Publications
Silva-Valderrama, I., Úrbez-Torres, J.R., Davies, T.D. (2024) “From host to host: The taxonomic and geographic expansion of Botryosphaeriaceae” Fungal Biology Reviews, Volume 48, 100352, ISSN 1749-4613, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbr.2023.100352.
Silva-Valderrama, I., Toapanta, D., Miccono, M.L.A., Lolas, M., Díaz, G.A., Cantu, D. & Castro A. (2021) “Biocontrol Potential of Grapevine Endophytic and Rhizospheric Fungi Against Trunk Pathogens” Front Microbiol. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.614620. PMID: 33488557; PMCID: PMC7817659.
Silva-Valderrama I. (2021) “Solución a la vista” MundoAgro, 135, 86-89.
Silva-Valderrama, I., & Castro, A. (2019) “Hongos para controlar hongos” MundoAgro, 115, 22-25.
INAPI – Patent Application Nº 3618-2019.
PCT International Patent PCT-CL2020-050107
Best Student Presentation 2022 – International Workshop of Grapevine Trunk Diseases. International symposium held every 3 years.
Four Year Doctoral Fellowship Award 2022 – Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, UBC, Canada.
Second Best Student Presentation 2022 – Botany Seminar at UBC Vancouver, Canada
International Tuition Award 2021-2024 – Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, UBC, Canada.
Avonni 2016 – National Prize of Innovation, Food Category. This is the most important honorary recognition given in Chile.
Patents & Awards
Photography Awards


BRC Photo Competition
Life Carries on Even When the Changes are Great 2022 – People’s Award Winnner
Beautiful Disease 2023 – People`s Award Winner