- Avenida Santa Rosa 11315, La Pintana, Santiago
- +562 2978 5851
- mejoramientofrutal.agronomia@uchile.cl
Work Team
Rodrigo Infante
Agronomist of the University of Chile and Doctorate of the University of Bologna, Italy. Full professor of the University of Chile and corresponding member of the Chilean Academy of Sciences. Specialized in pomology, fruit quality and plant breeding. He has published more than 50 scientific papers in indexed journals. He is the breeder responsabile of licencing five peach/nectarine varieties and one Asian plum variety. ResearcherID: D-6449-2015Claudia Jorquera
Agronomist and MSc on Agricultural, Agroindustrial Production Mention, University of Chile.
She has been working for 9 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.
Alejandra Vinagre
Ingeniera Agrónoma y Magíster en Manejo de Suelos y Aguas de la Universidad de Chile.Forma parte del equipo del Laboratorio de Mejoramiento Genético y Calidad de la Fruta desde 2021, y actualmente es la profesional a cargo de la difusión y transferencia del Programa PTEC "Centro para la investigación e innovación en fruticultura para la zona sur".Keila Peña
Accountant in charge of the coordination of the R+D projects, particularly in monitoring and surveying finances. She is the administrative link with companies and other associated institutions that work with us. She is responsible for the budget management, monitoring and control of the expenses in the online systems of the different financing sources.
Work Team
Rodrigo Infante
Researcher in charge of the group
Agronomist PhD. Full Professor University of Chile
Claudia Jorquera
Centro Fruticultura Sur Coordinator
Agronomist Engineer Mg. Cs. Agr.
Alejandra Vinagre
Difusión y Transferencia Centro Fruticultura Sur
Agronomist Engineer Mg. Cs. Agr.
Carolina Kusch
Transfer Unit
Agronomist Engineer
Keila Peña
Financial Management
Accountant
Hercito Rivera
Field manager
Agricultural Technician
Loreto Contador
Ingeniera agrónoma y doctor en Ciencias Silvoagropecuarias y Veterinarias de la Universidad de Chile. Experta en análisis reológico de textura y evaluación sensorial de frutas con panel de expertos y consumidores. Se desempeña como investigadora en las áreas de calidad de la fruta, desarrollo de texturas y poscosecha ResearcherID: F-4903-2013
Previous Team
Juan Salazar
Coordinator molecular biology area
Agronomist, PhD in Plant Biology
Marjorie Millanao
Breeder junior
Agronomist Engineer Mg. Cs. Agr.
Patricio Zapata
Biología molecular
Ing. en Biotecnología Vegetal
Paulina Shinya
General Project Management
Agronomist Mg. Cs. Agr.
Loreto Contador
Experta en Evaluación Sensorial
Ingeniera Agrónoma Dr.
Pablo Jiménez
Biologist, mention Bioprocesses
Plant Biotechnology Engineer
Nancy González
Accountant assistant
Technical accountant
Karen Aliste
Plant Breeding
Agricultural Technician
Carmen Pardo
Experimental Unit Rinconada de Maipú
