Ph.D. Universidad de California-Davis, Estados Unidos, Horticultura y Agronomía. 2013.
Ingeniero Agrónomo, Universidad de Chile. 2007.
PUBLICACIONES DESTACADAS:
Steinfort, U., Contreras, A., Albornoz, F., Reyes-Paecke, S., & Guilleminot, P. 2020. Vegetation survival and condition in public green spaces after their establishment: Evidence from a semi-arid metropolis. International Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 47(2). DOI:10.7764/ijanr.v47i2.2045 Link publicación
Albornoz, F., Nario, A., Saavedra, M., Videla, X. 2020. Rootstock x Environment interactions on nitrogen-use efficiency in grafted tomato plants at different phenological stages. Agronomy 10(3), 350. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10030350 Link publicación
Pfeiffer, M., Padarian, J., Osorio, R., Bustamante, N., Olmedo, G.F., Guevara, M., Aburto, F., Albornoz, F., Antilen, M., Araya, E., Arellano, et al . 2020. CHLSOC: The Chilean Soil Organic Carbon database, a multi-institutional collaborative effort. Earth System Science Data 12(1), 457-468. DOI: 10.5194/essd-12-457-2020. Link publicación
Albornoz, F., Pérez-Donoso, A.G., Urbina, J.L., Monasterio, M., Gómez, M., Steinfort, Ú. 2020. Nitrate transport rate in the xylem of tomato plants grafted onto a vigorous rootstock. Agronomy, 10 (2), art. no. 182. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10020182 Link publicación
Opazo, I., Toro, G., Solis, S., Salvatierra, A., Franck, N., Albornoz, F., Pimentel, P. 2019. Late reduction on transpiration is an important trait for water deficit tolerance in interspecific Prunus rootstock hybrids. Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology, 31 (4):493-506. DOI:10.1007/s40626-019-00162-w Link publicación
Albornoz, F., Vilches, I., Contreras, S. 2019. Managing lettuce seed quality through nitrogen nutrition in soilless production. Scientia Horticulturae 252, 169-175. Link publicación
Albornoz, F., Gebauer, M., Ponce, C., and Cabeza, R.A. 2018. LeNRT1 Improves Nitrate Uptake in Grafted Tomato Plants under High Nitrogen Demand. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 19(12):3921. Link publicación
Albornoz, F., Lieth, J.H. 2017. N, P, K and S uptake response to various levels of CO2 assimilation and growth rate in lettuce. Journal of Plant Nutrition 40(6):773-783.
Albornoz, F. 2016. Crop responses to nitrogen over fertilization: a review. Scientia Horticulturae 205: 79-83.
Ibacache, A., Albornoz, F., Zurita-Silva, A. 2016. Yield responses in Flame seedless, Thompson seedless and Red Globe table grape cultivars are differentially modified by rootstocks under semi arid conditions. Scientia Horticulturae 204 25-32.
Gonzalez-Fuentes, J.A., Shackel, K., Lieth, J.H., Albornoz, F., Benavides-Mendoza, A., Evans, R.Y. 2016. Diurnal root zone temperature variations affect strawberry water relations, growth, and fruit quality. Scientia Horticulturae 203 169-177.
Albornoz, F., Lieth, J.H. 2016. Daily macronutrient uptake patterns in relation to plant age in hydroponic lettuce. Journal of Plant Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2015.1109110.
Albornoz, F., Lieth, J.H. 2015. Over fertilization limits lettuce productivity because of osmotic stress. Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research 75(3):284-290.
Albornoz, F., Lieth, J.H. 2015. Diurnal macronutrients uptake patterns by lettuce roots under various light and temperature levels. Journal of Plant Nutrition 38:1-16.
Capítulos de Libro
Muñoz-Saez, A., Albornoz, F., Renwick, L. 2018. Agrobiodiversidad nativa ligada a pueblos originarios y campesinos en Chile. En: Ibarra, J.T., A. Barreau, J. Caviedes & N. Pessa (Eds.) Huertas familiares y comunitarias: cultivando soberanía alimentaria. Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. pp 49-59.
Albornoz, F. 2014. Absorción de nutrientes por las raíces y transporte dentro de la planta. En: J. Hirzel (Ed.), Diagnóstico nutricional y principios de fertilización en frutales y vides: Nueva edición aumentada y corregida. Colección Libros INIA N°31, pp 169-195.
PROYECTOS:
2019 - 2019. Adquisición de Gonio-fotómetro G2 para fortalecer la investigación de las propiedades fotométricas de materiales y envolventes translúcidas complejas. CONICYT - FONDEQUIP. Coinvestigador.
2016-2019. Relationship between growth rate and N metabolism in grafted tomato plants. CONICYT-Fondecyt Iniciación a la Investigación. Investigador Responsable.