Mr Pablo Paredes Berríos

PhD Researcher

Biological and Environmental Sciences Stirling

Mr Pablo Paredes Berríos

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About me

Current Research

Understanding the Where, When and Why of Forest Mortality in Central Chile

I am an IAPETUS PhD student from Chile based at Biological and Environmental Sciences. I study the causes and consequences of drought-induced forest mortality in central Chile by combining techniques that include, remote sensing, in-situ forest structure measurements, and ecological modelling. My project one of the first to address this issue in this region, and aims to give relevant insights on community composition and range shifts changes along different environmental gradients.

Background

After graduating as an Renewable Natural Resources Engineer from Universidad de Chile with highest honors, I worked in several glaciology and forest ecology project as remote sensing speciallist at Universidad de Aysén, Universidad Mayor, and Universidad de O'Higgins, where I also took part as guest and main lecturer in related fields between 2020 and 2024.

Before starting my PhD I worked as a Research Assistant at the Laboratorio de Dendroecología y Adaptación al Cambio Global - DendroEcoLab at Universidad de O'Higgins. There, with my current co-supervisor Dr. Alejandro Venegas-González, started studying the effects of persistent and extreme droughts on native forest in central Chile.

Brief Biography

  • PhD in Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling (2024-present)
  • Remote Sensing Specialist and Operations Manager, DendroEcoLab (2022-2024)
  • Remote Sensing Postgraduate Diploma, Universidad Mayor (2022-2023)
  • Research Assistant at Laboratory of Biosphere Analysis (2020-2022)
  • Assistant Lecturer, Universidad de Aysen (2020-2021)
  • Renewable Natural Resources Engineering, Universidad de Chile (2019-2020)
  • BSc in Renewable Natural Resources (2015-2018)

Societies Memberships

  • Sociedad de Ecología de Chile SOCECOL
  • Iberian Society of Ecology SIBECOL
  • British Ecological Society BES

Research Interests

  • Remote sensing
  • Forest ecology
  • Climate change
  • Drought
  • Mediterranean type ecosystems
  • Wood anatomy

Teaching

I have done teaching at university level in Chile, in subjects related to remote sensing, climate change, GIS and glaciology.

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