Edgart Flores

  • Postdoctoral Scholar

Organic geochemistry • Microbial lipodomics

Edgart Flores holds a PhD in Oceanography from the University of Concepción in Chile, where his doctoral research focused on investigating the microbial communities and origin of organic matter in the deepest part of the Southeastern Pacific Ocean using lipid membranes. He also explored the potential adaptations of these microorganisms to the extreme conditions of low temperatures and high pressures in the hadal environment. As part of the “MIcrobial Lipidomics in Changing Oceans” (MILCO) project funded by the NSF, Edgart will continue his research during his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Colorado Boulder. Specifically, he will study the lipid remodeling of microorganisms in response to a changing ocean.

Organic Geochemistry Lab 

Education

  • PhD, Oceanography: University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile, 2023
  • MSc, Marine Sciences: Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, Lima, Peru, 2016
  • BSc, Biology: Pedro Ruiz Gallo National University, Lambayeque, Perú, 2012

Publications

Cantarero, S. I., Flores, E., Allbrook, H., Aguayo, P., Vargas, C. A., Tamanaha, J. E., Bentley, J., Scholz, C., Bach, L. T., Löscher, C. R., Riebesell, U., Rajagopalan, B., Dildar, N., Sepúlveda, J., 2024: . Biogeosciences, 21: 3927-3958. DOI: 10.5194/bg-21-3927-2024

Flores, E., Mendoza, U., Callbeck, C. M., Díaz, R., Aguirre-Velarde, A., Böttcher, M. E., Merma-Mora, L., Moreira, M., Saldarriaga, M. S., Silva-Filho, E. V., Albuquerque, A. L., Pizarro-Koch, M., and Graco, M., 2023: . PLOS One, 18(8): e0287914. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287914

Merma-Mora, L., Colas, F., Cardich, J., Sánchez, S., Flores, E., Lorenzo, A., Aguirre-Velarde, A., Correa, D., and Gutiérrez, D., 2023: . Journal of Marine Systems, 241: 103918. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2023.103918

Flores, E., Fernández-Urruzola, I., Cantarero, S. I., Pizarro-Koch, M., Zabel, M., Sepúlveda, J., and Ulloa, O., 2023: . Journal of Geophysical Research—Biogeosciences, 128(8): e2023JG007401. DOI: 10.1029/2023JG007401

Flores, E., Cantarero, S. I., Ruiz-Fernández, P., Dildar, N., Zabel, M., Ulloa, O., and Sepúlveda, J., 2022: . Biogeosciences, 19: 1395-1420. DOI: 10.5194/bg-19-1395-2022.

Raberg, J., Flores, E., Crump, S., de Wet, G., Dildar, N., Miller, G., Geirsdóttir, Á., and Sepúlveda, J., 2022: . Journal of Geophysical Research, Biogeosciences, 127(10). DOI: 10.1029/2022JG006969.