co-Researcher, Universidad Santo Tomás.
  • February 2026 – October 2026. Yessica Lorena Perdomo (PI): “Mycorrhizal Interactions – Geochemistry: Impact on Nutrient Cycling and Soil Health”. Applied Research Projects No. CV2026-GIMA-V-13712 – Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina. Co-Researcher, Universidad Santo Tomás.
  • February 2026 – February 2028. SOCBIO-MAP. European Space Agency. Scientific Advisor, Universidad Santo Tomás.
  • March 2025 – March 2029. FONDEQUIP MAYOR No. EQY240004: Southern BioImaging Platform SBIP. Collaborator, Universidad Santo Tomás.
  • February 2025 – October 2025. Yessica Lorena Perdomo (PI): “Effect of the biochar-mycorrhiza mixture on coffee crops”. Co-Researcher, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina.
  • June 2024 – June 2025. SPUN Underground Explorer project: “Molecular identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi”. Co-Researcher, Universidad Santo Tomás.
  • April 2024 – March 2028. Fondecyt Regular Project 1240186: “Harnessing mycorrhizal microbiomes for conservation of Fitzroya cupressoides”. Principal Investigator, Universidad Santo Tomás.
  • February 2024 – October 2024. Yessica Lorena Perdomo (PI): “Effect of biochar, fungi and biogestates as plant growth stimulants”. International Researcher: Marín, C.
  • December 2023 – December 2025. Dr. Diego Martínez-Rincón: “Metagenomic evaluation of the root microbiome in banana crops”. International collaborators: Marín, C., Sáenz, P., Sánchez, R.
  • August 2023 – July 2026. Dr. Mariana Valoy: “Multilevel selection in quinoa crops”. Supervisor: Marín, C. Co-supervisor: Lomascolo, S.B.
  • July 2023 – April 2024. Teaching Research Projects César Vallejo University: Potential of climatic factors in coffee soils. Co-Researcher, Universidad Santo Tomás.
  • April 2023 – October 2024. I Interuniversity Competition for Initiation in Associative Research: System for monitoring areas susceptible to forest fires. Co-Researcher, Universidad Santo Tomás.
  • March 2023 – March 2026. Fondecyt Initiation Project No. 11230870: Mycorrhizal plants associations and their status. Collaborator, Universidad Santo Tomás.
  • April 2022 – present. Global mapping of mycorrhizal networks; SPUN. Associate Researcher, Universidad Santo Tomás.
  • November 2021 – November 2024. Subsidy for the Installation in the Academy 2021: Strengthening teaching and research of the Doctorate in Conservation. Principal Investigator, Universidad Santo Tomás.
  • April 2021 – March 2025. Fondecyt Regular Project 1211655: Biodiversity and functionality of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Co-Researcher, University of O’Higgins.
  • September 2018 – present. Taproot iDiv project: Global Soil Biodiversity Dynamics. Invited researcher. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Germany.
  • April 2019 – March 2022. Froward Cape Research Project: Co-Researcher, University of O´Higgins.
  • April 2019 – March 2022. Fondecyt Regular Project 1190642: Relationship between plant mycorrhizal type and soil fungal assemblages. Co-Researcher, Austral University of Chile.
  • November 2018 – October 2021. Fondecyt Initiation Project 11180869: Effect of fires on diazotrophic population structure in forests. Part of the research team, University of O’Higgins.
  • November 2018 – December 2020. Posdoctoral research project: Principal researcher.
  • January 2018 – April 2019. Proyecto Fondo de Protección Ambiental: Collaborator, University of O’Higgins.
  • February 2015 – April 2017. DFG-SPP Program 1803: EarthShape. Student. University of Hannover, Germany; Austral University of Chile.
  • March 2014 – April 2017. Fondecyt Regular Project 1141060: Soil-age driven weathering. Student. Austral University of Chile; University of Hannover, Germany.
  • September 2011 – October 2014. Evolutionary Agroecology Project. Student. University of Copenhagen, Denmark.