The AgriFood Team

The AgriFood Team is comprised of two principal investigators, Dr. Romina Pedreschi and Dr. Claudia Fuentealba, along with a group of postdoctoral researchers, coordinators, and undergraduate and graduate students working on various agronomically important topics in different species, including avocados, cherries, walnuts, tomatoes, and potatoes.

Our commitment to generating knowledge and supporting both producers and the agricultural industry is reflected in the AgriFood Team's outstanding research and our extensive national and international collaborations.

 

Meet the Researchers of the AgriFood Team

Dr. Romina Pedreschi
Dr. Romina Pedreschi

Principal Investigator

Skin color-synchronization with softening of Hass avocado: dissecting the problem by integration of omics at harvest and during postharvest storage

Dr. Claudia Fuentealba
Dr. Claudia Fuentealba

Principal Investigator

Cell wall remodeling in sweet cherry (Prunus avium) cultivars with surface pitting: an underlying response during cold stress

Dr. Ignacia Hernández
Dr. Ignacia Hernandez

PostDoc

A metabolic profile characterization of the "orange spot disorder" within the kernel of walnuts (Juglans regia) cv. Chandler

Dr. Gerardo Núñez-Lillo
Dr. Gerardo Núñez-Lillo

PostDoc

Unravelling the role of the transcription factor NAC072 on tomato harvest time by omic data integration and functional validation

Dr. Patricio Olmedo
Dr. Patrick Olmedo

PostDoc

Multiomic approach to study the effects of temperature oscillation on the fatty acid metabolism of Hass avocados during fruit growth and development

Excequel Ponce
Excequel Ponce

Coordinator of Research

Operation and maintenance of GC-MS and HPL-PDA-ELSD systems, implementation of analytical protocols, and students advising

MSc. Juan Vidal
MSc. Juan Vidal

Coordinator of Laboratory

Metabolite analysis in plant samples of avocados, cherries, and nuts through the use of different analytical platforms and protocols

Diego Garcia-Rios
Diego Garcia-Rios

Phd student

An agronomic and process approach to mitigate neo-contaminants in native potato (Solanum tuberosum) var. Michuñe black

MSc. Camila Arancibia-Guerra
MSc. Camila Arancibia-War

Phd student

A multi-omic approach to understand the exocarp color desynchronization with mesocarp softening in avocados (Persea americana) cv. Hass

MSc. Laura Sepulveda
MSc. Laura Sepulveda

Phd student

Understanding carbohydrate dynamics at the interplay between cold acclimation and dormancy in sweet cherry influenced by climate conditions