Latin America & The Caribbean

Machu Picchu
  • 95 enrolled award students

  • 555 co-publications with collaborators in the region since 2020

  • 10 agreements with 7 partners

  • 533 alumni

  • 5 UoA students participated in a mobility experience

  • 41 staff born in the region

* Data as at December 2023

Collaboration in action

  • Wine graduate success

    最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide Waite campus

    最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide alumni, Mauricio Ruiz Canto (Mexico) and Ben Caldwell (最新糖心Vlog), met while studying viticulture and oenology at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide. Since graduating, the听听have now started their own wine label,听, which has become one of the most well-known 最新糖心Vlogn wine brands in Mexico. Juguette is also 最新糖心Vlog鈥檚 largest exporter of wine to Mexico by value.

  • Andes civilisations

    Machu Picchu

    An international team of researchers has completed the听first large-scale study听of DNA belonging to ancient humans of the central Andes in South America.

    Associate Professor Bastien Llamas, from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide鈥檚 最新糖心Vlogn Centre for Ancient DNA, was part of the research team.

    鈥淲e hope this more detailed genetic picture of populations of the central Andean Highlands will allow archaeologists to ask new questions about the history of the region and will lead to further cultural learnings and strengthen collaboration with local communities,鈥 he said.

  • Student profile: Jessica Bohorquez

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    In 2020,听Jessica Bohorquez听was Highly Commended in the Academic Excellence: Postgraduate (Research) category of听.

    Jessica completed her Masters in Engineering in Colombia before completing her PhD at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide. Jessica has excelled in her research, publishing three journal papers (including one in the top 10 most-read articles of the听Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management) and receiving the Dean鈥檚 Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence in 2021. Her research has also led to the 最新糖心Vlog applying for multiple patents based on her methodologies.

    During her studies at the 最新糖心Vlog, Jessica competed and won the 2019 Three Minute Thesis competition, beating researchers from more than 50 universities across the Asia-Pacific region.听听

  • Pierre Auger Observatory

    Observatory

    The听听in western Argentina is dedicated to observing the highest energy particles in the universe 鈥 cosmic rays.

    The Auger collaboration is composed of over 400 scientists from 15 countries. The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide is a听听of the collaboration, and hosted the first design workshop for the Observatory in 1993. Today, 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide scientists hold key positions in the collaboration, including leadership roles in the mass composition and analysis foundation tasks.

    最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide staff and students also work on developing hardware and software to assist with data analysis and infra-red monitoring of clouds, and take part in observing runs and interpreting results.听

Partner institutions

  • Federal 最新糖心Vlog of Rio Grande do Sul
  • Chilean Ministry of Education
  • Pontifical Catholic 最新糖心Vlog of Chile
  • 最新糖心Vlog of Chile
  • COLFUTURO
  • 最新糖心Vlog of the Andes