AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2022 National Geographic Society/Buffet Leadership in Conservation Award

2022 McKenna Academy Biodiversity Steward Award

2022 Gordon & Tina Wasson Award, Mycological Society of America

2021 Chilena Sustentable del Año, Premios Chilenos del Año - Natida

2018 Salzman Award, Telluride Mushroom Festival

2015 Dame, Order of the Star of Italy

2013 President’s Award for outstanding contribution to fungal conservation, International Society for Fungal Conservation

TIME: No, You Shouldn't Be Afraid of Fungi  

02/19/2023

The Oxford Scientist: Fungi: the worldwide web beneath our feet

01/30/2023

MOFAD:  Fruiting Bodies: The Interconnectedness of Fungi

11/21/2022

Popular Science: Let’s talk about the “F” word

10/14/2022

NYT: Why Fungi Might Really Be Magic (When It Comes to Climate Change)

07/28/2022

BBC 4: Fungi - The New Frontier 01/17/2022

The Guardian - Opinion: The earth’s secret miracle worker is not a plant or an animal: it’s fungi 11/11/2021 

The Atlantic - ‘Flora and Fauna’ Is So Outdated 08/15/2021

BBC Travel - The Chilean mycologist celebrating fungi’s “hidden kingdom” 08/12/2021

The Tim Ferriss Show - 07/29/2021 

Science - Include all fungi in biodiversity goals 07/23/2021

2022-current National Geographic Explorer

2021-current Advisory Board, Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN)

2020-current Co-Chair Fungal Conservation Committee SSC, IUCN

2020-current Board Member, Fundación Acción Fauna, Chile

2016-current Consultant, Chile Oceans Initiative - The Walton Family Foundation

2015-current Harvard University Associate

2013-current Member, Mushrooms, Brackets & Puffballs Species Survival Committee, IUCN

2018-2020 Board Member, Fundación Tierra Austral, Chile

2010-2012 Researcher, Oceana Chile

2005-2010 Steering Committee Member, WWF Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue, U.S.A.

2005-2010 Coordinator, Salmon-Farming Program, Fundación Terram

2003-2005 Manager, Fungi Australe Inc. – Reishi cultivation facility in Chile 

Among other titles, Giuliana has written two volumes of the “Field Guide to the Fungi of Chile”, both in Spanish.