Fauna Australis has been a hub for academic development with more than 40 members since 2001.

Fauna Australis members

Current Members (2026)

Dra. Nimalka Kankanamge

Natalia Rojas (graduate student)

Francisca Sazo (MSc student)

Agnes Sedini (graduate student)

Andrea Puga (MSc student)

Joaquin Riveros (undergraduate student)

Monika Manosalva (undergraduate student)

Past members (2023 – 2025)

  • Fernanda Barz (Laboratory coordinator).
  • Gonzalo Flores (Associate researcher).
  • Nimalka Kankanamge (Postdoc).
  • Tomas Fuentes (Graduate student)
  • José Ortega (Part-time researcher)
  • Santiago Neira (Undergraduate volunteer Vet UC)
  • Gabriel Morales (Undergraduate volunteer Vet UC)
  • Paz Sánchez (Veterinary in practice, U de Chile)
  • Natalia Rojas (Associate Researcher)
  • Flavia Hernández (undergraduate student, U Mayor)

Previous Distinguished Members

  • Solange Sabelle (Forestry, MSc).
  • Ana Muñoz (BSc, MSc). Laboratory coordinator.
  • José Infante (Agr, MSc). Associate researcher.
  • Omar Ohrens (Agr, MSc, PhD, Wisconsin). Associate researcher.
  • Andre Rubio (Vet, MSc, PhD UNAM). Assistant professor. School of Veterinary Sciences. Universidad de Chile
  • Alejandra Muñoz (BSc Agr, MSc, PhD PUC). Assistant professor (adjunct). Ungulates conservation, sustainable Agriculture, ecology.
  • Nicolás Gálvez (BSc, Agr, Msc, PhD).  Assistant professor. Carnivores, conflict resolution, and conservation biology.
  • Tomás Ibarra (BSc. Agr, MSc Conservation, MSc Ethnobiology, PhD). Assistant professor.  PhD Conservation Biology, Ornithology, Ethnobiology.
  • Tomás Altamirano (BSc For, PhD). Postdoctorate UBC & Associate researcher. Bird ecology and forestry conservation.
  • Juan David Amaya. Assistant professor. Universidad Javeriana. Colombia.
  • Omar Siguas. Assistant professor. Universidad de Huancavelica. Perú.
  • Cony Arevalo (BA Cornell, Master of Science in Natural Resources), 
  • Mariangela Paratori (BSc Forestry, U de Chile; Master of Science in Natural Resources), 
  • Mauricio Cifuentes (BSc in Forestry, Master of Science in Natural Resources ),
  • Skarleth Chinchilla (Agriculture BSc, Master of Science in Natural Resources),
  • Jorge Leichtle (MV and Master of Science in Natural Resources), 
  • Fernando Novoa (MV and Master of Science in Natural Resources), 
  • Solange Vargas (BSc in Biology and PhD from U La Serena), 
  • Mariano de la Masa (BSc in Biology, UC, Master of Science in Natural Resources),
  • Julian Caviedes (BSc Agr, MSc UK).
  • Valentina Velásquez (BSc Forestry).
  • María Guadalupe Barrera (Teaching assistant).