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The university Universidad de La Frontera (UFRO) maintains its leading position in scientific productivity in Chile, after adding 13 projects that have been awarded a Fondecyt Initiation in Research Grant in the competition of 2020.
This achievement puts UFRO in eighth place at the national level and among the best state universities in Chile regarding the number of awarded projects. According to Dr. César Arriagada Escamilla, the Vice-rector of Research and Graduate Studies, this achievement is the result of the growth strategies in research that have been implemented at UFRO and of the commitment and talent of the researchers themselves. “We generate knowledge in almost all fields and contribute to in-depth studies of high-impact research ideas that contribute to the solution of scientific and social problems at the regional, national and international level. That way, we position the La Araucanía Region as a knowledge hub in the southern macro-zone,” he explained.
It is worth mentioning that UFRO has about 120 active projects that are funded by FONDECYT, which is a significant number at the national level. In this context, Dr. Pamela Serón Silva, the research director, congratulated the researchers, who are the ones who help the university to achieve its goal to provide the society with knowledge, on their success. “Over the past decade, the number of awarded FONDECYT projects has increased by 144%, positioning us always among the ten universities in Chile with the highest number of awarded projects,” she said.
THE PROJECTS
This year, the awarded projects cover the fields of Agronomy, Biology, Law and Politics, Education, Geography and Urbanism, History, Engineering, Chemistry, Animal Health and Production, and Sociology.
Project name: MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS THROUGH MULTICOMPONENT REACTIONS WITH MICROTUBULE-STABILIZING EFFECT
Researcher in charge: DR. ALEJANDRO CASTRO ÁLVAREZ
Project name: SEGREGACIÓN ESCOLAR INDÍGENA EN CHILE: EXPLORANDO SUS ORÍGENES Y EVOLUCIÓN (SEGREGATION OF INDIGENOUS STUDENTS IN CHILE: EXPLORING ITS ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION)
Researcher in charge: DR. ÁLVARO HOFFLINGER QUEZADA
Project name: INCLUDING THE SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF BOUNDARY SHEAR STRESS AND GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION IN SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PREDICTIONS APPLICATIONS TO MOUNTAIN STREAMS
Researcher in charge: DR. ÁNGEL MONSALVE SEPÚLVEDA
Project name: INCIDENCIA DEL CONTEXTO SOCIAL EN EL CAPITAL DIGITAL DE ESTUDIANTES DE ENSEÑANZA MEDIA: UNA APROXIMACIÓN ECOLÓGICA AL ESTUDIO DE DESIGUALDADES DIGITALES (IMPACT OF THE SOCIAL CONTEXT ON THE DIGITAL CAPITAL OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF DIGITAL INEQUALITIES)
Researcher in charge: DR. CAROLINA MATAMALA RIQUELME
Project name: HISTORIA DE LA GUERRA DE PACIFICACIÓN: INTERSTICIOS, ENTREVEROS Y CULTURAS BÉLICAS MAPUCHE-WINKA. GULUMAPU, 1859-1883 (HISTORY OF THE PACIFICATION WAR: INTERSTICES, INTERSPERSES AND WARLIKE CULTURES MAPUCHE-WINKA. GULUMAPU, 1859-1883)
Researcher in charge: DR. CRISTIAN ENRIQUE PERUCCI GONZALEZ
Project name: THE IN VITRO EFFECT OF NEUTROPHIL EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS (NETs) ON BOVINE SPERM FUNCTION AND ITS IMPACT IN THE FERTILIZATION OUTCOME
Researcher in charge: DR. FABIOLA ZAMBRANO QUEZADA
Project name: EVALUATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF PLANT VOLATILES IN THE GREATER MAX MOTH, GALLERIA MELLONELLA: BASIS FOR FUTURES BEE HIVE-FRIENDLY CONTROL STRATEGIES
Researcher in charge: DR. HERBERT VENTHUR PEÑA
Project name: DERECHOS DE AUTOR Y EXPRESIONES ARTÍSTICAS DEL PUEBLO MAPUCHE: EL CASO DE LA POESÍA (COPYRIGHT AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION OF THE MAPUCHE PEOPLE: THE CASE OF POETRY)
Researcher in charge: DR. JOAN RAMOS TOLEDO
Project name: DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL FACTORS FOR HIGH-QUALITY ETHANOL EXTRACTION FROM ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SAFEGUARDING THE ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES OF THE PRODUCT BY A NOVEL FOWARD OSMOSIS AND MEMBRANE DISTILLATION HYBRID PROCESS
Researcher in charge: DR. JUAN CARLOS ORTEGA BRAVO
Project name: LAS POLITICAS DE VIVIENDA SOCIAL EN CIUDADES DE DIFERENTE TAMAÑO: DE LA METROCENTRICIDAD A LA LUGARIZACIÓN DE LAS POLITICAS HABITACIONALES (SOCIAL HOUSING POLICIES IN CITIES OF DIFFERENT SIZES: FROM METROCENTRICITY TO THE LOCALIZATION OF HOUSING POLICIES)
Researcher in charge: DR. LUIS VERGARA ERICES
Project name: DENTINOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION POTENTIAL AND OTHER BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STEM CELLS FROM THE APICAL PAPILLA AND DENTAL PULP STEM CELLS ISOLATED FROM INFLAMED AND HEALTHY TISSUES AND CULTURED WITH LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES
Researcher in charge: DR. MARÍA CRISTINA BUCCHI MORALES
Project name: IN SITU RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIOME ENGINEERING. A SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING P-ACQUISITION AND PERFORMANCE OF WHEAT PLANTS GROWN IN SOILS WITH LOW PI-AVAILABILITY
Researcher in charge: DR. PATRICIO BARRA ESPINOZA
Project name: LOS CONTRATOS DE TRABAJO POR PLATAFORMAS: UN REDISEÑO DE LA SUBORDINACIÓN EN LA MODERNIDAD LABORAL (PLATFORM-BASED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS: A REDESIGN OF SUBORDINATION IN MODERN LABOUR MARKETS)
Researcher in charge: DR. RODRIGO MONTEIRO PESSOA
Written by: Karimme Riadi Millas
Vice-rectorate for Research and Graduate Studies
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