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Molecular and Chemical Life Science :
Molecular and Network Genomics

Research

JAPANESE
Assistant Professor STARI Leonardo
Campus Katahira campus
Laboratory Microbial Genetics and Evolution
Tel +81-22-217-5696
E-mail lstari＠tohoku.ac.jp
Website http://www.lifesci.tohoku.ac.jp/biideshin/index.html
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https://scholar.google.com/citations?authuser=1&user=GGSi3PUAAAAJ

I was born in Caracas, Venezuela to chilean parents but we moved back to Chile when I was 3 years old, so I consider myself more chilean than venezuelan . In Chile I obtained my Civil Engineer professional degree and worked as a project engineer in a small firm for 4 years, in 2016 I was one of the 5 people in my country to obtain the Monbukagakusho scholarship that allowed me to come to Sendai and study master and PhD courses in Tohoku University. 
I love living in Sendai, I think it has a very clean environment and it has the perfect size for a city, not too big nor too small. In my free time I like to play videogames at home or go outside to walk and play with my Akita dog.
 

Career
Education
2004-2005    Bachelor of Science, Vice presidency of Academic Affairs , University of Chile (Chile)
2006-2011    Civil Engineer in Biotechnology, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile (Chile)
2016    Research Student, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University
2016-2018    Master's Program, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University
2018-2022    Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University
 
Employment
2006-2008    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile (Chile)
2009    Researcher, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (Chile)
2011    Researcher, Environmental Management Directorate Municipality of La Pintana (Chile)
2013-2016    Project Engineer, Novakem (Chile)
2022/4-2022/7    Specially Appointed Researcher, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
2022/8-present    Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
Selected Publications
  • Stari, L.; Tusher, T; Inoue, C.; Chien, M. Stari, L.; Tusher, T; Inoue, C.; Chien, M. A novel microbial consortium led by a Pseudomonas strain enables degradation of carbon tetrachloride under aerobic conditions. Chemosphere (Under review).
  • Stari, L.; Inoue, C.; Chien, M. Aerobic Biodegradation of Carbon Tetrachloride by a new Pseudomonas species. Environ. Sci. Technol. (In preparation).
  • Stari, L.; Inoue, C.; Chien, M. Complete genome of a novel Pseudomonas sp. strain capable of degrading carbon tetrachloride in aerobic conditions. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. (Planned).
Activities in Academic Societies
Japan Society for Environmental Biotechnology
Teaching
2006-2008    Assistant professor of SD20A in Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile, a laboratory course aimed at the implementation of non-conventional renewable energy projects.
2018-2020    Teacher assistant for English, Spanish and Advanced Environmental Studies Classes in Tohoku University.

Recent Activities

Previously I worked in degradation of carbon tetrachloride by a novel Pseudomonas species.
Now I am working in a group project named “Identification of key community and metagenomic structures for soil microbial function”.
 
Conference oral presentations
• Stari, L.; Inoue, C.; Chien, M. Assessment of a Carbon Tetrachloride Degrading Consortia under Anaerobic Conditions (嫌気性条件下での四塩化 炭素分解コンソーシアムのアセスメント). 第 13 回 細菌学若手コロッセ ウム in みやぎ蔵王. Miyagi, Japan. 2019/08/18-20

Conference poster presentations
• Stari, L.; Inoue, C.; Chien, M. 1st Academic Forum on Environmental Studies. Miyagi, Japan. 2019/06/28
• Stari, L.; Inoue, C.; Chien, M.「定量的次世代シーケンス解析を用い た四塩化炭素分解コンソーシアムの理解」「Investigation of CT degrading consortia via quantitative next generation sequencing」.環境バイオテクノロ ジー学会 2019 年度大会. Osaka, Japan. 2019/06/15-16
• Stari, L.; Inoue, C.; Chien, M. Assessment of Carbon Tetrachloride Degrading Consortia under Anaerobic Conditions. ASM Microbe 2019. California, USA. 2019/06/20-24 

Message to Students

Ever since I entered university, I have been interested in the use of microorganisms to restore the environment. I believe that it is of utmost importance not only to avoid leaving contaminated areas unattended, but also to restore areas that have been contaminated in the past by industrial activities due to ignorance or malicious intent. To further this research, I left my home country and came to Japan to continue my studies and contribute to this field. I am interested in this area of research because it is very important to understand the complex interactions between soil bacteria to use bioremediation. 

Research