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Dra. Valeria Anabalón

Young Researcher

Biography

Dr. Valeria Anabalón is a Marine Biologist and holds a PhD in Oceanography with specialization in Global Change, with more than 15 years of experience in oceanographic research, phytoplankton ecology, and the dynamics of marine ecosystems associated with coastal upwelling zones. Her scientific career has been primarily linked to the University of Concepción.

She specializes in biological oceanography, phytoplankton community structure and dynamics, harmful algal blooms (HABs), marine hypoxia, and environmental variability in upwelling systems of the Southeastern Pacific and Northeastern Atlantic. Her research has contributed to studies on primary productivity, phytoplankton biomass, marine organic carbon fluxes, and oceanographic variability.

Dr. Anabalón has extensive experience in interdisciplinary research related to global climate change, the application of remote sensing tools to marine ecosystems, and the analysis of ocean productivity. She has also participated in numerous oceanographic cruises and has strong technical expertise in biological sample processing, flow cytometry, total organic carbon (TOC) analysis, microscopy, photosynthetic pigment analysis, and oceanographic data analysis.

She is the author and co-author of scientific publications in high-impact international journals such as Progress in Oceanography, Remote Sensing, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, and PLoS ONE, contributing significantly to the understanding of phytoplankton dynamics, mesoscale structures, and marine biogeochemical processes.

Degrees and Academic Qualifications

  • 2019. PhD in Oceanography, specialization in Global Change, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
  • 2005. Marine Biology, University of Concepción, Chile.

Selected Projects

  • 2019–2025. FONDAP Project 1511027. Center for Research on Sustainable Aquaculture. Associate Researcher.
  • 2017–2018. Grant No. 106030-2017. “Abundance of harmful microalgae and oceanographic conditions in the plague emergency area (Gulf of Penas, Aysén Region) and neighboring areas.” Study commissioned by SERNAPESCA. Principal Investigator.
  • 2014–2018. FONDECYT Project 1151299 (2015–2017). “Effect of submesoscale fronts on phytoplankton communities in the coastal region off central-southern Chile.”
  • 2013–2019. Millennium Project IC12009. Millennium Institute of Oceanography of the South Pacific (IMO-Chile).
  • 2012–2014. FONDECYT Project 1120504 – CONICYT. “Community structure of phytoplankton in the upwelling area of central-southern Chile: specific and integrated responses to environmental variability.”
  • 2008–2010. FONDECYT Project 1070504 – CONICYT. “Coastal-ocean exchanges in a high eddy kinetic energy region and productive upwelling system: effects on plankton community structure and carbon production.”
  • 2008–2012. CAIBEX Project (CTM2007-66408-CO2-02). Spanish National R&D Plan.
  • 2007–2009. FONDECYT Project. “Coastal-ocean exchanges in a high eddy kinetic energy region and productive upwelling system: effects on plankton community structure and carbon production.”
  • 2004–2008. FONDAP–CONICYT Program No. 150100007. Center for Oceanographic Research in the South-Eastern Pacific (COPAS), University of Concepción.