Academic Director of Postgraduate Studies at UFRO is elected president of the Postgraduate Commission of the Council of Rectors of Chile

Dr. Luis Salazar Navarrete was elected with 76% of the votes to preside over this national body, which coordinates the work of universities in the training of master's and doctoral students.

The Academic Director of Postgraduate Studies at University of La Frontera, Dr. Luis Salazar Navarrete was elected president of the Postgraduate Commission of Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH)The academic obtained 761% of the votes in an election that had three candidates and will hold the position for two years, renewable for another two.

Her election places a UFRO official at the head of a body responsible for coordinating and strengthening advanced training in the country. Created in November 1991, the commission brings together directors and vice-rectors of postgraduate studies from the institutions that are members of CRUCH, with the aim of promoting the academic quality of master's and doctoral programs.

“Being elected president of the CRUCH Postgraduate Commission is a great honor and, at the same time, a significant responsibility. I accept this challenge with the commitment to contribute to strengthening postgraduate education, promoting collaboration among universities, and fostering initiatives that respond to the country's needs and the highest standards of academic quality,” said Dr. Salazar.

“This trust also constitutes a recognition of the collective work of our university community and an opportunity to continue building, from an articulated perspective, a more solid, relevant and innovative postgraduate system,” he added.

Career path in research and postgraduate training

Dr. Luis Salazar holds a doctorate in Pharmacy and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Applied Molecular Biology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He is a full professor in the Department of Basic Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine of UFRO, director of the Center for Molecular Biology and Pharmacogenetics, and academic director of Postgraduate Studies.

Over the past 20 years, he has participated in more than 70 biomedical research projects. He is the author of over 200 publications in mainstream journals and has presented more than 500 papers at conferences, over 300 of which were at international events. His career includes more than 60 awards for scientific and academic merit.

In academic training and management, he has guided more than 35 doctoral dissertations, four master's theses, and more than 100 undergraduate theses, in addition to supervising eight postdoctoral researchers. He was director and deputy director of the PhD program in Sciences, specializing in Applied Cellular and Molecular Biology, at UFRO, and a member of the Postgraduate Advisory Committee of the National Accreditation Commission. He has also held management positions at Fondecyt and participates in the editorial teams of international scientific journals.

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