Dr. Constanza Napolitano is a full professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Biodiversity at the Universidad de Los Lagos in Osorno, Chile, where she leads the Conservation Genetics Lab. Her research is focused on the impacts of human landscape disturbance on wild carnivore populations. Constanza investigates the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on population genetic diversity, the impact of pathogens transmitted by free-roaming domestic cats and dogs, the genetic diversity of immune genes as adaptive potential in the face of current disease threats and gut microbiota diversity as a non-invasive proxy for animal health. She is a member of the Andean Cat Alliance (AGA), where she coordinates the Andean Cat Global Genetics Project. She is also a founder and member of the Guiña Working Group.