Ana Luisa Josefina Flores Leñero


        Ana Flores Leñero in a labcoat at a microscope

Research Student

I am a creative and results-focused researcher, passionate about understanding and making a difference for marine life. Over the past years, I have conducted research for Academic and industry institutions on Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) events, an exciting line of cutting-edge research I intend to further specialise in as a scientist.

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Mitigating harmful algal blooms with modified clay to safeguard marine aquaculture in a changing climate.

 

Supervisors 

Professor Keith Davidson (SAMS)

Dr Michael Ross (SAMS-CCAP)

Dr Sonia Rey (University of Stirling)

Funder

SUPERDTP and SAMS

Start Date

01/10/2024

 

Education 

2020 - Bachelor of Science (Marine Biology) - Catholic University of Chile (PUC)

Career

2021-2024 - Harmful Algae Researcher - Harmful Algae Research Center/ Fisheries Development Institute

2023-2024 - Author and Scientific consultant - Ministry of science of Chile

2023 - Environmental research consultant - Yadrán S.A.

 

 

Publications

Flores-Leñero, A., Vargas-Torres, V., Paredes-Mella, J., Norambuena, L., Fuenzalida, G., Lee-Chang, K., & Mardones, J. I. (2022). Heterosigma akashiwo in Patagonian fjords: Genetics, growth, pigment signature and role of PUFA and ROS in ichthyotoxicity. Toxins, 14(9), 577.

Mardones, J. I., Paredes-Mella, J., Flores-Leñero, A., Yarimizu, K., Godoy, M., Artal, O., ... & Iriarte, J. L. (2023). Extreme harmful algal blooms, climate change, and potential risk of eutrophication in Patagonian fjords: Insights from an exceptional Heterosigma akashiwo fish-killing event. Progress in Oceanography, 210, 102921.

Mardones, J. I., Flores-Leñero, A., Pinto-Torres, M., Paredes-Mella, J., & Fuentes-Alburquenque, S. (2022). Mitigation of Marine Dinoflagellates Using Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Increases Toxicity towards Epithelial Gill Cells. Microorganisms, 11(1), 83.

 

Conference talks

Chile’s 15th national congress of marine science - March 2021

Strategies to mitigate harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Chile: current knowledge and future perspectives.

Alga-Microbiota Interaction: A Physiological Approach to the holobiont.

ICHA 2021/19th International Conference on Harmful Algae - October 2021

Phylogeny, lipid composition, pigment signature, ichthyotoxicity and growth of the fish-killer Heterosigma akashiwo from Chilean Patagonia.

Annual Meeting of Chile’s Biological Society - March 2020

Alga-Microbiota Interaction: A Physiological Approach to the holobiont.