Cristóbal Gallegos, Phd Email & Phone Number

Coorparoo, Qld, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

As the Australian Energy Market Operator, AEMO is leading Australia's energy transition, thus shaping a better energy future for all Australians. AEMO is responsible for operating Australia’s largest gas and electricity markets and power systems in the best interests of Australian energy consumers. These include the National Electricity Market and interconnected power system in Australia’s eastern and south-eastern seaboard, the Wholesale Electricity Market and power system in Western Australia, the Victorian gas transmission system and gas markets across Australia. AEMO also provides critical planning, forecasting and power systems security advice and services to deliver energy security for all Australians. AEMO is a not-for profit entity. For more information, head to www.aemo.com.auAs part of the Sector Coupling forecasting group within AEMO's System Design division, my role focuses on modelling the Australian Energy Market to produce long-term forecasts of Consumer Energy Resources (CERs), including generation capacity of rooftop solar panels (distributed PV) and batteries.

Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Monash University is Australia’s largest and most international university. Its extensive educational offering, delivered via 10 faculties, includes undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses. Monash is a research-intensive university, known for some significant and lasting discoveries that have delivered impact beyond the academic community.As part of the Monro and Hodgins research groups in the School of Biological Sciences, I focused on studying the genomic basis of climate adaptation. My responsibilities included:• Performing bioinformatic and statistical analyses.• Developing a state-of-the-art bioinformatic algorithm to build a whole-genome recombination map using pangenomics.• Performing a whole-genome assembly.• Isolating and describing the mitochondrial genome from whole-genome data.• Identifying and developing genetic markers to distinguish cryptic species from genetic samples.• Writing and editing manuscripts for publication in scientific journals.• Supervising PhD students.• Extracting, preparing, and quality checking DNA and RNA for sequencing.• Maintaining algal cultures.• Planning and executing field work.• Administrative work, including managing lab purchases and expenses.• Assisting school meetings.Technical proficiencies:• R programming language• Bash scripting• Working on computer clusterhttps://monrolab.org | https://hodginslab.com

Melbourne, Australia

Assisted Monash in teaching activities in different units:• Monash Innovation Guarantee (with Dr. Susie Ho), where students with industry partners designed innovative solutions to real-world challenges in diverse teams.• Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics (Prof. Carla Sgrò)• Molecular Biology (Dr. Travis Johnson)• Ecology and Biodiversity (A Prof. Rohan Clarke)• Marine Biology (Prof. Dustin Marshall)My responsibilities included:• Leading groups of students as they developed small research projects over a week of intense lab and field work.• Assisting students during practical sessions and answering their questions.• Marking written and video assessments.

Santiago, Chile

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) is currently one of the leading higher education and research institutions in Latin America. Approximately 22,000 students are enrolled in graduate and undergraduate programs, which encompass a wide range of disciplines and professional schools. Its faculty includes approximately 2,000 professors, several of whom have received prestigious international awards for their contributions.Assisted PUC in teaching activities in different units:• Marine Botany (Prof. Bernabé Santelices).• Biostatistics II (Dr. Sergio Navarrete).My responsibilities included:• Leading groups of students as they developed small research projects.• Leading tutorials.• Assisting students during practical sessions and answering their questions.• Marking written assessments.

Santiago, Chile

As part of the marine algae research group led by award-winning Prof. Bernabé Santelices in the Department of Ecology, I focused on studying the ecological genetics of seaweeds.My responsibilities included:• Designing and implementing laboratory experiments.• Maintaining seaweed cultures.• Performing data analyses.• Performing oral presentations with research updates to the team.• Writing and editing manuscripts for publications.• Developing new techniques to culture seaweed in the laboratory.• Extracting DNA and preparing samples for further analyses.• Genotyping seaweed samples with genetic markers (microsatellites).

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology, Doctor Of Philosophy

Thesis title: "Evolutionary adaptation and species barriers under climate change" Climate change poses new selective pressures.

Data Science Specialisation (Coursera), Data Science

Sequence of 9 online courses on Coursera covering the statistical analysis of big data in the R programming language, plus a final project.

Bachelor'S Degree In Marine Biology, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

Coursework and scientific research in Marine Biology.

Exchange Student, Marine Evolutionary Biology

I spent four months studying at the University of Melbourne as part of an exchange program.

High School Graduate Certificate