Dr. Claudio Pérez | Aerobiologia | Best Researcher Award

Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Universidad de Buenos Aires,  Argentina

Claudio Fabián Pérez is an Argentine biologist and atmospheric scientist specializing in aerobiology, palynology, and micrometeorology. He currently serves as an Independent Researcher at CONICET and as Jefe de Trabajos Prácticos at the Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), where he has been teaching since 2005. His research focuses on airborne pollen transport, CO₂ and water fluxes, and the environmental impacts of bioaerosols. He has led and participated in several national R&D projects, including studies on Yungas forest pollen emissions and atmospheric gluten particles. Pérez has mentored students and researchers in atmospheric sciences and contributes to developing early-warning systems for airborne biological particles with potential health and ecological impacts.

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🎓 Academic & Research Career:

Dr. Claudio Fabián Pérez is a professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences. Since 2005, he has specialized in aerobiology, palynology, and atmospheric transport of biological particles.

🔬 Research Expertise:

• 🌿 Aerobiology & Pollen Transport

• 🍃 Palynology & Fungal Spores

• 🌍 Environmental Monitoring & CO₂ Flux

• 🌾 Agrometeorology

• 🧪 Atmospheric Contamination Detection

His research bridges biology and atmospheric sciences, focusing on how pollen and spores travel through the air and their impact on ecosystems, health, and climate models.

🏢 Institutional Roles:

• Independent Researcher at CONICET (2021–present)

• Former Adjunct Researcher at CONICET (2010–2021)

• Head of Practical Works at UBA (since 2016)

🧑‍🏫 Mentorship & Training:

He has directed student theses and mentored research fellows in atmospheric and environmental sciences, contributing significantly to human resource development in science and technology.

🌱 Key Projects:

1. Yungas Forest Propagule Study (2023–2024)
   Focus: Emission & atmospheric transport of biological particles from native forests.
   Lead Institution: Universidad Nacional de Jujuy.

2. Detection of Gluten Particles in Air (2020–2022)
   Focus: Airborne gluten monitoring for celiac disease risk near flour mills.
   Field: Environmental contamination & public health.

Citation Metrics Summary:

• Total Citations: 377

• Citing Documents: 299

• Total Publications (Documents): 29

• h-index: 14

Publication Top Notes:

• Southern South American long-distance pollen dispersal and its relationship with atmospheric circulation. Aerobiology, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerobiology2040007

• First results of energy and mass exchange in a salt marsh on southeastern South America. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.08.001

• Palynological evidence of the geoecological belts dynamics from Eastern Cordillera of NW Argentina (23° S) during the Pre-Last Glacial Maximum. Andean Geology, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5027/andgeoV43n2-a01

• Preliminary record of annual atmospheric deposit of fern spores from the Yungas over an environmental gradient in the middle basin of Rio Perico (Jujuy, Argentina). Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2014.

• Dissimilarity in plant species diversity between salt marsh and neighboring environments decreases as environmental harshness increases. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2013. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10556

• Joint control by rodent herbivory and nutrient availability of plant diversity in a salt marsh-salty steppe transition zone. Journal of Vegetation Science, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01240.x

• A statistical study of Weinmannia pollen trajectories across the Andes. Advances in Geosciences, 2009. https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-22-79-2009

• A two-year report of pollen influx into Tauber traps in Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Aerobiologia, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-009-9122-x

• An evaluation of the airborne pollen-precipitation relationship with the superposed epoch method. Aerobiologia, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-009-9135-5

• Bird species composition and diversity at middle Argentinean coast of La Plata River. Ornitología Neotropical, 2006.

• Trajectories associated to regional and extra-regional pollen transport in the southeast of Buenos Aires province, Mar del Plata (Argentina). International Journal of Biometeorology, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-005-0021-8

• Ant predation on intertidal polychaetes in a SW Atlantic estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2003. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps253165

• Comparison of diurnal variation of airborne pollen in Mar del Plata (Argentina): 2. Arboreal pollen. Grana, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1080/00173130310011793

• Sea-land breeze in a coastal city and its effect on pollen transport. International Journal of Biometeorology, 2002. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-002-0135-1

• Comparison of intradiurnal variation of airborne pollen in Mar del Plata (Argentina). Part I. Non-arboreal pollen. Aerobiologia, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010889203400

• Seasonal airborne pollen pattern in Mar del Plata City, Argentina. Aerobiologia, 1998. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02694307

• One year of airborne pollen sampling in Mar del Plata (Argentina). Grana, 1997. https://doi.org/10.1080/00173139709362590

• Southern South American long-distance pollen dispersal and its relationship with atmospheric circulation. Preprint, 2024. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.2423.v1