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

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Guanacos de Pirque en libertad en Huilo Huilo (rewilding).

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 Veterinary student)

Sebastián Herrera (Undergraduate Forestry student)

Mikaela Bachs (Undergraduate Forestry)

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

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