Claudio Sáez Avaria

Claudio Sáez Avaria
Born
Chile
Alma materUniversidad de Valparaiso; Victoria University of Wellington; University of Plymouth
Scientific career
FieldsMarine biology, Environmental biotechnology
InstitutionsUniversidad de Alicante; Universidad de Playa Ancha; Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Claudio Sáez Avaria is a Chilean and Spanish researcher,[1] author,[2] marine biologist and environmental biotechnologist.[3][4][5]

Early life and Education

Sáez Avaria obtained his degree in Environmental Engineering from the Universidad de Valparaíso in Chile.[6] He completed a Ph.D. in Marine Studies at University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom in 2014[7] and later joined Universidad de Playa Ancha as a full-time researcher after working as a post-doctoral researcher at the Universidad de Santiago de Chile.[8][9]

Career

Sáez Avaria was the director of the University of Playa Ancha's Coastal Environmental Research Laboratory[10][11] and a researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies.[12][13]

In 2019, he founded the Environmental HUB UPLA.[14]

He is working as an associate professor in Marine Environmental Research and Development at the University of Alicante.[15]

In 2025, Sáez Avaria was awarded the Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Marine Sustainability IV edition.[16]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ "Facultad de Ingeniería realiza taller de comunicación efectiva - Universidad de Playa Ancha - Facultad de Ingeniería" (in Spanish). 2015-12-28. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  2. ^ "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  3. ^ "CLAUDIO ALEJANDRO SÁEZ AVARIA - Universidad de Alicante". observatorio-cientifico.ua.es. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  4. ^ "SÁEZ AVARIA, CLAUDIO ALEJANDRO". cvnet.cpd.ua.es. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  5. ^ T13 (2022-01-14). "Detectan niveles de arsénico que superan ampliamente la norma en las aguas de Cabildo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Identifican altos niveles de arsénico en pozo de agua potable cerca de Las Cenizas". Reporte Minero | El portal de minería en Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  7. ^ Chile, Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de (2025-12-09). "Claudio Sáez y la desalación en Chile: "Es importante que la academia acompañe en esto" - Programa Asia Pacifico". Observatorio Asiapacifico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  8. ^ "PDI - Resultado de Búsqueda". investigadores.anid.cl. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  9. ^ Sáez Avaria, Claudio (2014-01-01). "Physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses to copper stress in different strains of the model brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus". School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses.
  10. ^ "La sequía seguirá empeorando, advierte el doctor Claudio Sáez - Noticias de la Universidad de Playa Ancha" (in Spanish). 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  11. ^ "Identifican altos niveles de arsénico en pozo de agua potable cerca de Las Cenizas". Reporte Minero | El portal de minería en Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  12. ^ "Doctor Claudio Sáez expuso sobre la crisis de Quintero y Puchuncaví para TV Senado - Noticias de la Universidad de Playa Ancha" (in Spanish). 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  13. ^ EO (2022-08-23). "En Papudo abren la primera planta desalinizadora para uso exclusivamente agrícola" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  14. ^ "Dr. Claudio Sáez Avaria obtiene en España el IV Premio Fundación Banco Sabadell a la Sostenibilidad Marina - Noticias de la Universidad de Playa Ancha" (in Spanish). 2025-10-22. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  15. ^ "The 4th Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Marine Sustainability recognises work in environmental biotechnology for the detection of marine pollution - Fundación Banco Sabadell". 2025-10-20. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  16. ^ "Claudio Sáez Avaria, distinguido con el Premio Fundación Banco Sabadell por su contribución a la Sostenibilidad Marina | Demócrata" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-09.