Member Profile
Membership type: full
Shirley L. ALQUICHIRE ROJAS
Country of origin: Colombia Currently in: Chile, Concepción General field of specialization: Agricultural Sciences-
Degrees
2021 Master Agricultural Sciences2022 Master Biological Systems and Organisms -
Current Research Activities
Biological Systems and Organisms
Assistant researcher in chemical ecology laboratory, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile. Participant in the formation of a chilean bank of endophytic fungi strains (chemical ecology laboratory), Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile. Visiting student researcher at the Plant physiology laboratory, Universidad del Concepción, Chile.Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchConduct field research at Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción to investigate plant growth and development in chilean genotypes of Chenopodium quinoa for thesis work.
Workshop and Conference Attended
2021 Colombia Primer congreso latinoaméricano de evolución2021 Concepción, Chile Summer course: Biogeochemical tools to understand environmental and climate changesPresentation given
2019LIQUIFERT® y GENERATE® Impactan el Rendimiento de Materia seca del Pasto Guinea (Megathyrsus maximus Jacq.) cv. Mombasa.San Juan, Puerto RicoEvent: Abs. 43rd Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Ciencias Agrícolas. -
Other Awards
Jan 2021Merit Scholarship for national doctorate studies from Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo de ChileFull stipend cover ($43000 US) and grant recipient ($5500 US)Jan 2019Graduate research fellowship from University of Puerto RicoReceived Graduate research Fellowship from University of Puerto Rico, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences ($25000 US), full stipend cover ($20000 US) and grant recipient ($4000 US)
