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Francisca Samsing Pedrals is a Senior Lecturer in Aquatic Animal Health at the University of Sydney, specializing in aquatic animal health research with a focus on disease transmission dynamics, veterinary epidemiology, and molecular diagnostics. She earned her Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Universidad Mayor in Santiago, Chile, in 2010, before moving to Australia. After completing her PhD in Aquaculture at the University of Melbourne in 2018, where she studied the transmission dynamics of the salmon louse on farmed Atlantic salmon, she undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at CSIRO, investigating emerging fish viruses in collaboration with the Tasmanian salmon industry. Her research emphasizes the importance of veterinary involvement in the aquaculture sector for sustainable industry development. She employs multidisciplinary approaches, integrating molecular biology and bioinformatics to understand disease mechanisms in aquatic systems. At the University of Sydney, she leads a research program focused on identifying and characterizing pathogens affecting key aquaculture species such as salmon and barramundi, developing molecular diagnostic tools and conducting microbiome studies to enhance the management of infectious diseases in aquaculture systems.
University of Sydney • Sydney, Australia
Teaching and conducting research in aquatic animal health.
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