Pablo Alviz Gazitúa

Professional with experience in environmental and clinical samples using molecular biology, microbiology, and analytical chemistry techniques. Experienced in laboratory setup, team leadership, and personnel training.

• Driver license
• Brass musician

• Biobusiness Program, Universidad de Los Andes (Chile) & University of San Diego California (USA), 01/04-to date
• Intellectual & Industrial Property, Universidad de Los Lagos, 10/2023,12/2023
• Descriptive statitics by R programming, Udemy e-learning, 04/2023, 12/2023
• Basis of ISO17025:2018 norm, 04/2023, 04/2023
• Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management, Coursera e-Learning & University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, 10/2021, 12/2021
• Technology transfer: From research to the market., Coursera e-Learning & Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., 09/2019, 12/2019
• Introduction to patents., Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Intelectual (INAPI), Ministerio de Economía y Turismo, Chile., 01/2020, 03/2020
• Native Microbial Biodiversity: Molecular biology tools to characterize plant interacting microoganisms., Centro para el Estudio de Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Universidad de la Serena., 11/2015
• Formation of experts in biotechnology patents, Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Intelectual (INAPI), Ministerio de Economía y Turismo, Chile., 06/2015, 08/2015

• Experterra Spa, 07/2023, Present, Prototyping and technical advisoring for in situ NIRS calibration
• AgroVeca Spa, 02/2022, 04/2022, Technical requirements for the implementation of a bio-based product manufacture facility
• Agri Marin Terra S.A, 01/2019, 03/2019, Standardization of genotyping protocols for agricultural bioproducts
• BioPacific S.A., 01/2020, 03/2020, Biosurfactant quantification in agricultural bioproducts

• Dynamics and drivers of mycorrhizal fungi after glacier retreat. Carteron A., Cantera I., Guerrieri A., Marta S., Bonin A., Ambrosini R., Anthelme F., Azzoni R.S., Almond P., Alviz Gazitúa P. et al. New Phytologist, 242(4), 1739-1752.
• Geographical variability of bacterial communities of cryoconite holes of Andean glaciers, F. Pittino, R. Ambrosini, M. Seeger, R. S. Azzoni, G. Diolaiuti, P. Alviz-Gazitua, A. Franzetti, Sci Rep, 10.1038/s41598-022-24373-5
• The importance of species addition versus replacement varies over succession in plant communities after glacial retreat, I.Cantera, A. Carteron, A. Guerrieri, S. Marta, A. Bonin, R. Ambrosini, F. Anthelme, R. S. Azzoni, P. Almond, P. Alviz Gazitúa et al., Nature Plants, ACCEPTED
• Local climate modulates the development of soil nematode communities after glacier retreat, A.Guerrieri,I. Cantera, S.Marta, A. Bonin, A. Carteron,R. Ambrosini,M. Caccianiga,F.Anthelme, R. Azzoni, P. Almond., P. Alviz Gazitúa, et al., Global Change Biology, ACCEPTED
• Enhanced exoelectrogenic activity of Cupriavidus metallidurans in bioelectrochemical systems through the expression of a constitutively active diguanylate cyclase, AlvizGazitua P., Espinoza-Tofalos A., Formicola F., Guiliani N., Turner, R. J., Franzetti, A., Seeger, M., Environments, 10.3390/environments9070080
• Molecular relationships in biofilm formation and the biosynthesis of exoproducts in Pseudoalteromonas spp, Alviz-Gazitua P., González A., Lee M. R., Aranda C. P., Mar. Biotechnology, 10.1007/s10126-022-10097-0
• Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 possesses aromatic catabolic versatility and degrades benzene in the presence of mercury and cadmium, Alviz-Gazitua P., Durán R.E, Millacura F.A, Cárdenas F., Rojas L.A., Seeger M., Microorganisms, 10.3390/microorganisms10020484
• The Retreat of Mountain Glaciers since the Little Ice Age: A Spatially Explicit Database, Marta S., Azzoni R. S., Fugazza D., Tielidze L., Chand P., Sieron K., Almond P., Ambrosini R., Anthelme F., Alviz-Gazitua, P., et al., Data, 10.3390/data6100107
• Bio-electrochemical remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons, Espinoza-Tofalos Anna, Alviz-Gazitua Pablo, Franzetti Andrea, Seeger Michael, Bioelectrochemical Systems, Prasun Kumar, Elsevier, Singapore, Republic of Singapore, 10.1007/978-981-15-6868-8
• The response of Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 to cadmium involves inhibition of the initiation of biofilm formation, decrease in intracellular c-di-GMP levels and a novel metal regulated phosphodiesterase, Alviz Gazitúa, P., Fuentes-Alburquerque S., Rojas L.A, Turner, R.J., Guiliani N., and Seeger, M., Front Microbiol, 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01499
• Detection of genes associated with drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Chile, P. Araya, M. Velasco, J. Tognarelli, F. Arias, T. Leiva, A. Sccapatticio, P. Alviz, J. Fernández, Rev Med Chile, 139, 467-473, 10.4067/S0034-98872011000400008

• Dr. Michael Seeger, Departament of Chemistry / Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, michael.seeger@usm.cl, +56 322654223
• Dr. Nicolás Guiliani, Science Faculty, Department of Biology / Universidad de Chile, nguilian@uchile.cl, +56 229787241
• Dr. Raymond Turner, Biological Sciences Department/ University of Calgary, turnerr@ucalgary.ca

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