CuneoLAB
Left to right: Marcos, Eber, [I]Talo, Cesar & Flavia
Dr. Italo F. Cuneo (Talo)
Principal investigator
PhD University of California, Davis, USA
MSc Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Agricultural Engineer Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Contact
Italo.cuneo@pucv.cl
PUCV School of Agriculture Website
Google Scholar
Cesar Barrientos Sanhueza, PhD candidate
Agricultural Engineer Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, MSc.
Cesar is doing his PhD in the lab working on trying to elucidate key aspects of fluid mechanics in the soil-root interface. He is using microfluidics, microscopy and root pressure probes.
Dr. Flavia Dorochesi, Postdoctoral Researcher
Flavia is working in the lab as a postdoc and she is well focused on the microorganisms-plant relationship in the microenvironment near fine root.
Dr. Alexis Velasquez-Saez, Postdoctoral Researcher
Alexis is working in the lab as a postdoc and leading the project “Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as part of microbial terroir in vineyards: Effect on grapevine volatile metabolome and wine aroma”.
Marcos Roldán, PhD Student
Marcos is doing his PhD in the lab, mainly working in Vitis water relations from the root to the leaf.
Eberhard (Eber) Neserke, undergrad student
Eber has been spending a lot of time in the lab during his undergrad training. He is currently working with Opuntia ficus indica roots.
ALUMNI
Gonzalo Rojas Cea, MSc
Laura Sepúlveda Prelaz, MSc
Vicente (Vinny) Hormazabal, MSc
Miguel Tamayo, MSc
Ayén Avilés Cisternas, Ing Agr
Pablo Saavedra, Ing Agr