Sebastián A.

García-Loyola Address
Concepción, Chile
H (+569) 95751593
B sgarcial@udec.cl
Curriculum Vitae DOB: August 5, 1988

Formation
2017 Degree of Master in Science with mention in Oceanography, Department of Oceanography, University
of Concepción, Concepción, Chile, Thesis: “Temporal variation of physical and biogeochemical parameters
in water column under different atmospheric forcing: A study based on observations and one-dimensional
modeling in central Chile”.
2015 Oceanography degree, School of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, Pontifical Catholic Uni-
versity of Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile , Thesis: “Ocean surface responses to local wind forcing: A study of
temporal variability in south-central Chile (36o 30.81S)”.
2014 Bachelor’s degree in oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, Pontifical
Catholic University of Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.

Skills & Abilities

Softwares and Advanced in MATLAB, ODV and ROMS1D, intermediate in R-Project, Python, LATEX,
Programming CROCO, ROMS_AGRIF, COAWST
OS Advanced in Linux and Windows

Work Experience
2017-current Research Assistant in the Coastal Oceanography Laboratory, University of Concepción, Concepción,
Chile, Studying the long-term variability of meteorological and oceanographic conditions in southern Chile
from in-situ and reanalysis databases, with the aim of associate climate change with better conditions for
harmful algal blooms.
2017 Research Assistant of the Coastal Oceanography Laboratory, University of Concepción, Concepción,
Chile., Wrote LabVIEW code to aquire images of people’s faces from a USB camera and perform image
processing. Used MATLAB to convert the processed image to g-code. An Arduino Uno was acting as a CNC
controller. Pancake batter was printed on an electric griddle and color shading was achieved by varying the
cooking time..

Coursework
2018 "Circumpolar ocean and regional circulation models, downscaling techniques (COAWST)", Austral
Summer Institute 2018, Department of Oceanography, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
2018 "Ocean modeling using the Coastal and Regional Ocean COmmunity Model (CROCO)", Austral
Summer Institute 2018, Department of Oceanography, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
2017/2018 "English Live Private Teacher", Education First English Course.
2017 "Introduction to programming in Python", Department of Physical-Chemical , University of Concepción,
Concepción, Chile.
2017 "Scientific computation in Python", VII Brazilian Congress in Oceanography, Federal University of Bahia,
Salvador Bahía, Brazil.
2016 "Hierarchical Modeling in R (3 modules)", Austral Summer Institute 2016, Department of Oceanography,
University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
2015 "Modeling applied to ocean science (ROMS_AGRIF)", Department of Geophysics, University of Con-
cepción, Concepción, Chile.
2015 "Mixing processes in the ocean", School of Marine Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso,
Valparaíso, Chile.
2014 "Advanced training-course in English", DuocUC-CORFO, Concepción, Chile.
 2014 "Internship in remote data processing with MATLAB", Department of Geophysics, University of Chile,
Santiago, Chile.
2014 "Statistical methods applied to oceanography with MATLAB", Department of Oceanography, University
of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
2014 "Time series analysis in Natural Science" with R ", Austral Summer Institute 2014, Department of
Oceanography, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

Communication Skills
2016 VII Congresso Brasileiro de Oceanografia (CBO2016), Salvador/Bahía, Brasil. Titled work: García-
Loyola, S., H. H. Sepúlveda and L. Farías. 2016. Temporal variability of physical and biogeochemical variables
of water column under different atmospheric forcing: A study based on observation and one-dimensional
modeling off south-central Chile.
2016 XXXVI Congreso de Ciencias del Mar (CSuMAR-UdeC), University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Titled work: García-Loyola, S., H. H. Sepúlveda and L. Farías. 2016. PRELIMINARY RESULTS - Temporal
variability of physical and biogeochemical variables of water column under different atmospheric forcing: A
study based on observation and one-dimensional modeling off south-central Chile.
2015 11th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere MEteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO),
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. Titled work: García-Loyola, S., R. Garreaud and L. Farías. 2016. Surface
ocean responses to alongshore wind forcing: A study of temporal variability in coastal upwelling off Central
Chile, based on 12 years of observation.

Certifications and Licenses

2013 PADI OPEN WATER, International Diving License, Underwater Heritage Research and Development Center
(VALPOSUB), Valparaíso, Chile. Licence N◦ 13120D1056.
2013 National Diving License of the Chilean Navy DGTM-MM, Underwater Heritage Research and Develop-
ment Center (VALPOSUB), Valparaíso, Chile. Licence N◦ 52910.
2012 Basic Safety and Familiarization Course on Board, Center of Instruction and Maritime Training (CIMAR),
Valparaíso, Chile.
2012 Boarding Permit for Scientific Purposes.
2012 Driving License Class B.

Scholarships and Recognitions

2015/2016 Maintenance scholarship for research assistants, Center for Climate and Resilience Research, University
of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
2015/2016 100% Scholarship for the payment of fees for postgraduate studies, Postgraduate department, University
of Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
2015 Recognition for being the first student to graduate from the career of Oceanography, 2007 genera-
tion, School of Marine Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
2014 Scholarship to study in "English Program of CORFO", CORFO, Chilean Government, Concepción, Chile.

Languages
Spanish Native speaker
English Intermediate work level