Mi trabajo se ha centrado en la investigación de diversas especies animales en el laboratorio de Ecofisiología de la Universidad de Chile. Comencé con morfología funcional del aparato respiratorio en mamíferos y aves voladores y no voladores como el murciélago oreja de ratón, Myotis chiloensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilinidae), el lauchón orejudo de Darwin, Phyllotis darwini (Rodentia: Muridae), la perdiz, Nothoprocta perdicaria (Tinamiformes: Tinamidae) y la tórtola, Zenaida auriculata (Columbiformes: Columbidae). Continué con invertebrados estudiando la participación de los pulmones en libro en la pérdida de agua evaporativa en arañas migalomorfas como Paraphysa parvula. En estos momentos me encuentro trabajando en temas relacionados con Zoología Médica, Epidemiología espacial y Cambio Climático. La pregunta que nos hemos hecho es ¿Cómo el cambio climático afectará la distribución de vectores de enfermedades (como los mosquitos Culex pipiens) y la gestión del riesgo de una enfermedad exótica para Chile (West Nile Virus). Otra área de mi interés es la radiología, por lo tanto hice un Diplomado en Radiología e Imagenología veterinaria en la misma Universidad y pertenezco a la Sociedad Chilena de Radiología Veterinaria (SOCHIRAV). Hoy soy la Directora del Centro de Investigación Aplicada de Chile (CIACHI), el cual tiene como misión promover la investigación aplicada, el desarrollo tecnológico, y la transferencia de conocimientos, con el fin de que la investigación sea más competitiva y exitosa ante los nuevos desafíos mundiales y ubicar a Chile dentro de los rankings de excelencia en investigación y Presidenta de la Fundación Educación y Ciencia, la cual tiene por finalidad la promoción del desarrollo y educación, especialmente de las personas, familias, grupos y comunidades vulnerables.
My work has focused on the research of different animal species at the Ecophysiology laboratory of the University of Chile. I started with functional morphology of the respiratory system in mammals and birds flying and non-flying such as the Chiloe little brown bat, Myotis chiloensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilinidae), Darwin's leaf-eared mouse, Phyllotis darwini (Rodentia: Muridae), partridge, Nothoprocta perdicaria (Tinamiformes: Tinamidae) and the eared dove, Zenaida auriculata (Columbiformes: Columbidae). I continued with invertebrates studying the participation of the book lungs on the evaporative water loss in migalomorphic spiders such as Paraphysa parvula. At the moment I am working on issues related to Medical Zoology, Spatial Epidemiology and Climate Change. The question we have asked ourselves is how climate change will affect the distribution of disease vectors (such as Culex pipiens mosquitoes) and risk management of an exotic disease for Chile (West Nile Virus). Another area of my interest is radiology, so I did a Diploma in Veterinary Radiology and Imaging at the same University and belong to the Chilean Society of Veterinary Radiology (SOCHIRAV). Today I am the Director of the Center for Applied Research of Chile ( CIACHI), whose mission is to promote applied research, technological development, and knowledge transfer, in order to make research more competitive and successful in the face of new global challenges and to place Chile within the rankings of excellence in research and President of the Education and Science Foundation, which aims to promote development and education, especially of individuals, families, groups and communities living in conditions of poverty and / or marginality.
[email protected]
www.ciachi.org
http://uchile.academia.edu/DanielaFigueroa
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniela_Figueroa/info
My work has focused on the research of different animal species at the Ecophysiology laboratory of the University of Chile. I started with functional morphology of the respiratory system in mammals and birds flying and non-flying such as the Chiloe little brown bat, Myotis chiloensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilinidae), Darwin's leaf-eared mouse, Phyllotis darwini (Rodentia: Muridae), partridge, Nothoprocta perdicaria (Tinamiformes: Tinamidae) and the eared dove, Zenaida auriculata (Columbiformes: Columbidae). I continued with invertebrates studying the participation of the book lungs on the evaporative water loss in migalomorphic spiders such as Paraphysa parvula. At the moment I am working on issues related to Medical Zoology, Spatial Epidemiology and Climate Change. The question we have asked ourselves is how climate change will affect the distribution of disease vectors (such as Culex pipiens mosquitoes) and risk management of an exotic disease for Chile (West Nile Virus). Another area of my interest is radiology, so I did a Diploma in Veterinary Radiology and Imaging at the same University and belong to the Chilean Society of Veterinary Radiology (SOCHIRAV). Today I am the Director of the Center for Applied Research of Chile ( CIACHI), whose mission is to promote applied research, technological development, and knowledge transfer, in order to make research more competitive and successful in the face of new global challenges and to place Chile within the rankings of excellence in research and President of the Education and Science Foundation, which aims to promote development and education, especially of individuals, families, groups and communities living in conditions of poverty and / or marginality.
[email protected]
www.ciachi.org
http://uchile.academia.edu/DanielaFigueroa
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniela_Figueroa/info