Rodrigo Villa-Martinez study Degree in Biology and Pedagogy in Biology and Natural Sciences in the University of Talca, as where I graduate in 1989-1990. It is in this House of Studies where it began to study micro and macrocospic fossils of present plants and the Tertiary one of central Chile, next to the Dr. Alejandro Troncoso. In 1995 it obtained the Magíster in Biological Sciences with mention in Botany, and their thesis was centered in the reconstruction of paleoclima of the coast of central Chile during last the 5000 years. In 2002 it receives the rank of Doctor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, where it continued his work of paleoclimatic reconstruction of central Chile and its relation with the history of events Boy-Oscillation of the South during the Holoceno. In both cases, their thesis works were directed by the Dra. Carolina Villagrán in the Laboratory of Palinología of the University of Chile. During its demurrage like student of postgraduate of the Dra. Villagrán, the vegetation of Chile had the opportunity to cross great part of the country studying. In integral year 2002 to the Training center of the Quaternary, where it began to study the paleoclimatic history of South Patagonia. During temporary year 2008 he was Director of Foundation CEQUA. At the moment, this focused in revealing the glacial and postglacial history of Patagonia the center-south. During his race it has participated as main investigator and Co-investigator in several Fondecyt projects. He is member of the Chilean scientific societies of Biology, Botany, Ecology and paleontology.

My center of investigation this trim in the reconstruction of the vegetation and the climate during the Quaternary (last 2 million years). My particular interest is to determine since they have varied the wind belt of the west and as they are his effects in the distribution of the biota through time. In order to approach this problem use mainly the palinología to reconstruct the changes of vegacionales and the climate, as well as variations lacustrine, glacial geomorphology, tefrocronología, geochronology, among others. At the moment I am extending the network of paleoecologicos registries that allow to determine climatic regional landlords of change and their relation on global scale. Other subjects of my interest are Biogeography, vegetation of Chile, ecology, evolution of the Chilean flora.

LAST ARTICLES:

1) Moreno, P.I., Kaplan, M.R., François, J.P., Villa-Martínez, R.P., Moy, C.M, Stern, C.R., and Kubik, P.W. (2009) Renewed glacial activity during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition in SW Patagonia. Geology 37: 375-378.

2) Patricio I. Moreno; Jean P Francois; Rodrigo P Villa-Martínez; Christopher M Moy. (2009) Millennial-scale variability in Southern Hemisphere westerly wind activity over the last 5000 years in SW Patagonia. Quaternary Science Reviews 28: 25-38.

3) C. Moy, Dunbar, R.; Moreno, P.I.; Francois, J.P.; Villa-Martínez, R.; Mucciarone D.M.; Guilderson, T. & Garreaud, R.D. (2008) Isotopic Evidence for Hydrologic Change Related to the Westerlies in SW Patagonia, Chile During the Last Millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews 27: 1335– 1349.

4) Rodrigo Villa-Martínez and Patricio I. Moreno (2007). Pollen evidence for variations in the southern margin of the westerly winds in SW Patagonia over the last 12,600 years. Quaternary Research 68: 400-409.

5) Claudio Latorre, Patricio I. Moreno, Gabriel Vargas, Antonio Maldonado, Rodrigo Villa-Martínez, Juan J. Armesto, Carolina Villagrán, Mario Pino, Lautaro Núñez and Martin Grosjean (2007): Quaternary Environments and Landscape Evolution. In Gibbons, W. & Moreno, T., eds. London Geological Society Press. London.

6) Encinas, A., Hervé, F., Villa-Martínez, R., Nielsen, S., Finger K.L., and Peterson D.E. (2006) Evidence of the maximum Holocene transgression in central Chile: tectonic and climatic implications. Revista Geológica de Chile 33: 339-345.

7) R. Villa-Martínez, C. Villagrán & B. Jenny (2004) Palinological evidence for Late Holocene climate variability from Laguna de Aculeo, Central Chile (lat.34°S). The Holocene 14: 361-367.

8) R. Villa-Martínez, C. Villagrán & B. Jenny (2003) The last 7500 cal yr B.P. of westerly rainfall activity in Central Chile inferred from a high resolution pollen record from Laguna de Aculeo (34°S). Quaternary Research, 60: 284-293.

9) B. Jenny, B. Valero-Garcés, R. Villa-Martínez, R. Urrutia, M. Geyh & H. Veit (2002) Evidence for an early to mid-Holocene aridity in Central Chile (34°S) related to the Southern Westerlies: The Laguna Aculeo record. Quaternary Research 58: 160-170.

10) C Villagrán, R Villa-Martínez, F Hinojosa, G Sánchez, M Romo, A Maldonado, L Cavieres, C Latorre, J Cuevas, S Castro, C Papic & A Valenzuela (1999): Etnozoología Mapuche: un estudio preliminar. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 72: 595-627.

11) LeQuesne C, C Villagrán & R Villa-Martínez 1999: Historia de los Bosques relictos de "olivillo" (Aextoxicon punctatum) y Mirtáceas de la Isla Mocha, Chile, durante el Holoceno tardío. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 72: 7-22.

12) Le Quesne, C; Jiménez, H; Aravena, C.; Villa-Martínez, R. & Vergara, J. (1999): Caracterización de un Rodal de Austrocedrus chilensis (D. Don) Pic.Ser. et Bizz, en la Reserva Nacional Río de los Cipreses. Conaf . Serie Técnica 3(2). 18 pp.

3) R. Villa-Martínez & C. Villagrán (1997): Historia de la vegetación de la costa de Chile central durante el Holoceno medio y tardío. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 70: 391-401.

14) Paez, M.M., C. Villagrán, S. Stutz, F. Hinojosa, R. Villa-Martínez (1997): Vegetation and pollen dispersal in the subtropical-temperate climatic transition of Chile and Argentina. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 96: 169-181.

15) Villagrán, C.; Moreno, P. & R. Villa-Martínez (1996): Antecedentes palinológicos acerca de la historia cuaternaria de los bosques chilenos, en " Ecología de los Bosques Nativos de Chile" (J. Armesto; C. Villagrán & M. Kalin, Editores). pp 51-69.

Proyectos de Investigación vigentes:

Historia vegetacional y climática postglacial de los ecosistemas templados de Patagonia centro (44°-49°S). Fondecyt 1080485. 2008-2011. Investigador Responsable.

Late-Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Andes of southern Chile: multi-criteria dating approach integrating high-resolution dendroglaciologic methods with lichenometry, tephrochronology and stratigraphic analysis. Fondecyt 1080320, 2008-2011. Co-Investigador.

The southern westerly winds in NW and SW Patagonia during and since the Last Glacial Maximum: regional and global implications. FONDECYT 1070991(2007-2010). Co-Investigador.

Caracterización de ecosistemas terrestres en escenarios de cambio climático en la Región de Magallanes. Un modelo para determinar su potencial alimentario. Fondo para la Innovación a la Competitividad (FIC), Región de Magallanes. 2009. Co investigador.

Caracterización territorial del Parque Nacional Bernardo O’Higgins: su potencial económico, turístico, científico y cultural. Innova-CORFO 2009-2010. Co-Investigador, coordinador equipo terrestre.

Bases ambientales, jurídicas y comerciales para el desarrollo sustentable de las turberas en Magallanes. Fondo de Desarrollo de Magallanes. 2009-2012. Co-Investigador.

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