PhD, School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, 2008
B.Sc. Biology, School of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, 2001
Professional experience
Research Scientist, IFEVA-National Research Council (CONICET) and School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, 2010-present
Lecturer, School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, 2011-present
Postdoctoral researcher, IFEVA-National Research Council (CONICET) and School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, 2010
Postdoctoral researcher, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of California, Irvine, United States, 2008-2009
Visiting Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, Brown University, United States, 2005- 2007
Teaching Assistant, School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, 1999-2005
Fellowships
Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Research Council (CONICET), 2010
“José A. Estensoro”, Doctoral Fellowship, YPF Foundation, 2005-2007
University of Buenos Aires, Doctoral Fellowship, 2001-2005
University of Buenos Aires, Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 1999-2001
Research areas
Ecosystem ecology
Biogeochemistry and global change
Microbial ecology
Awards and honors
John L. Harper Prize for Best Paper by a Young Author, British Ecological Society, 2008
START (global change System for Analysis, Research, and Training), Visiting Scientist Award, Brown University, 2006
Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and START. Honorable Mention for presentation at the International Young Scientists’ Global Change Conference, Trieste, Italy, 2003
Inter-American Institute (IAI) for Global Change Research. Fellowship to attend to the International Young Scientists´ Global Change Conference, Trieste, Italy, 2003
Red Latinoamericana de Botánica and Inter-American Institute (IAI) for Global Change Research. “Biodiversity and Global Change: Human impact on natural ecosystems of America”. Chamela Biological Station, Universidad Autónoma de México, México, 2003
Publications (last 5 years)
Austin, A. T., L. Vivanco, A. González-Arzac, and L. I. Pérez. 2014. There's no place like home? An exploration of the mechanisms behind plant litter-decomposer affinity in terrestrial ecosystems. New Phytologist:n/a-n/a
Sala, O. E., L. Vivanco, and P. Flombaum. 2013. Grassland Ecosystems. In: Levin S.A. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, second edition, Volume 4, pp. 1-7. Waltham, MA: Academic Press
Irvine, I. C., L. Vivanco, P. N. Bentley, and J. B. H. Martiny. 2012. The effect of nitrogen enrichment on C1-cycling microorganisms and methane flux in salt marsh sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology 3:1-10
Vivanco L, Austin AT. 2011. Nitrogen addition stimulates forest litter decomposition and disrupts species interactions in Patagonia, Argentina. Global Change Biology, 17, 1963-1974
