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About me (extended)
In 2008 I was awarded a Chilean government scholarship to pursue doctoral studies at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A. where I focused my studies on elucidating the role macrofaunal activities play modifying both physical and chemical sedimentary environments during the so-called bioturbation phenomena. To address these scientific inquiries I oriented my doctoral research to the implementation, development, and use of low cost two- and three-dimensional chemical sensors for measuring critical parameters of sedimentary chemistry, as well as, to the development of tomographic techniques to quantitatively represent three-dimensional physical structures within sedimentary deposits. This work was accomplished during both academic and private-industry related research projects under the supervision of Dr. Qingzhi Zhu and Dr. Robert Aller. Moreover, during my studies abroad I was fortunate to collaborate and to receive instruction and mentoring from renown scientists as Dr. Cindy Lee, Dr. Mary Scranton, Dr. Kirk Cochran, and Dr. Gordon Taylor.
After obtaining my Ph.D. degree at SBU Stony Brook, I pursued post-doctoral research at GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany, where I participated in the development of a dissolved iron sensor for benthic studies, as part of the project " Robotic Exploration of Remote Environments" (ROBEX). My participation in this project included design, construction, and preliminary testing of the sensors, as well as, the development of both electronic and control software units.
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Jaime
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I am a marine biologist graduated in 2005 from the University of Concepcion, Chile. During my years in this institution as an undergraduate student and later research assistant, I worked in the laboratory of marine biogeochemistry, under the supervision of Dr. Silvio Pantoja, where I acquired hands-on experience in the use of organic chemistry proxies and fieldwork techniques during both academic and private industry-related research projects. As well as, I developed a keen interest for understanding how natural and anthropogenic phenomena modify both physical and chemical environments in aquatic sedimentary deposits, and how these perturbations affect relevant natural processes, like organic matter remineralization and biogeochemical cycling at local, regional, and global scale.
