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Alfredo Castro-Vazquez
Summary
Research interests
I have contributed to the integrative biology of representatives of the South American fauna, and has concentrated recently in Neotropical apple snails, mainly Pomacea canaliculata (Caenogastropoda, Ampullariidae). I have supervised fourteen PhD thesis works.
Academic Qualifications
1993 Ph.D., Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.
1971 M.D., Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
University Positions
2013- Professor Emeritus, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo,
Mendoza, Argentina.
2011-2015 Organizing Director, Institute of Physiology,
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.
1995-2011 Chair Professor of Physiology, Universidad Nacional
de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.
1986-1995 Adjunct Professor, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo,
Mendoza, Argentina.
National (Argentine) Research Council Positions
1994- Principal Researcher
1984-1994 Independent Researcher
1976-1984 Adjunct Researcher