| 1973 | Born in Concepción, Chile |
| 1978 - 1989 | Braemar School at Santiago, Chile |
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| 1990 - 1991 | Marine Biology at Universidad de Concepción |
| 1992 - 1995 | B.Sc. in Biological Sciences,
at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
(PUC) , Santiago, Chile |
| 1993 - 1999 | Research assistant,
Departmento de Ecología and
Estacion Costera de Investigaciones Marinas (PUC)
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| 2002 | M.A. in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at the University of California,
Santa Barbara (UCSB) |
| 2004 | Ph.D. in
Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at the
University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 2004 - 2005 | Postdoctoral Fellow,
Marine Science Institute at UCSB |
| 2006 - 2008 | Postdoctoral Fellow,
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at UCSB |
| 2006 - present | Associated Researcher,
Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity (CASEB) at PUC |
| 2007 - 2009 | Research Fellow,
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Aridas (CEAZA) |
| present | Executive Director,
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Aridas (CEAZA) |