SCIENTIFIC TRAINING
Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences, Universidad Austral de Chile Master in Biological Sciences, University of Chile PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Chile
INSTITUTIONS
Faculty of Medicine and Science, San Sebastián University Zoological Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of BaselMillennium BASE Institute
LINES OF RESEARCH
Evolution and diversification of the marine biota of the Southern Ocean Genomics Molecular ecology Bioinformatics
FEATURED RESEARCH
Vianna JA, Fernandes FAN, Frugone MJ, Figueiró HV, Pertierra LR, Noll D, Bi K, Wang-Claypool CY, Lowther A, Parker P, et al. 2020. Genome-wide analyses reveal drivers of penguin diversification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences:202006659.
Frugone, M.J., Cole, T.L., López, M.E., Clucas, G., Matos-Maraví, P., Lois, N.A., Pistorius, P., Bonadonna, F., Trathan, P., Polanowski, A., Wienecke, B., Raya-Rey, A., Pütz, K., Steinfurth, A., Bi, K., Wang-Claypool, C.Y., Waters, J.M., Bowie, R.C.K., Poulin, E., Vianna, J.A. 2021. Taxonomy based on limited genomic markers may underestimate species diversity of rockhopper penguins and threaten their conservation. Diversity and Distributions, 21(11): 2277-2296
Varela, Andrea I., Katherina Brokordt, Juliana A. Vianna, María José Frugone, Stefanie M. H. Ismar-Rebitz, Chris P. Gaskin, Nicholas Carlile, et al. 2024. “Are Threatened Seabird Colonies of the Pacific Ocean Genetically Vulnerable? The Case of the Red-Tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon Rubricauda, as a Model Species.” Biodiversity and Conservation 33 (3): 1165–84.
