Carlos M. BaezaCarlos M. Baeza studied biology at the University of Concepción, Chile. He is a doctor of Sciences at the University of Concepción with a two-year pre-doctoral stay at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. He gained his postdoctoral qulification at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History in island biology and Quedlinburg, Germany in plant cytogenetics. He is Professor Titular and Chair of the Department of Botany, University of Concepción and has participated in five expeditions to the Juan Fernández Islands. He received the Dr Robert Donoso Barros prize from the Biological Society of Concepción. His research interests include island biology and cytotaxonomy of Chilean vascular plants, especially Alstroemeriaceae and Amaryllidaceae. Read More Read Less