Formación

• Ingeniero Agrónomo, 1996, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Magister Scientiae (Recursos Naturales), 2001, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Doctor of Philosophy (Plant Science), 2005, The University of Western Australia, Australia.

Cargos y becas

• Investigador Asistente, CONICET. 2005 - presente.
• Ayudante de Primera, Cátedra de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1994 - presente.
• University Postgraduate Award (International Students), The University of Western Australia (2001-2004).
• Beca de Investigación para graduados en la categoría Perfeccionamiento, Universidad de Buenos Aires (1999- 2001).
• Beca de Investigación para graduados en la categoría Iniciación, Universidad de Buenos Aires (1997-1999).

Premios y distinciones

• Endeavour Research Fellowship (2007). Department of Science, Education and Training, Australia.
• Award of Distinction (2005) Proyecto de doctorado (Ph.D.). "Ecological Fitness Costs in a Multiple-Herbicide Resistant Lolium rigidum Population". University of Western Australia, Australia.
• Mike Carroll Fellowship (2003). Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Australia, Australia.
• University Postgraduate Award (2001), Research Graduate School, University of Western Australia, Australia.
• Premio a la segunda mejor tesis de grado para optar por el grado de Ingeniero Agrónomo (1996) "El Efecto del Endofito Acremonium sp. sobre la toelrancia de Lolium multiflorum al herbicida diclofop metil". Companía Dow AgroSciences Company y Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA).

Áreas de interés en investigación

• Eco-fisiología de malezas.
• Resistencia a herbicidas.
• Sustentabilidad de los agroecosistemas.

Publicaciones (últimos 5 años)

• Vila-Aiub MM, Vidal RA, Balbi MC, Gundel PE, F Trucco & Ghersa CM (2008). Glyphosate-resistant weeds of South American cropping systems: an overview. Pest Management Science 64:366–371.
• Vidal Ribas A; Muzzel Trezzi M; De Prado R; Pedro Ruiz-Santaella J; Vila-Aiub M. (2007). Glyphosate resistant biotypes of wild poinsettia (Euphorbia heterophylla L.) and its risk analysis on glyphosate-tolerant soybeans. Journal of Food Agriculture and Environment 5:265-269
• Vila-Aiub MM; Balbi MC; Gundel PE; Ghersa CM; Powles SB. (2007). Evolution of glyphosate-resistant johnsongrass (Sorgum halepense) in glyphosate-resistant soybean. Weed Science 55:566-571
• Gundel PE, Maseda PH, Vila-Aiub MM , Ghersa CM & Benech-Arnold R (2006). Effects of Neotyphodium fungi on Lolium multiflorum seed germination in relation to water availability. Annals of Botany 97:571-577.
• Vila-Aiub MM , Neve P & Powles SB (2005). Fitness Costs of Evolved Herbicide Resistance. Encyclopedia of Pest Management (D. Pimentel editor), Marcel Dekker, New York, Taylor and Francis. Pages 1-3, 903 pages, ISBN: 0-8247-0632-3 (paper) 0-8247-0517-3 (electronic)
• Vila-Aiub MM , Neve P & Powles SB (2005). Resistance cost of a cytochrome P450 herbicide metabolism resistance mechanism but not an ACCase target site mutation in a multiple resistant Lolium rigidum population. New Phytologist 167:787-796.
• Vila-Aiub MM , Neve P, Steadman KS & Powles SB, (2005). Ecological fitness of a multiple herbicide resistant Lolium rigidum population: Dynamics of seed germination and seedling emergence of resistant and susceptible phenotypes. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:288-298.
• Vila-Aiub MM , Gundel PE & Ghersa CM, (2005). Fungal endophyte infection changes growth attributes in Lolium multiflorum Lam. Austral Ecology 30:49-57.
• Vila-Aiub MM & Ghersa CM, (2005). Building up resistance by recurrently exposing target plants to sub-lethal doses of herbicide. European Journal of Agronomy 22:195-207.
• Martinez-Ghersa MA, Vila-Aiub MM , Ghersa CM, Gundel PE & Satorre EH, (2004). Herbicide selection of Italian ryegrass under different levels of UVB radiation. Journal of Environmental Quality 33:1376-1386.
• Vila-Aiub MM , Ghersa CM & Carceller M, (2003). Effect of herbicide diclofop-methyl on proton extrusion from Lolium multiflorum seedlings differing in resistance and in fungal endophyte (Neotyphodium sp) infection. Physiologia Plantarum 119:429-439.
• Vila-Aiub MM , Martinez-Ghersa MA & Ghersa CM, (2003). Evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds: vertically transmitted fungal endophytes as genetic entities. Evolutionary Ecology 17:441-456.

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