Claudia Jorquera

Agronomist and MSc on Agricultural, Agroindustrial Production Mention, University of Chile.

She has been working for 6 years in the area of fruit quality, post-harvest and sensory evaluation of fruit species, mainly Prunus and Actinidia.

Currently, she is responsible of the Kiwifruit Breeding Program, this program originated from the FONDEF project (D09I-1136); she performs coordination and execution activities, including pre and post-harvest trials, evaluation of seedlings and selections, also of the propagation and crosses.

Along with this, she collaborates with different research studies within the working group, actively participating in the assembly, execution and data analysis.