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Vanessa held a Postdoctoral position as a Research Associate in Soil Spatial Ecology at the University of Sydney since 2017, responsible for helping faculty and students improve the understanding of soil ecosystems and sustainable use, emphasizing the important role of soil biodiversity. She received her B.S. in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Chile in 2007 and was appointed as a CONICYT Bicentennial Becas-Chile Scholarship fellow in 2009. Her research explores the closest interactions between microbial life and soil physicochemical attributes with an outstanding finding that verifies the co-spatial association of soil biodiversity and pedodiversity variables. This insight into the biodiversity-pedodiversity relationship provides new knowledge impacting society, particularly in ensuring that human activities secure soils, which are fundamental to food production. Vanessa's research in soil microbial biogeography uses a pedological perspective extending from Australian agroecosystems to global scales, with a focus on extensive sampling campaigns and collaboration with farmers, specifically in the New South Wales Wheatbelt Region. Her work combines pedometrics approaches with soil biomolecular information and high-throughput sequencing technology, involving global experts in efforts to recognize the critical role of soil biodiversity in ecosystem services.
University of Sydney • Sydney, Australia
Research Associate in Soil Spatial Ecology, focused on understanding soil ecosystems and their sustainable use.
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