Edgart Flores

  • Postdoctoral Scholar

Organic geochemistry • Microbial lipodomics

Edgart Flores holds a PhD in Oceanography from the University of Concepción in Chile, where his doctoral research focused on investigating the microbial communities and origin of organic matter in the deepest part of the Southeastern Pacific Ocean using lipid membranes. He also explored the potential adaptations of these microorganisms to the extreme conditions of low temperatures and high pressures in the hadal environment. As part of the “MIcrobial Lipidomics in Changing Oceans” (MILCO) project funded by the NSF, Edgart will continue his research during his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Colorado Boulder. Specifically, he will study the lipid remodeling of microorganisms in response to a changing ocean.

Organic Geochemistry Lab 

Education

  • PhD, Oceanography: University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile, 2023
  • MSc, Marine Sciences: Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, Lima, Peru, 2016
  • BSc, Biology: Pedro Ruiz Gallo National University, Lambayeque, Perú, 2012

Publications

Cantarero, S. I., Flores, E., Allbrook, H., Aguayo, P., Vargas, C. A., Tamanaha, J. E., Bentley, J., Scholz, C., Bach, L. T., Löscher, C. R., Riebesell, U., Rajagopalan, B., Dildar, N., Sepúlveda, J., 2024: Lipid remodeling in phytoplankton exposed to multi-environmental drivers in a mesocosm experiment. Biogeosciences, 21: 3927-3958. DOI: 10.5194/bg-21-3927-2024

Flores, E., Mendoza, U., Callbeck, C. M., Díaz, R., Aguirre-Velarde, A., Böttcher, M. E., Merma-Mora, L., Moreira, M., Saldarriaga, M. S., Silva-Filho, E. V., Albuquerque, A. L., Pizarro-Koch, M., and Graco, M., 2023: Attenuation of wind intensities exacerbates anoxic conditions leading to sulfur plume development off the coast of Peru. PLOS One, 18(8): e0287914. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287914

Merma-Mora, L., Colas, F., Cardich, J., Sánchez, S., Flores, E., Lorenzo, A., Aguirre-Velarde, A., Correa, D., and Gutiérrez, D., 2023: Bottom-water hypoxia in Paracas Bay (Peru, 13.8°S) associated with seasonal and synoptic time scale variability of winds and water stratification. Journal of Marine Systems, 241: 103918. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2023.103918

Flores, E., Fernández-Urruzola, I., Cantarero, S. I., Pizarro-Koch, M., Zabel, M., Sepúlveda, J., and Ulloa, O., 2023: Particulate organic matter in the Atacama Trench: Tracing sources and possible transport mechanisms to the hadal seafloor. Journal of Geophysical Research—Biogeosciences, 128(8): e2023JG007401. DOI: 10.1029/2023JG007401

Flores, E., Cantarero, S. I., Ruiz-Fernández, P., Dildar, N., Zabel, M., Ulloa, O., and Sepúlveda, J., 2022: Bacterial and eukaryotic intact polar lipids point to in situ production as a key source of labile organic matter in hadal surface sediment of the Atacama Trench. Biogeosciences, 19: 1395-1420. DOI: 10.5194/bg-19-1395-2022.

Raberg, J., Flores, E., Crump, S., de Wet, G., Dildar, N., Miller, G., Geirsdóttir, Á., and Sepúlveda, J., 2022: Intact polar brGDGTs in Arctic lake catchments: Implications for lipid sources and paleoclimate applications. Journal of Geophysical Research, Biogeosciences, 127(10). DOI: 10.1029/2022JG006969.