Julio Francisco Lamilla Gómez (1954 – 31 March 2016) was a Chilean

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual cell, a multicellular organism, or a community of interacting populations. They usually specialize in ...

, researcher and conservationist. Lamilla was a former student of Liceo Armando Robles Rivera in Valdivia before graduating from the

Austral University of Chile Austral University of Chile ( es, Universidad Austral de Chile or UACh) is a Chilean research university based primarily in Valdivia, with a satellite campus in Puerto Montt. Founded on September 7, 1954, it is one of the eight original Chilean Tr ...

in Biology and Chemistry in which he majored in Zoology. He became a teacher and researcher at the university in 1979 and held numerous posts through his life as a conservationist and shark expert. He died of a heart attack in March 2016. '' Dipturus lamillai'', a species of skate first described in 2019, was named in Lamilla's honour.

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1954 births 2016 deaths Academic staff of the Austral University of Chile Chilean marine biologists People from Valdivia Austral University of Chile alumni {{Chile-bio-stub