Research themes
Ecoinformatics and conservation biogeography
Macroecology and ecological complexity
Alpine ecosystem biogeography and ecology
Palaeoclimate and palaeoecology of western South American arid, semiarid, mediterranean and southern temperate ecosystems
Molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography

Principal IEB researchers
Pablo Marquet (Focus leader)
Mary T. Kalin Arroyo
Luis Felipe Hinojosa
Claudio Latorre
Patricio Moreno
María Fernanda Pérez
Maisa Rojas

Other IEB researchers
Juan Armesto
Lohengrin Cavieres
Elie Poulin
Francisco A. Squeo

Current collaborations
Daniel Ariztegui (Suiza), Julio Betancourt (EEUU), James Brown (EEUU), Alison Davies (Alemania), Ek del Val (México), Brian Enquist (EEUU), Jessica Green (EEUU), Sara Hoot (EEUU), Steve Hubbell (EEUU), Clive Jones (EEUU), Teresa Jordan (EEUU), Juan Keymer (EEUU), Zaal Kikvidze (España), Antonio Lara (Chile), Harufumi Nishida (Japón), Hugh Possingham (Australia), Jay Quade (EEUU), Jason Rech (EEUU), Horacio Samaniego (EEUU), Tomasz Stepkowski (Polonia), David Storch (República Checa), Marcelo Tognelli (Argentina), Rodrigo Villa (Chile), Carolina Villagrán (Chile), Cathy Whitlock (EEUU), Kerrie Wilson (Australia), James Zarruchi (EEUU)

Postdoctoral researchers
Olga Barbosa, Leah Dudley, Fabio Labra, Rosita Scherson, Michael Shawn Flecher, Cristian Villagra.

Ph.D. students
Fernando Alfaro, Ana Borthagaray, Francisca Díaz, Derek Corcoran, Carolina Díaz, Eugenia Gayó, Pablo Guerrero, Paola Jara, Maritza Mihoc, Christopher Moy (EEUU), Paulette Naulin, Leonardo Ramírez, Leonor Valenzuela, Constanza Weinberger, Horacio Zeballos

Master students
Mariela Aguilera, Daniela Domínguez, Nestor Gutiérrez, Jean Pierre Francois, Enrique Garrido, Paula Giraldo, Ignacio Jara, Felipe Matus, José Montalva, Paz Montenegro, Oscar Pesce, Ricardo Segovia, Marcela Valenzuela, Paula Vidal, Paola Villegas, Claudia Villarroel

Other students
Lua Alves, Eduardo Ascarrunz, Mauricio Bosshard, Benjamín Castro, William Henríquez, Cristián Hurtado, Pamela Martínez, Katherine Martínez, María Isabel Mujica, Karla Ojeda, Carla Riveros, Mauricio Trajano, Isabel Sandoval

Technical staff and research assistants
Matías Frugone, Loreto Hernández, Ana María Humaña, Marlene Manzano, Pamela Martínez, Cristian Muñoz, Leonardo Ramírez, Marcela Salinas, Juan Valencia, Romina Villagrán