Microbial ecology of extreme/contaminated ecosystems. Role of microbial diversity in methane biogeochemical cycle, in relation with global warming. Biogeography of microbial communities in high latitude ecosystems. Biotechnological applications

SUPERVISED STUDENTS AT THE MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY (M.I.O), FRANCE:
{Students Level Origin Supervision rate Year, length Thematic}
1. Julie HARDY PhD student, M.I.O Marseille 40% 2018-2022, 3 years. Metatranscriptomic analysis during anaerobic digestion : from bioinformatic pipeline development to robustness evaluation through a study case application in response to disturbances.
2. Polette AGUILAR PhD student « Bio-tecnologia » Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso (PUCV) PUCV 80% 2017-2021, 4 years. Caracterización de comunidades microbianas provenientes de ambientes naturales fríos y marinos, para el uso como inóculo en el tratamiento anaerobio de residuos bajo condiciones extremas.
3. Guillaume SCHWOB Post-doctoral fellow. Universidad de Chile 60% 2018-2020, 18 months. Biogeography of marine microbial communities in the Southern Ocean.
4. Céline LAVERGNE Post-doctoral fellow PUCV Valparaiso,,90% 2016-2017, 2 years. Evaluation of methanogenic potential and microbial diversity in subantarctic ecosystems exposed to climate change.
5. Lévy Casier Master student M2 Aix-Marseille University, MIO 50% 2020, 6 months. Study of microbial communities and methane cycling activity in a tropical reservoir.
6. Christopher BUROT Master student M2 « Ingénierie de la Biodiversité et des Bio-ressources » Aix-Marseille University, MIO 100% 2018, 6 months. Evaluation of methanogenic potential of Arctic ecosystems exposed to climate change.
7. Polette AGUILAR Master student M2 « Ingenieria Bioquímica » Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso (PUCV) 75% 2016, 12 mois Efecto de la Temperatura sobre la Actividad Metanogénica y la Estructura de Comunidades Microbianas de Muestras Antárticas
8. Théo NAZARE-AGA Undergraduate student L3 « Mer », Aix-Marseille University, MOI. 100%, 2019, 1 month. Analyses of methanogenic communities enriched from arctic sediments and peatlands at different temperatures.
9. Alexis CANINO Undergraduate student (L3) « Biologie Ecologie Marine » Aix-Marseille University/ Tromso University, Norway 25% 2018, 6 months. Anaerobic methane oxidation: training on culture methods and bioinformatics for MiSeq analisis.
10. Noemy CHENIER Undergraduate student L2 « Biologie » Aix-Marseille University, MIO. 100%, 2019, 1 month. Study of microbial diversity in Antarctic lakes.
11. Ellouène CHARAVEL Undergraduate student L2 « Biologie » Université de Grenoble Alpes MIO. 100%, 2018, 1 month. Comparison of bacterial DNA extraction methods from different size classes of marine plankton.
12. Maryam BEN ETTALEB BTS (Technical cursus) Aix-Marseille University, MIO. 60% 2019, 3 months. Monitoring of pilot scale anaerobic digestors and application of stress and disturbances ; Biomethane Potential BMP tests.
13,14. Natalia Calle, Sebastian Olivares (master student and engineering student), UTFSM/PUCV, 10%, 2018-2019 (12 months). Evaluation of methanogenic potential and microbial diversity in subantarctic ecosystems exposed to climate change.

SUPERVISED STUDENTS AT THE PUCV, VALPARAISO, CHILE:
{Students Level Origin Year, length Thematic Supervision rate}
1 Polette Aguilar, Master student PUCV. 2015, 12 months. Molecular characterization of the microbial community involved in methane production at low temperature, enriched from Antarctic sediments, in relation with their methanogenic activity 100%
2 Sergio Mardones, Environmental Engineering student UTFSM. 2014-2015, 9 months. Physicochemical characterization of nutrient content in Antarctic sediments in relation with their low temperature methanogenic activity 100%
3 Polette Aguilar, Biochemical Engineering student PUCV. 2014, 9 months. Implementation and monitoring of semi continuous labscale reactors for low-temperature methane production using high-activity consortium enriched from Antarctic sediments 100%
4 Catherine Badel, Master student, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon, France. 2014, 6 months. Molecular characterization of the microbial community involved in methane production at low temperature, enriched from Antarctic sediments, in relation with their physicochemical characteristics 100%
5 Paulina Castillo, Technical student UTFSM. 2014, 2 months. Monitoring of low temperature methanogenic activity from Antarctic sediments 100%
6 Miriam Urzua Environmental Engineering student, UTFSM. 2013, 6 months. Determination of low temperature methanogenic activity from Antarctic sediments in relation with their physicochemical characteristics . 100%
7 Blandine Deschamps, Biochemical Engineering student, INSA Lyon, France. 2013, 6 months. Methodological development of physico-chemical and biochemical characterization of Antarctic sediments for low-temperature methanogenic activity determination 100%
8,9 Fernando Silva and Tamara Sepulveda. Biochemical Engineering students PUCV (Memoria de grado)2012, 6 months. Generation of control criteria for improving the stability of anaerobic sludge digesters through microbial community study 50%
10, 11, 12 E. Tapia, F. Rosenkranz, O. Franchi. PhD students, Biotechnology Program PUCV / UTFSM. From 2012 to 2015. Participation to the supervision of 4 PhD students, in relation with microbial ecology thematics 40%

SUPERVISED STUDENTS AT THE ECOLE DES MINES D’ALES, FRANCE:
13 Marjorie Morales , Biochemical Engineering student PUCV/E.M.A. 2009, 6 months. Monitoring of malodorous gas treatment by biofiltration 100%
14 Pierre Yves Brossard, Process Engineering student, Polytech Montpellier, France. 2008, 6 months. Process and hydrodynamic aspects of malodorous gas treatment by biofiltration. 100%

1. Cabrol L. 2019. Key-note speaker: The microbiome associated to methane-cycle in high-latitude ecosystems exposed to climate change. 2nd International symposium on Extreme ecosystems and Extremophile organisms: Biodiversity, Physiology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Santiago, Chile, 2-5/12/2019. Invitado y organizado por la Red Latinoamericana de Extremófilos (REDLAE).