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Hire Dr. Santiago C.

Argentina

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Ecologist | R Programming | GIS | Scientific Writing

Profile Summary

I am a researcher specialized in ecology, biogeography, and plant diversity, with experience in scientific writing, manuscript preparation, and spatial data analysis. My work has focused on plant diversification, climatic niche evolution, species distributions, and biodiversity patterns across South America. I have experience preparing manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, editing scientific texts in English and Spanish, and translating academic content. I also work with R and QGIS for spatial analyses, data visualization, and publication-ready scientific figures, including species distribution maps, ecological niche analyses, and reproducible workflows. I can help researchers, students, NGOs, and companies with: • Scientific editing and proofreading • English-Spanish scientific translation • R data analysis • GIS mapping and biodiversity analyses • Literature review and academic writing support • Species distribution and conservation-related analyses • Scientific figure preparation • Data visualization • Publication-ready maps and graphics I aim to deliver clear, rigorous, and publication-ready work.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Evolutionary Biology
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• ☆ Biogeography
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Biodiversity
• ☆ Phylogenetics
• ☆ R

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Translation

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Becario Doctoral

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

- Present

PhD Fellow

CONICET

April 2020 - Present

Education

Biologist

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Argentina

March 2010 - September 2017

Certifications

• Biologist

  Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

  September 2017 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Santiago Castillo, Itzi Fragoso-Martinez, Dana L. Aguilar, Manuel I. Stefanini, Juliana V. Izquierdo, John R. I. Wood, Santiago Benitez-Vieyra (2025). Molecular phylogenetics, geometric morphometrics and character assessment support the reinstatement of the Southern Andean Yungas sage Salvia alba (Lamiaceae) . Systematics and Biodiversity.

Santiago Castillo, Juliana Verónica Izquierdo, Matías C. Baranzelli, Santiago Benitez-Vieyra (2025). How past climate changes in the Central Andes shaped plant–pollinator interactions and influenced floral phenotypic evolution in Salvia stachydifolia . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

Santiago Castillo, Paola B. Reyna, M. Carla de Aranzamendi (2024). What if there is no further south to go: Assessing the vulnerability of Nacella species to climate change . Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.

Santiago Castillo, Paola B. Reyna, M. Carla de Aranzamendi (2024). What if there is no further south to go: Assessing the vulnerability of Nacella species to climate change . Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.

Santiago Castillo, Juliana V Izquierdo, Santiago M Costas, Matíias C Baranzelli, Federico Sazatornil, Santiago Benitez-Vieyra (2023). Local adaptation to hummingbirds and bees in Salvia stachydifolia: insights into pollinator shifts in a Southern Andean sage . Annals of Botany.

Santiago Castillo, Juliana V Izquierdo, Santiago M Costas, Mat&#237;ias C Baranzelli, Federico Sazatornil, Santiago Benitez-Vieyra (2023). Local adaptation to hummingbirds and bees in <i>Salvia stachydifolia</i>: insights into pollinator shifts in a Southern Andean sage . Annals of Botany.

Santiago Castillo, Rosana Di Mauro, Anal&#237;a P&#233;rez, Clara M. Iachetti, Leonel Silva, Juan P. Tomba, Ignacio L. Chiesa (2022). Anthropogenic microfibers are highly abundant at the Burdwood Bank seamount, a protected sub-Antarctic environment in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean . Environmental Pollution.

Santiago Castillo, Rosana Di Mauro, Anal&#237;a P&#233;rez, Clara M. Iachetti, Leonel Silva, Juan P. Tomba, Ignacio L. Chiesa (2022). Anthropogenic microfibers are highly abundant at the Burdwood Bank seamount, a protected sub-Antarctic environment in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean . Environmental Pollution.

Santiago Castillo, Mar&#237;a Carla de Aranzamendi, Juan Jos&#233; Mart&#237;nez, Ricardo Sahade (2019). Phenotypic selection by kelp gulls against pear-shaped shells of the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Santiago Castillo, Santiago Mart&#237;n Costas, Mart&#237;n Toledo, Adri&#225;n Giaquinta (2019). New records of Tachybaptus dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Aves, Podicipedidae) south of its currently known distribution in Argentina . Check List.