Simon Castillo, B.Sc. Santiago, Chile. September 13th 1990 spcastil@uc.cl +56 9 7928 4016/sc.1309 (Skype) 1. ACADEMIC TRAINING 2009-2014 PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF CHILE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BACHELOR OF SCIENCE LICENTIATE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES MAJOR IN BIOLOGY WITH CONCENTRATION IN NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT. SPECIALIZATION COURSES: MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS (DR.ANDRES MEZA) IOMETRY II (DR. ARIEL FARÍAS) BIOMETRY HYSIOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY (DR. FRANCISCO B PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY (DR. LUIS EBENSPERGER) FOREST ECOLOGY (DR.JUAN ARMESTO) ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY (DR. JUAN ARMESTO) MULTIDISCIPLINARY COURSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. FRANCISCO MEZA) CARNIVORES, RAPTORS AND SCAVENGERS (ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION OF CHILE) RACING DARWIN PATH BIOCULTURAL CONSERVATION (UMAG-UNT) TRACING BOZINOVIC) 2005-2008 COLEGIO TANTAUCO EL BOSQUE (SECONDARY SCHOOL) FUNDACIÓN ARTURO MERINO BENÍTEZ, SANTIAGO.
2. RESEARCH 2013 RESEARCH UNIT NICHE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NATIVE AND INTRODUCED CARNIVORES IN THE TEMPERATE FOREST OF SOUTHERN CHILE. ADVISOR: PROFESSOR ARIEL A. FARÍAS (AFARIAS@BIO.PUC.CL) 2012 SEMINAR OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH HUDDLING UP IN A DRY ENVIRONMENT: THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF AGGREGATION IN AN INTERTIDAL GASTROPOD. ADVISOR: PROFESSOR FRANCISCO BOZINOVIC (FBOZINOVIC@BIO.PUC.CL) 2011 SEMINAR OF DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH THERMAL ECOLOGY OF ECTOTHERMS ADVISOR: PROFESSOR FRANCISCO BOZINOVIC (FBOZINOVIC@BIO.PUC.CL) 3. PUBLICATIONS ROJAS JM, SB CASTILLO, JB ESCOBAR, JL SHINEN, & F BOZINOVIC. 2013.HUDDLING UP IN A DRY ENVIRONMENT: THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF AGGREGATION IN AN INTERTIDAL GASTROPOD. MARINE BIOLOGY 160(5):1119-1126. ROJAS JM, SB CASTILLO, G FOLGUERA, S ABADES, & F BOZINOVIC. COPING WITH DAILY THERMAL VARIABILITY: BEHAVIORAL PERFORMANCE OF AN ECTOTHERM MODEL IN A WARMING WORLD. PLOS ONE 9(9): E106897. DOI:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0106897 4. PRESENTATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS CONTADOR TA, S CASTILLO, R ROZZI & J KENNEDY. LIVING IN THE EXTREMES: DISTRIBUTION AND UPPER THERMAL TOLERANCES OF PAROCHLUS STEINENII (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE: PODONOMINAE) IN THE SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, ANTARCTICA, AND SUB-ANTARCTIC NAVARINO ISLAND(55OS) CHILE.. XXXIII SCAR BIENNIAL MEETING AND OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE. 25-28 AUGUST 2014, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND. (POSTER) CASTILLO SB, F BOHER & F BOZINOVIC. EXTREME THERMAL CONDITIONS: A FORGOTTEN PROJECTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECTS ON WILD POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. V REUNIÓN BINACIONAL DE ECOLOGÍA. 6-9 NOVEMBER2013, PUERTO VARAS, CHILE. (POSTER) DOI:10.13140/2.1.3052.7361 CASTILLO SB, M BARCELÓ, TP CATALÁN, HM NIEMEYER, AM KALERGIS & F BOZINOVIC. TRADE- OFF BETWEEN IMMUNOCOMPETENCE AND SEXUAL SIGNALING IN TENEBRIOMOLITOR. PRIMERA REUNIÓN CONJUNTA BOTÁNICA, ECOLOGÍA Y EVOLUCIÓN, XIX REUNIÓN ANUAL SOCIEDAD DE ECOLOGÍA DE CHILE. 6-9 OCTOBER2012, CONCEPCIÓN, CHILE. (POSTER)DOI:10.13140/2.1.2528.4484
BARCELÓ M, SB CASTILLO, TP CATALÁN & F BOZINOVIC. EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE ON ACQUISITION AND ALLOCATION OF ENERGY IN IMMUNOLOGICALLY-CHALLENGED ECTOTHERM ORGANISMS. PRIMERA REUNIÓN CONJUNTA BOTÁNICA, ECOLOGÍA Y EVOLUCIÓN, XIX REUNIÓN ANUAL SOCIEDAD DE ECOLOGÍA DE CHILE. 6-9 OCTOBER2012, CONCEPCIÓN, CHILE. (POSTER) CASTILLO S, JM ROJAS, J ESCOBAR & F BOZINOVIC. HUDDLING AS DESSICATION CONTROL IN THE PERIWINKLE ECHINOLITTORINA PERUVIANA. LIV REUNIÓN ANUAL SOCIEDAD BIOLOGÍA DE CHILE, XVIII REUNIÓN ANUAL SOCIEDAD DE ECOLOGÍA DE CHILE. 6-9 NOVEMBER2011, PUERTO VARAS, CHILE. (POSTER) 5. FIELD EXPERIENCE JUNE 2014-CURRENT PROJECT: (DOCTORAL THESIS). PREDATORY IMPACTS AND VARIABLES DETERMINING THE SPATIOTEMPORAL OCCUPANCY OF THE INVASIVE AMERICAN MINK (NEOVISON VISON) ON A PRISTINE ISLAND ECOSYSTEM IN SOUTHERN CHILE PI: RAMIRO D. CREGO (RAMIRO.CREGO@GMAIL.COM) ACTIVITIES: FIELD ASSISTANT, CAMERA TRAPS SETTING AND MICROHABITAT CHARACTERIZATION 2013-CURRENT PROJECT: ADDRESSING GLOBAL WARMING SCENARIOS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS USING AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES AS MODEL ORGANISMS IN THE MAGELLANIC SUB-ANTARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS. PI: DR. TAMARA CONTADOR (TAMARA.CONTADOR@YAHOO.COM) ACTIVITIES: ASSISTANT IN ANTARCTIC AND SUB-ANTARCTIC FIELD ACTIVITIES. 2013 PROJECT: INTERPLAY BETWEEN STRESS RESPONSE, BILL MORPHOLOGY AND COLOR PATCHES IN GREEN-BACKED FIRE-CROWN HUMMINGBIRDS. PI: DR. PAULINA GONZÁLEZ-GÓMEZ (PAULIGONZALEZ@YAHOO.COM) ACTIVITIES: ASSISTANT IN HUMMINGBIRDS CAPTURES (SEPHANOIDES SEPHANOIDES) AND SAMPLES PROCESSING. 2011-2013 PROJECT: LOCAL AND REGIONAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE FUNCTIONAL RICHNESS OF TOP-PREDATOR ASSEMBLAGES IN TEMPERATE FORESTS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA. PI: DR. ARIEL A. FARÍAS (AFARIAS@BIO.PUC.CL). ACTIVITIES: ASSISTANT IN INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF LIVE TRAPS AND CAMERA TRAPS, RECORDING OF INDIRECT TRACES AND ANALYSIS OF TOP- PREDATORS DIET.
6. UNIVERSITY GRANTS IMPACT OF THERMAL EXTREMES ON NATURAL POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. COMPETITIVE UNDERGRADUATE GRANTS PROGRAM, PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF CHILE. 7. TEACHING ASSISTANSHIPS YEAR COURSE INSTRUCTOR 2014 PHYSIOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARYECOLOGY FRANCISCO BOZINOVIC, PH.D. 2013-2014 BIOSTATISTICS II SERGIO NAVARRETE, PH.D & ARIEL FARIAS, PH.D. 2012-2013 EXPERIMENTAL ECOLOGY FRANCISCO BOZINOVIC, PH.D. 2013-2014 BIOSTATISTICS I LUIS EBENSPERGER, PH.D. 2012 ECOLOGICALENVIRONMENTALPRINCIPLES JOSÉ MIGUEL FARIÑA, PH.D. 2012 ECOLOGY PABLO A. MARQUET, PH.D. 8. EMPLOYMENTS 2014-CURRENT PROJECT ASSISTANT: ADDRESSING GLOBAL WARMING SCENARIOS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS USING AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES AS MODEL ORGANISMS IN THE MAGELLANIC SUB-ANTARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS. PI: DR. TAMARA CONTADOR (TAMARA.CONTADOR@YAHOO.COM) ACTIVITIES: TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RECORDS, STATISTICAL ANALYSES, GENERAL LABORATORY OPERATIONS AND FIELD ACTIVITIES. 2013-2014 SCHOLARSHIP HOLDER AT INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD (IEB-CHILE) 2013 PROJECT ASSISTANT: BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY IN A WARMING WORLD: TESTING THE ROLE OF THERMAL VARIABILITY ON SCALES PERTINENT TO ORGANISMS. (FONDECYT 1130015) PI: DR. FRANCISCO BOZINOVIC (FBOZINOVIC@BIO.PUC.CL) ACTIVITIES: TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RECORDS, STATISTICAL ANALYSES AND GENERAL LABORATORY OPERATIONS.
9. AWARDS BEST POSTER PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH SEMINARS, FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, P. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF CHILE (2013). BECA BICENTENARIO - SCHOLARSHIP GIVEN BY THE EDUCATION MINISTRY OF CHILE. DURATION: 5 YEARS FROM 2009. 10. LANGUAGE CERTIFICATION ENGLISH CERTIFICATION: TOEIC READING & LISTENING (TOTAL SCORE 690) IELTS SCORES: LISTENING (5.5), READING (7.0), WRITING (5.5), SPEAKING (4.5) TOEFL IBT: OVERALL 80 GRE SCORES (% BELOW): VERBAL 141 (12%), QUANTITATIVE 151 (45%) 11. INTERESTS & OTHERS ECOLOGY, WILDLIFE, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, EVOLUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY (LINK TO FLICKR) AND BACKPACKING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES: PARTICIPATION IN SUBE CONMIGO, A PROGRAM DEDICATED TO TREKKING WITH BOYS AT SOCIAL RISK. (WWW.SUBECONMIGO.CL) STATISTICAL SOFTWARE (STATISTICA, JMP, SIGMAPLOT, R).
12. REFERENCES ARIEL A. FARÍAS, PHD AFARIAS@BIO.PUC.CL (+56 2) 2354 2641 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ECOLOGY, FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES P. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF CHILE TAMARA CONTADOR, PHD TAMARA.CONTADOR@YAHOO.COM (+5661)2621715 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR UNIVERSITY OF MAGALLANES PAULINA GONZÁLEZ GÓMEZ, PHD PLGONZALEZGOMEZ@GMAIL.COM RESEARCH ASSOCIATE INSTITUTO DE FILOSOFIA Y CIENCIAS DE LA COMPLEJIDAD ADJUNCT FACULTY DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY CALIFORMIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLS RAMIRO D. CREGO, MS RAMIRO.CREGO@GMAIL.COM DOCTORAL STUDENT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS