Martin Thiel
(principal investigator)
Received his education in zoology, marine science and oceanography at the universities of Kiel (Germany) and Maine (USA), respectively. He is full professor of Marine Biology at Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN) in Coquimbo, Chile. His main research interests are in the behavioral ecology of marine invertebrates and the functioning of marine communities. Together with his students he has studied the reproductive biology of a variety of free-living and symbiotic crustaceans, and the community dynamics in biotic habitats (mussel and ascidian beds, algal turfs and kelp forests).
 

   
Iván Hinojosa
(manager of laboratory)

Studied Marine Biology at UCN and presently is enrolled as a M.Sc. student in the Faculty of Marine Science at UCN (MSc candidate). His main interests are in the reproductive biology of rock shrimp, which was the topic of his undergraduate thesis. He now is studying the temporal succession of floating algae and the fauna associated with them in the south of Chile (X and XI región). His hobbies are nature photography, which he uses to raise interests in the common public for biological conservation. Occasionally he escapes into higher spheres with paragliders and Flying Hang gliders along the coastal mountains of the Coquimbo region.


Nelson Vásquez
(research associate)
Nelson Vásquez Farreaut. Marine Biologist, his studies were realised in the Universidad Católica del Norte (Coquimbo, Chile). Since 2001 he is working like a research assistant in a project about the distribution and dispersal of marine macrofauna with direct development. His principal interest is the education and scientific outreach. In this area he made a project named "Acuarios interactivos" (click here). with the propose to give a knowledge about the biodiversity of the marine organisms that exist in this region. Additionally this work communicates the scientific role that is related to the marine science.

Eva Rothausler
(exchange student)
Studied biology in Rostock University, Germany. There she concentrated in zooplancton. Presently she works on her thesis about differences in the palatability of macroalgae in floating conditions.

Mauricio Cifuentes
(Msc. student)
Marine biologist and magister student of UCN. He conducted his thesis research in the effects of disturbace on marine fouling comunities, associated with GAME proyect.

Osvaldo Cerda
(Msc. student)
 

Leonardo Miranda
(student abroad)
 

Juan Carlos Astudillo
(student abroad)
 

Macarena Bravo
(student abroad)
 

Christian Buschbaum (AWI, Germany) - Faunal diversity in mussel beds

Lars Gutow (AWI, Germany) - The ecology of rafting in the marine environment

Markus Molis (IFM Kiel, Germany) - GAME-project

Martin Wahl (IFM Kiel, Germany) - GAME-project

Antonio Baeza (U-Louisiana, USA) - The biology of symbiotic crustaceans

Emmett Duffy (VIMS, USA) - Behavioral ecology and sociobiology of crustaceans


Sebastián Boltaña
(Marine Biologist, self-employed)
sbharms@hotmail.com

Erasmo Macaya
(MSc, Phd student)

School of Biological Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600,Wellington
New Zealand
macayaeras@student.vuw.ac.nz
http://www.botanicamarina.cl/erasmo.htm


Cristian Correa
(MSc Candidate) RedpathMuseum,
Dept of
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6
Phone: 514-398-4086 ext. 09058
FAX: 514-398-3185
cristian.correa@mail.mcgill.ca
http://www.biology.mcgill.ca/faculty/hendry/


Alejandra Cuevas
(MCs. Student)
Management and environmental Planning, Interfacultaties program,
Universidad de Chile
International Scholarship IFP
Santiago, Chile
ale.ecoguias@gmail.com


Eliecer Diaz
(Phd.Student)
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Rhodes University
Grahamstown 6140
Republic of South Africa
g03d4394@campus.ru.ac.za

Erasmo del Valle
(Sales manager)
elvalle75@hotmail.com

Nelson Valdivia
Biologische Anstalt Helgoland
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Marine Station
Kurpromenade 201, 27498 Helgoland, Germany
Tel.: +49 4725 819294 - Fax: +49 4725 819283
nvaldivia@awi-bremerhaven.de
http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de

Pabla Ugalde
(Marine Biologist)
Fulltime mother
pugalde@ucn.cl

Thijs Chr. Van Son
Research Associate
Centre for Marine Resource Management (MAREMA)
Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø
9037 Tromsø
Norway
e-mail: thijs.son@nfh.uit.no

Astrid Heidemann
(Diploma student)
University of Oldenburg
Germany
astrid_heidemann1979@yahoo.de

Matthias Langer
(High School teacher)
matico@web.de

Anke Zander
(High School teacher)
anke.zander@gmx.de