Macaya E. & Zuccarello, G. Accepted. DNA barcoding and genetic divergence in the giant kelp Macrocystis (Laminariales). Journal of Phycology.

Gutow, L., Hinojosa, I. & Macaya E. 2009. Epifauna on benthic macroalgae. Global Marine Environment. 9:27. (PDF available from author)

Macaya E. & Thiel M. 2008. In situ tests on inducible defenses in Dictyota kunthii and Macrocystis integrifolia (Phaeophyceae) from the Chilean coast. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 354: 28–38. (PDF)

Thiel M., Macaya E., Acuña E., Arntz W., Bastias H., Brokordt K., Camus P, Castilla JC, Castro L., Cortés M., Dumont C., Escribano R., Fernandez M., Gajardo J., Gaymer C., Gomez I., González A., Gonzalez H., Haye P., Illanes JE, Iriarte JL., Lancellotti D., Luna-Jorquera G., Luxoro C., Manriquez P., Marín V., Muñoz P., Navarrete SA., Perez E., Poulin E., Sellanes J., Sepúlveda H., Stotz W., Tala F., Thomas A., Vargas C, Vásquez J. & Vega A. 2007. The Humboldt current system of northern-central Chile: Oceanographic processes, ecological interactions and socio-economic feedback. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. 45:195-345. (PDF available from author)

Bulboa C.R., Macchiavello J., Veliz K., Macaya E. & Oliveira E.C. 2007. In vitro recruitment of Ulva sp. and Enteromorpha sp. on gametophytic and tetrasporophytic thalli of four populations of Chondracanthus chamissoi from Chile. Journal of Applied Phycology. 19: 247-254. (PDF)

Hinojosa, I., Boltaña, S., González, E., Macaya E., Thiel, M., Ugalde, P. & Valdivia, N. 2007. Estados tempranos de desarrollo de crustáceos decápodos asociados a macroalgas flotando a la deriva en fiordos y canales del sur de Chile. Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar. 30(2):59-73. (PDF)

Hinojosa, I., González, E., Ugalde, P., Valdivia, N., Macaya E.& Thiel, M. 2007. Distribución y abundancia de macroalgas flotando a la deriva y su fauna peracarida asociada en los canales de la XI región, Chile. Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar. 30(2):29-42. (PDF)

Hinojosa I., Boltaña S., Macaya E., Ugalde P., Valdivia N., Vásquez N., Newman W. & Thiel M. 2006. Geographic distribution and description of four pelagic barnacles along the south east Pacific coast of Chile - a zoogeographical approximation. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 79: 13-27. (PDF)

Rothäusler E., Macaya E., Molis M., Wahl M. & Thiel M. 2005. Laboratory experiments examining inducible defense show variable responses of temperate brown and red macroalgae. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 78: 603-614. (PDF)

Macaya E., Rothäusler E., Molis M., Wahl M. & Thiel M. 2005. Induction of defenses and within-alga variation of palatability in two brown algae from the northern-central coast of Chile: Effects of mesograzers and UV radiation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 325: 214-227. (PDF)

Macaya E., Boltaña S., Buschmann A., Hinojosa I., Macchiavello J., Valdivia N., Vásquez N., Vásquez J., Vega J. & Thiel M. 2005. Presence of sporophylls in floating kelp rafts of Macrocystis spp. (Phaeophyceae) along the Chilean Pacific Coast. Journal of Phycology. 41: 913-922. (PDF)

Hinojosa, I., Bravo, P., González,E., Macaya E. & Thiel, M. 2005. Fauna de crustáceos peracáridos y decápodos asociados a macroalgas bentónicas y flotando a la deriva en el mar interior de la X región. Libro de Informes Preliminares, pág. 145-157. Taller sobre los resultados del Crucero Cimar 10 Fiordos. Valparaíso.

Thiel, M., Hinojosa, I., Vásquez, N. and Macaya E. 2003. Floating marine debris in coastal waters of the SE-Pacific (Chile). Marine Pollution Bulletin 46: 224-231. (PDF)

1997-2001
Demonstrator (TA) for "Morphology and Vegetal Diversity"in Marine Biology career.

1997-2001
Demonstrator (TA) for "General Botany"in Marine Biology career.

1999-2001
Demonstrator (TA) for "MarineBotany"in Marine Biology career.

May - December 1999
Explora Project ED4/99/020: "Teaching of marine sciences: One point in articulation between scientific, students and professors". Project Assistant.

September - October 2000
Direct Evaluation of fishing "yellow shrimp" Cervimunida jhony, "shrimp nylon" Heterocarpus reedi and "red shrimp" Pleuroncodes monodon, second to eighth region. FIP Project 2000-05. Research Technician.

2001
Demonstrator (TA) for "Culture of seaweeds" in Aquaculture Engineering career.

January 2001 - October 2001
Explora Project ED5/00/015: "A sea of ideas to discover, Practical guide for teaching and outreach of marine science". Project Assistant.

April 2002 - July 2006
FONDECYT Project 1010356: Distribution and dispersal of benthic macrofauna with direct development: the link between benthic and pelagic peracarid assemblages from macroalgae. Research Assistant.

October 2002 - September 2003
GAME Project: Global Approach by Modular Experiments, Inducible defenses in Macroalgae, Institut für Meereskunde, Universität Kiel. Research Fellow.

2005
Assistant professor and assistant research for the Botany Marine Group, Dep. Marine Biology, UCN.
Lecturer in "Reproductive Aspects in Marine Macroalgae", Dep. Marine Biology, UCN.

First semester 2006
Lecturer in "Humbold Current System in northern Chile", Dep. Marine Biology, UCN.

July - October 2007
Demonstrator for BIOL 227''Plants and Algae: Function and Diversity" Victoria University of Wellington.

July - October 2008
Demonstrator for BIOL 227''Plants and Algae: Function and Diversity" Victoria University of Wellington.

2007 - present
VILLA (Victoria Institute for Links with Latin America) Research Associate.

June 2004
XVIIIth International Seaweed Symposium, Bergen, Norway:

The UBC (University of British Columbia) Award for the best oral presentation:
Macaya E., Rothäusler E., Thiel M., Molis M. and Wahl M. Inducible response in two brown macroalgae from the northern-central coast of Chile. (see abstract)

October 2002 - September 2003
GAME Project: Global Approach by Modular Experiments, Inducible defenses in Macroalgae, Institut für Meereskunde, Universität Kiel. Research Fellow. (see Game Project)

December 2005
Best Student Award, Master Program of Marine Sciences, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile.

2006 - Conicyt - Victoria University of Wellington Doctoral Scholarship.
PhD in Marine Biology, School of Biological Sciences. Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.

2007 - New Zealand Postgraduate Study Abroad Award.
Phylogeny, connectivity and dispersal patterns in the giant kelp Macrocystis along the Chilean coast. Funded by the New Zealand Government - Administered by Education New Zealand. (Chile)

2007 - Faculty Research Grants, Faculty's of Science and Architecture & Design, VUW.
Category of Conference Costs and Travel/accommodation.

2008 - New Zealand Postgraduate Study Abroad Award.
Revealing the genetic diversity of the giant alga Macrocystis in Southern Hemisphere. Funded by the New Zealand Government - Administered by Education New Zealand. (Portugal)

2008 - CIMAR-Fjords Project, Sponsored by the 'Comité Oceanográfico Nacional (CONA), Chile'
Floating Algae: Abundance, associated fauna and connectivity (Co-PI w/Martin Thiel and Ivan Hinojosa)

September 2009 - New Zealand Marine Sciences Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Benthic Science Student Prize for thinking outside the square: Creativity in Science.
E. Macaya, F. Alberto, E. Serrao, S. Faugeron & J. Zuccarello. Moving around the oceans: Global phylogeography and taxonomy of the giant kelp Macrocystis. More info, click here.

November 1999
V Latin-American Congress, III Iberoamerican Reunion, VII Symposium of Chileans Seaweeds. Ficología 99. Puerto Varas, Chile.

May 2000
Exhibitor in Teacher's Workshop "Marine Ecology for Secondary Education". UCN

May 2001
Exhibitor in Teacher's Workshop. "Marine Ecology: A didactic source for teaching Science". UCN

May 2001
XXI Congress of Marine Sciences. Viña del Mar, Chile:
Macaya E. and Macchiavello J. Induction of sporulation in cystocarps of Chondracanthus chamissoi (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales). (see panel in spanish)

Gonzalez S., Muñoz M., Macaya E., Förster C. and Puelles W. Levels of solid residues in the IV Region. (see panel in spanish)

May 2002
XXII Congress of Marine Sciences. Valdivia, Chile:
Macaya E., Bulboa C. and Macchiavello J. Spore culture in Chondracanthus chamissoi (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales): growth in different substrates and projection to the culture system.

Gonzalez S., Förster C. and Macaya E. A sea of ideas to discover, Practical guide for teaching and outreach of marine science. (see panel in spanish)

May 2003
XXIII Congress of Marine Sciences. Punta Arenas, Chile:
Macaya E., Rothäusler E., Molis M., Wahl M. and Thiel M. Chemical defenses in marine macroalgae from Northern-Chile: first approximation by means of palatability experiences. (see abstract; see panel. Both in spanish)

Macaya E., Rothäusler E., Molis M., Wahl M. and Thiel M. Exclusion effect of UVB radiation on growth the brown alga Macrocystis integrifolia. (see abstract; see panel. Both in spanish)

Gajardo J., Lillo A., Navarro A., Pino F., Cerda O. and Macaya E. Descriptive analysis of Polysiphonia in La Herradura Bay, IV. Region, Chile. (see abstract in spanish)

Ugalde P., Soto M., Pino F., Cerda O., Fonck E. and Macaya E.. Short description of Ceramiales species from the intertidal zone of Seno Otway, Punta Arenas, Chile. (see abstract in spanish)

Valdivia N., Macaya E., Hinojosa I., Vasquez N., Vega, A., Vasquez, J. and Thiel M. Distribution of Macrocystis spp. Along of Chilean Sea. Temperature effect? (see abstract in spanish)

May 2004
XXIV Congress of Marine Sciences. Coquimbo, Chile:
Macaya E., Rothäusler E., Molis M., Wahl M. and Thiel M. Palatability and inducible defenses in Glossophora kunthii. (see abstract in spanish)

Macaya E., Boltaña S., Hinojosa I., Valdivia N., Vásquez N. and M. Thiel. Floating macroalgae: They continues reproducing? (see abstract in spanish)

Hinojosa I., Boltaña S., Macaya E.., Newman W., Ugalde P., Valdivia N., Vásquez N. and Thiel N. Zoogeography of lepadomorph cirripedes asociated to floating algae, along the Chilean Coast. (see abstract; see panel. Both in spanish)

20 - 25 June 2004
XVIIIth International Seaweed Symposium, Bergen, Norway:
Macaya E. and Thiel M. Presence of reproductive structures in detached macroalgae: Macrocystis spp. Floating along the pacific coast of Chile. (see abstract; see panel)

Macaya E., Rothäusler E., Thiel M., Molis M. and Wahl M. Inducible response in two brown macroalgae from the northern-central coast of Chile. (see abstract)

Rothäusler E., Macaya E. and Thiel M. Effect of attachment status on algal palatability. (see abstract; see panel)

May 2005
XXV Congress of Marine Sciences - XI Latin-American Congress of Marine Sciences (COLACMAR), Viña del Mar, Chile:
Macaya E. and Thiel M. Induction to anti-herbivore defensas in Glossophora kunthi (Phaeophyceae, Dictyotales): in situ experiments. (see extended abstract in spanish)

Bulboa C., Macaya E., Veliz K., Macchiavello J. and Oliveira E. In vitro recruitment of Ulva sp. and Enteromorpha sp. on Chondracanthus chamissoi from four different beds of Chilean coast. (see extended abstract; see panel. Both in spanish).

28 August - 1 September 2006
Ecology Across the Tasman, Wellington, New Zealand
Macaya E., Rothäusler E., Thiel M., Molis M. and Wahl M. Can Glossophora kunthii and Macrocystis integrifolia (Phaeophyceae) respond with inducible defenses after manipulation of amphipod grazing?

20 - 22 September 2006
Marine Sciences Conference, Nelson, New Zealand
Macaya E., and Thiel M. Connectivity between Macrocystis (Phaeophyceae) populations, reproductive floating algae as alternative dispersal mechanism.

29 - 31 August 2007
Marine Sciences Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Macaya E., Plana J., Mansilla A., Zuccarello G. and Faugeron S. Phylogeography of the giant kelp Macrocystis (Phaeophyceae) from Chile and New Zealand using a mitochondrial marker.

26 - 29 November 2007
22nd ASPAB Conference Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.
Macaya E., Zuccarello G. and Faugeron S. Global phylogeography of the giant kelp Macrocystis (Phaeophyceae).

13 - 16 April 2008
New Zealand Entomological Society Conference 2008, Christchurh, New Zealand.
Mundaca E., Macaya E. and Lester P. Does the kowhai moth Uresiphita polygonalis maorialis (Felder) show feeding preferences for particular Sophora species? a palatability experiment.

26- 30 May 2008
XXVIII Marine Sciences Conference. Vina del Mar. Chile
Thiel M., Astudillo J.C., Bravo M., Cerda O., Gomez I., Haye P, Hinojosa I., Macaya E. Miranda L. Nunez P., Rothasuler E., Soto P., Tala F., Vasquez N. Viajes con origen y destino desconocido - objetos flotantes y su rol ecologico en la costa Chilena.

10 - 14 November 2008
Vth Asian Pacific Phycological Forum, Wellington, New Zealand.
Macaya E., Zuccarello G. and Faugeron S. Moving around the Southern Oceans: taxonomy and phylogeography of the giant kelp Macrocystis.

2 - 4 September 2009
Marine Sciences Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Macaya E., Alberto F., Serrao E., Faugeron S., & Zuccarello G. Moving around the oceans: Global phylogeography and taxonomy of the giant kelp Macrocystis.

Macaya E., Byfield T., Morelissen B., Perez-Matus A., & Thiel M. Differential palatability of blades and pneumatocysts from floating algae: implications for long-distance dispersal.

Reviewer
Journal of Phycology.

Membership
-New Zealand Marine Sciences Society.
-Australasian Society of Phycology and Aquatic Botany.
-International Phycological Society.
-Phycological Society of America.

Committee member
-Australasian Society of Phycology and Aquatic Botany (Webmaster) - www.aspab.org

Organizing Committee
-Vth Asian Pacific Phycological Forum, Wellington, New Zealand.
- XXIV Conference of Marine Sciences. Coquimbo, Chile.

Cover design
Biological Bulletin June 2004 (V. 206, N.3)- See info

Photography contribution
-Algaebase
-Journal of Phycology (Cover - June 2009)
-Moving Towards A Balanced Earth: Kick the Carbon Habit - Wellington Te Papa Museum, See info
-NIWA News, See info

Media
-The Giant kelp guy, See info
-Grow Wellington Video, See video
-Victorious, Victoria University of Wellington publication, See info

Webmaster
Web design (see portfolio, only spanish).

1999-2000
Representative of Student Association Marine Biology - UCN.