Graduated in Medicine at Universidad Nacional de La Plata (1976), PhD in Medicine - Universidad Nacional de La Plata (1981). Graduation in Philosophy of La Naturaleza -Universidad Fasta- Universidad de Barcelona (2001), Director of Biological Sciences career at- Universidad Hebrea Argentina Bar Ilan (1993-1999).

Expert in pathology of aquatic organisms - Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations (1989-2009). Invited professor of the postgraduate course in aquaculture at the Federal University of Rio Grande (2008- 2010). He is currently an effective professor at the Institute of Oceanography at the Federal University of Rio Grande. Has experience in the area of ​​Immunology, with emphasis on Comparative Immunology, acting mainly on the following themes: pathology and immunology of aquatic organisms, cultivation and mollusc sanitary control.

Contact

Laboratory: Laboratory of Immunology and Pathology of Aquatic Organisms Email: dcluis@yahoo.com Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2964648987132678

Disciplines taught

• Pathology of Aquatic Organisms - Part I/Fish (21082P)
• Pathology of Aquatic Organisms - Part II/Crustaceans and Mollusks (11092P)

Completed supervisions

• 2019
  • Juan Jethro Silva Santos (2019) Production of young forms of the species Mesodesma mactroides (Reeve, 1854), in laboratory

• 2018
  • Juan Rafael Buitrago Ramírez (2018) Effect of food restriction and fasting on the activity of the electron transport system (ETS) in juveniles of Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus)

  • Victor Torres Rosas (2018) Use of Arthrospira platensis in diets for juvenile mullet (Mugil liza )

• 2017
  • Andreline Jordana Coelho de Mendonça (2017) Gracilaria domingensis as an immunostimulant for juvenile mullets Mugil liza (Valenciennes, 1836)

  • Daniela Lemes da Costa (2017) Morphophysiological differences in the gastrointestinal tract of Mugil liza mullets from rearing and the environment

  • Marta da Costa Klosterhoff (2017) Diagnoses of non-infectious diseases in Rachycentron canadum and Paralichthys orbignyanus bred in captivity

• 2016
  • Fabiane Führ (2016) Use of hydrolyzed yeast in paralarva and juvenile diets of kingfish Odontesthes argentinensis

• 2015
  • Maria Angelica dos Reis Garrido Perreira (2015) Hematology of Cobia Rachycentron canadum, Atlantic Spadefish Chaetodipterus faber, Florida Pompano Trachinotus carolinus, Plata Pompano Trachinotus marginatus and Sole Paralichthys orbignyanus

  • Yuri Bovi Morais Carvalho (2015) Pathologies affecting the Yellow Clam Mesodesma mactroides (Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae)

• 2014
  • Bruna Ferraz Corrêa (2014) Use of enalapril maleate on swimming behavior and during osmotic shock in juveniles of the grouper Epinephelus marginatus Lowe, 1834 (Teleostei: Serranidae)

  • Emeline Pereira Gusmão (2014) Morphological description of blood, ontogeny of lymphoid organs and analysis of the expression of genes related to the immune system of the sole Paralichthys orbignyanus

  • Juan Jethro Silva Santos (2014) Immunological profile of white shellfish Mesodesma mactroides (Mesodesmadidae) from the south coast of Rio Grande do Sul

• 2013
  • Ricardo Vieira Rodrigues (2013) Effects of acid and nitrate environment on juveniles of Cobia Rachycentron canadum

• 2012
  • Adriana Patrícia Salgado Otero (2012) Ontogeny of thyroid follicles in Cobia (Rachycentrum canadum)

  • Fabiane Führ (2012) Toxicity and antiparasitic efficacy of Mebendazole in juveniles of Mugil liza mullet

  • Marcelo Roberto Pereira Shei (2012) Effect of the enrichment of n-3 HUFA in the larvae and breeders of the barber goby Elacatinus figaro

  • Marta da Costa Klosterhoff (2012) Ontogenic development of the kidney, thymus and spleen and phenotypic expression of CD3 and CD4 receptors in lymphocytes from the Cobia Rachycentron canadum

  • Tamyris Ramos dos Santos (2012) Histological changes in Mugil liza mullet gills exposed to formalin therapeutic baths

• 2010
  • Cauê Bonucci Moreira (2010) Toxicological evaluation of Mugil platanus mullet exposure to the water-soluble oil fraction