María Isidora Ávila Thieme msavila@uc.cl Skype username: isidora.avila.thieme +56-9-42710445 School Address: Avenida Libertador Bernardo O Higgins #340, Edificio 210. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile EDUCATION Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile PhD candidate at Biological Sciences mention in Ecology June, 2017 Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción Master in Marine Ecology 2015 Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción Marine Biologist 2012 Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción Bachelor of Science 2012 Awards and Fellowships Granted CONICYT doctoral scholarship, for a PhD program in Chile, for a period of 4 years. Ranked 40 th among 672 awardees chosen. 2016 Stipend and tuition scholarships from Facultad de Ciencias of Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción for the Master s in Marine ecology Program. From 2013 to 2014 Granted the Premio Universidad to the best graduate of Marine Biologist career. Granted for the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción. Ranked 1 th among 5 graduates. 2012 Granted the Premio Facultad de Ciencias to the best graduate of Bachelor of Science. Granted for the Facultad de ciencias of the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción. Ranked 1 th among 5 graduates. 2012 Granted the Premio excelencia académica to the best student of his promotion, granted for four consecutive years, from 2008 to 2011 Granted the Assistant Student scholarship in six occasions, between 2009-2012
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE September 2015 January 2016. CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN BIODIVERSIDAD Y AMBIENTES SUSTENTABLES (CIBAS). CONCEPCIÓN, CHILE Responsible of the Community Ecology Lab, run by Dr. Patricio A. Camus. Handled and administrated the lab s functioning (maintenance and use of the equipment) Supervised the work undergraduate students Coordinated the research team Analyze data s and performing statistical analysis 2015. UNIVERSIDAD PEDRO DE VALDIVIA. CONCEPCIÓN, CHILE Part-time teacher Methodological supervisor in the thesis course for the Kinesiology and Phonoaudiology careers Theacher in the Investigation Methodology course for the Kinesiology career. Teaching to do research projects using the scientific method Evaluates student s performance through thesis project progress, weekly reports and oral presentations August 2013 December 2015. UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN. CONCEPCIÓN, CHILE Part-time teacher Conducts laboratory activities for General Biology, General Physiology, Animal Biology course s Evaluates student s performance through written tests, weekly reports and oral presentations March 2011 March 2013. FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN. CONCEPCION, CHILE Responsible of the Community Ecology Lab, run by Dr. Patricio A. Camus. Handled and administrated the lab s functioning (maintenance and use of the equipment) Supervised the work undergraduate students Coordinated the research team Analyze data s and performing statistical analysis
2009 2012. FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN. CONCEPCION, CHILE Assistant student Prepares laboratory activities, experimental activities, and help the students for the Animal Biology, Biostatistics, Ecology of Population and Community, Ecology of Community and Experimental design course s. Participation in projects Mejoramiento de la visibilidad y percepción de calidad de la Revista Chilena de Historia Natural ; Fondo de Publicación de Revistas Científicas CONICYT, FP 11032. Responsible: Dr. Patricio A. Camus Conoce la biodiversidad marina a través de los sentidos ; Proyecto explora CONICYT, ED 15/039. Responsible: Dr. Paula Neill. INTERNSHIPS 2015. PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE. SANTIAGO, CHILE Studied under Dr. Claudio Latorre, implementation of isotope stable analysis ISI PUBLICATIONS Jiménez JE, AM Arriagada, FE Fonturbel, PA Camus, MI Ávila-Thieme. 2013. Effects of exotic fish farms on bird diversity in lake and marine ecosystem. Naturwissenchaften 100(8): 779-787 (doi: 10.1007/s00114-013-1076-8). Arancibia PA., M.I Ávila-Thieme & PA. Camus. 2013. A trophic characterization of intertidal consumers on Chilean rocky shores. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía (ISI) 48(3): 431-450.
PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 2016 Ávila-Thieme M.I. P.A. Camus & C. Latorre. Isotopic and experimental analysis of physiological omnivory and trophic behavioral of black sea urchin Tetrapygus niger. VI Reunión Binacional de Ecología. Puerto Iguazú, Argentina 2014 Ávila-Thieme M.I & P.A. Camus. Physiological omnivory of black sea urchin Tetrapygus niger (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). LVII Reunión anual de la Sociedad de Biología de Chile. Puerto Varas. Chile 2014 Camus P.A. P.A. Arancibia & M.I. Ávila-Thieme. Consumption versus enviromental offer of food resources in intertidal invertebrates of northern Chile. LVII Reunión anual de la Sociedad de Biología de Chile. Puerto Varas, Chile 2013 Ávila-Thieme M.I. P.A. Arancibia & P.A. Camus. Spatiotemporal variability of the trophic niche of intertidal consumers on Chilean rocky coasts. V Reunión binacional de Ecología. Puerto Varas, Chile 2013 Camus P.A. M.I. Ávila-Thieme & P.A. Arancibia. The role of individual specialization in the expansion and contraction of the population niche in rocky intertidal consumers. V Renunión binacional de Ecología. Puerto Varas, Chile 2012 Ávila-Thieme M.I & P.A. Camus. Problems in the use and definition of functional groups: A case study. XIX Reunión Anual de la Sociedad de Ecología Chile, Concepción (Expositora) 2012 Arancibia P.A., M.I. Ávila-Thieme & P.A. Camus. Individual and populational level variation of the trophic niche: a comparative analysis of intertidal consumers. Primera reunión conjunta de Botánica, Ecología y Evolución. 2012 Camus P.A. P.A. Arancibia & M.I. Ávila-Thieme. The rol of individual specialization on intra and interpescific variation of the trophic niche of intertidal consumers. Primera reunión conjunta de Botánica, Ecología y Evolución.
2011 Ávila-Thieme M.I & P.A. Camus. Relationshp between upwelling intensity and algal functional groups diversity in northern Chile. LIV Reunión Anual de la Sociedad de Biología de Chile. Puerto Varas, Chile DEEPENING COURSEWORK 2014 Harmful algal blooms, Different methodological approaches to a complex problema. Taught by Daniel Varela. Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción.. 2014 Life story strategies in marine invertebrates. Taught by Dres Rogher Hughes, Antonio Brante, Ángel Urzúa, Fernanda Oyarzún. Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción.. 2014 Search and Communication of Scientific Information Workshop. Taught by Dres. Patricio A. Camus & Florance Tellier. At Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción.. 2014 Scientific Writing Workshop. Taught by Dr. Rogher Hughes. Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción.. 2013 Experimental design and biostatistics in Marine Ecology. Taught by Dr. Mark Lenz. Universidad Católica del Norte. Coquimbo, Chile. 2012 Evolution of life cycles and reproductive systems in macroalgae. Taught by Dr. Christophe Destombe. Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción.. 2012 Brown algae in Southeast Pacific: Ecology, Fisheries, Management and new Challenges. Taught by Dr. Julio Vásquez. Universidad Católica de la Santísima. Concepción..
RESEARCH INTERESTS I am interested in the ecology of marine communities and the impacts of the human activities in marine communities. Specifically, the analysis of ecological networks, food webs and the modeling of marine ecosystems.