Estefanía Milla-Moreno

PhD candidate. Forest and Conservation Sciences Department, University of British Columbia (UBC).

Education


Jan 2015-present

PhD candidate. Forest and Conservation Sciences Department, University of British Columbia (UBC).

Supervisor: Dr. Rob Guy.

Courses: Belowground Forest Ecosystems; Directed Studies in Conservation: Forest Ecology


Jul 14, 2017

Comprehensive examination


May 2013 - Aug 2013

Parental leave for second child


Mar 2003 - Jun 2009

Forest Engineering. Faculty of Forestry, University of Chile (UChile).

Supervisor: Manuel Toral.

Research topic: “Hydric stress and its influence in tree physiology, looking at three species of Eucalyptus spp”


Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

Teacher assistant of Forest Plant Biology I.

Faculty of Forestry, UBC.

Academic experience


Sept 2020-present

Graduate Academic Assistant for EDI initiatives at the Faculty of Forestry, UBC


Jan 2016 – Dec 2017

Exam Invigilator at Access and Diversity, UBC


Mar 2015 - Jun 2016

Exam Invigilator at Sauder School of Business, UBC


Sept 2015 - Dec 2015

Teacher assistant of Forest Plant Biology I.

Faculty of Forestry, UBC.


Sept 2014 - Dec 2014

Teacher assistant of Forest Plant Biology I.

Faculty of Forestry, UBC.


Aug 2005 - Dec 2006

Teacher Assistant of Agroforestry.

Faculty of Forestry, UChile

Professional experience


Nov 2020 - present

Board Director at Large at Instruments Beyond Borders


Mar 2018 - Mar 2020

Executive Director of the Network of Chilean Researchers in Canada (Redicec)


Apr 2016 - Sept 2020

UBC Forestry Equity and Inclusion Committee (Diversity Crew) member and co-founder


Mar 2018 – Mar 2019

President of UBC Salsa Rueda Club. UBC Alma Mater Society (AMS) club


Oct 2016 - present

Utown Community Grants Selection Committee member


Apr 2016 - Oct 2020

UBC Advisory committee of Instruments Beyond Borders


Jun 5-12th 2018

Official translator of the Landfill Harmonic in their Vancouver tour


Mar 2016 – Mar 2018

Communications Director of Redicec


Nov 2017 – Mar 2018

Member of the Gender Committee at Redes Chilenas (ReCh; International network of Chilean researchers)


Apr 2015 – Feb 2018

Board Director, Secretary and Communications committee member of the First Latin American Cultural Centre of Vancouver (VLACC)

Sci Comm


September 2020 - present

Webinar series Virtual Lunch in the Forest Host, and producer

 


January 2021- present

Podcast Tuning into the Forest Host, and producer

 

 

Training and capacitation


Feb 2017

Instructional Skills Workshop


Jan 2017

New views about gender and ethnicity (Online), UChile


Jan 2017

Campus Climate. Irving K Barber Learning Centre. Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, UBC


Dec 2016

Positive Space training


Dec 2016

Graduate Student Society Active Bystander workshop


Aug 2016 - Apr 2017

Biology Program Teacher Assistantship Professional Development (BioTAP) Certificate


Feb 2016 - Apr 2016

Special topics in R Workshops


Aug 26, 2015

Participatory Learning Techniques for Flipped and Blended, Face-to-Face Environment

Irving K Barber Learning Centre. Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, UBC


Aug 26, 2015

TA-Instructor Working Relationship

Irving K Barber Learning Centre. Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, UBC


Feb 16, 2015

PhD Connections – Effective Supervisory Relationships Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, UBC

Mentorship


May 20th, 2021

Graduate Students with Families Session by the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies


Oct 29th, 2019

PhD Connections for Candidacy to Completion Lunches

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, UBC


Feb 16, 2015

PhD Connections – Effective Supervisory Relationships

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, UBC


Jan 11, 2015

PhD Connections – Success in Graduate School

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, UBC

Guest Lectures


Milla Moreno, E & Arias-Bustamante, J. February 27th, 2019. Resource extraction and contested territories. Class GEOG 495: Social Movements in the Americas, UBC.


Milla Moreno, E & Arias-Bustamante, J. March 13th, 2018. Resource extraction and contested territories. Class GEOG 395: Culture, Nature, and Coloniality in Latin America, UBC.

Workshop


Mendenhall, D & Milla Moreno, E. March 6th, 2019. Bystander intervention to prevent and respond to sexual violence. Faculty of Forestry. UBC.

Oral presentations


Milla Moreno, E.  May 10th, 2019. Phytoremediation of tailings from a Chilean Copper Mine. PhD Go Public 2019 Research Talk Series  – Event 4.  Environment and social justice. Peter Kaye Room, Vancouver Public Library, Central branch (PechaKucha).


Milla Moreno, E & Guy RD. November, 24th, 2018. Phytoremediation of tailings from a Chilean Copper Mine. Annual Colloquium Redicec- Ottawa (PechaKucha).


Milla Moreno, E & Guy RD. November, 8th, 2018. Phytoremediation of tailings from a Chilean Copper Mine. GECAMIN-Chile (Conference proceeding)


Milla-Moreno, E & Gergel S. February 13th, 2018. Deepening Our Roots and Spreading Our Branches: Growing Diversity within Forestry, Forestry Diversity Crew. Catalyzing Change: Equity Enhancement Fund Showcase, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, UBC.


Milla-Moreno, E & Guy RD. February, 14th, 2018. Phytoremediation in a tailing of a Chilean Copper mine. Society of Ecological Restoration, Simon Fraser University.


Milla-Moreno, E. December, 13rd, 2018. Phytoremediation in a tailing of a Chilean Copper mine: Closing Remarks. Hydric Resources Senior Management, LPM, Chacay, Chile.


Milla-Moreno, E. December, 11th, 2017. Phytoremediation in a tailing of a Chilean Copper mine. F & C Chile technical team, LPM, Chacay, Chile.


Milla-Moreno, E. October 23rd, 2017. Phytoremediation in a tailing of a Chilean Copper mine. Hydric Resources Senior Management, LPM, Chacay, Chile.


Milla-Moreno, E & Guy RD. September, 23rd, 2017. Panelist of “Natural Resources and Sustainable Development”. Title of intervention: Phytoremediation in a tailing of a Chilean Copper mine. V Colloquium Redicec. UBC, Vancouver.


Milla-Moreno, E. January, 21 st, 2017. Panelist of “Looking for new strategies in an environment that changes rapidly”. Title of intervention: Tree physiology, a key player for Canada and Chile’s development. Panelist at the IV Colloquium Redicec. Le Auditoire, Montreal.

Publications


Milla Moreno, E  & Guy RD. 2020. Assessment of the phytoremediation potential of native plant. Int. J. Phytoremediation. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2020.1838435.


Milla Moreno, E, McKown AD, Guy RD & Soolanayakanahally RY. 2016. Leaf mass area predicts palisade structural properties linked to mesophyll conductance in balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.). Can. J. Bot. 94(3): 225-239, 10.1139/cjb-2015-0219


Milla Moreno, E & Guy RD. 2015. How form constrains function in balsam poplar. Branchlines. 1(26): pp.7

Poster presentations


Milla Moreno, E, RD Guy & RY Soolanayakanahally. 2014. Anatomical limitations to the mesophyll conductance of balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.). IPS VI,  UBC


Milla Moreno, E, RD Guy & RY Soolanayakanahally. 2014. Anatomical limitations to the mesophyll conductance of balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.). Schaffer lecture, UBC


Milla Moreno, E & RD Guy. 2013. Limitations to the mesophyll conductance of a poplar family through a leaf anatomy study. UVFBS, Victoria, BC


Milla Moreno, E & RD Guy. 2012. Limitations to the mesophyll conductance of a poplar family through a leaf anatomy study. FFLS, UBC

Volunteering


Feb 2019 – present

Organizing team of the 7th Annual Colloquium of Redicec, UBC


Feb 2018 - Nov 2018

Chair and Organizing team of the 6th Annual Colloquium of Redicec, Ottawa Heart institute, Ottawa


March 27, 2017

Positive Space event manager for family housing at UBC


Feb 2017 - Oct 2017

Organizing team of the 5th Annual Colloquium of Redicec, Nest, UBC.


Sept 2016 - Feb 2017

Organizing team of the 4th Annual Colloquium of Redicec, LeAuditoire, Montreal


March 2016

Bear Story Screening and Panel Discussion at the Faculty of Forestry, UBC


Jun1-4, 2015

Volunteer of the Mine Closure Annual Conference. Hyatt Regency, Vancouver.


Aug 2014 - Oct 2014

Organizing team of the 2nd Annual Colloquium of Redicec, LIU, UBC: “Building bridges, mobilizing knowledge”


Jul 2014

Volunteer of the International Poplar Symposium. VI Edition. Forestry, UBC


Dec 2013 - Mar 2014

Fitness Bootcamp coordinator (Utown program), UBC

Interviews


Marca Chile Website (Chilean’s government public scholar network). Chilean professionals in Canada: The Scientific knlowledge as a powerful tool for Chile. May 31st, 2016. https://marcachile.cl/chileglobal/profesionales-chilenos-en-canada-las-ciencias-como-herramienta-para-el-pais/


Radio

Ecos de mi pueblo program. Chile constitucional process. May 2, 2016. http://www.coopradio.org/station/archives/5


Websites

UBC Equity and Inclusion Office Website. Diversity initiatives take root at UBC Forestry. February 3, 2017. http://equity.ubc.ca/2017/02/03/diversity-initiatives-take-root-at-ubc-forestry/


“Who is the Forestry Diversity Crew?”. Branchlines Vol 28 No 2 – Summer 2017 https://issuu.com/ubcforestry/docs/bl_28.2