Jose Ignacio Arroyo Gonzalez

@santafe.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow
Santa Fe Institute

I’m a computational systems biologist. My general research experience and interests are to use and develop computational approaches to study biological and social systems, at all levels of organization, from molecules to countries. This includes the development of theories from first principles, for potential applications in bioengineering and forecasting responses to global change, building databases, and making algorithms that could be useful for the scientific community. My philosophy is to work using the perspective of complex systems characterized by strong statistical and mathematical perspectives. I can perform interdisciplinary research independently, but I enjoy working in collaborative groups with experts from different areas, to work on problems that could be explained by common principles, e.g. across levels or organization.

EDUCATION

2007-2010 Bachelor of Biological Sciences. Major in Evolutionary Biology. Austral University of Chile, Valdivia, Chile
2014-2016 Master of Biological Sciences. Major in Ecology. P. Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
2014- 2020 Doctor of Biological Sciences. Major in Ecology. P. Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Ecology, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Applied Mathematics
622

Scholar Citations

13

Scholar h-index

14

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Scaling laws for function diversity and specialization across socioeconomic and biological complex systems
    VC Yang, J Holehouse, H Youn, JI Arroyo, S Redner, GB West, ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 (7), e2509729123 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 7
  • From Cells to Cities: Extending Kleiber’s Law from Biology to Urban Systems
    M Lu, K Huang, JI Arroyo, C Wang, C Kempes
    AGU25 , 2025
    2025
  • Modeling the effect of temperature on species coexistence
    S Saavedra, Y Yang, JI Arroyo, CP Kempes
    bioRxiv, 2025.11. 04.686381 , 2025
    2025
  • Foraging guilds of seabirds
    J Hernández, JI Arroyo
    Ornithology Research 33 (1), 57 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • A database of biological thermal performances
    AJ Lopez-Diaz, JI Arroyo, C Kempes, A Maass, C Gershenson, P Marquet, ...
    bioRxiv, 2025.10. 24.684478 , 2025
    2025
  • Scaling laws in biological thermal performances
    JI Arroyo, AJ Lopez-Diaz, A Maass, C Gershenson, P Marquet, G West, ...
    bioRxiv, 2025.10. 24.684462 , 2025
    2025
  • A general model for genomic traits evolution
    JI Arroyo, A Maass, PA Marquet, G West, CP Kempes
    bioRxiv, 2025.10. 22.684021 , 2025
    2025
  • A generative model of function growth explains hidden self-similarities across biological and social systems
    J Holehouse, S Redner, VC Yang, PL Krapivsky, JI Arroyo, GB West, ...
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.14468 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Metabolic ecology, microbial community structure, and gene-centric metagenomics
    JI Arroyo, B Díez, PA Marquet
    bioRxiv, 2025.08. 05.668563 , 2025
    2025
  • Global patterns of taxonomic and functional diversity in hot springs microbiomes
    JI Arroyo, B Díez, PA Marquet
    bioRxiv, 2025.08. 04.668570 , 2025
    2025
  • Integrating metabolic scaling and coexistence theories
    S Saavedra, JI Arroyo, J Deng, PA Marquet, CP Kempes
    Ecology 106 (8), e70173 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 8
  • Scaling in Cells
    JI Arroyo, J Okie, D Muratore, C Kempes, G West
    Preprints , 2025
    2025
  • How much regulation do we need from genomes to society?
    HY Vicky Chuqiao Yang, Christopher P. Kempes, S. Redner, José Ignacio Arroyo ...
    arXiv:2409.02884v2 , 2025
    2025
  • Synthesis of innovation and obsolescence
    ED Lee, CP Kempes, MD Laubichler, MJ Hamilton, JW Lockhart, F Neffke, ...
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.05182 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Scaling Laws for Function Diversity and Specialization Across Socioeconomic and Biological Complex Systems
    GBW Vicky Chuqiao Yang, James Holehouse, Christopher P. Kempes, Hyejin Youn ...
    https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.06487 , 2025
    2025
  • Fine-scale spatial patterns in hot springs mat bacterial communities
    JI Arroyo, C Pedrós-Alió, MF Polz, R Mackenzie, PA Marquet, B Díez
    bioRxiv, 2025.03. 11.642739 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Toward a General Theory for the Scaling and Universality of Thermal Responses in Biology
    JI Arroyo, PA Marquet, CP Kempes, G West
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.05128 , 2025
    2025
  • The Physical and Chemical Basis for Temperature Effects on Metabolic Rate and Biological Processes–A Brief History
    M Ritchie, JI Arroyo
    EcoEvoRxiv , 2025
    2025
  • The Science of Urban Metabolism and Sustainability
    M Brüning-González, JI Arroyo, PA Marquet, H Samaniego
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.09141 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Scaling theory for host-parasite interaction
    JI Arroyo
    https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30617186.v1 , 2025
    2025

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution
    NJ Gemmell, K Rutherford, S Prost, M Tollis, D Winter, JR Macey, ...
    Nature 584 (7821), 403-409 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 168
  • A general theory for temperature dependence in biology
    JI Arroyo, B Díez, CP Kempes, GB West, PA Marquet
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (30), e2119872119 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 134
  • Increased rate of hair keratin gene loss in the cetacean lineage
    MF Nery, JI Arroyo, JC Opazo
    BMC genomics 15 (1), 869 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 48
  • The circadian clock of teleost fish: a comparative analysis reveals distinct fates for duplicated genes
    J Toloza-Villalobos, JI Arroyo, JC Opazo
    Journal of molecular evolution 80 (1), 57-64 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 39
  • Accelerated evolutionary rate of the myoglobin gene in long-diving whales
    MF Nery, JI Arroyo, JC Opazo
    Journal of Molecular Evolution 76 (6), 380-387 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 37
  • Bacterial community structure in a sympagic habitat expanding with global warming: brackish ice brine at 85–90 N
    B Fernández-Gómez, B Díez, MF Polz, JI Arroyo, FD Alfaro, ...
    The ISME journal 13 (2), 316-333 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 28
  • Summer phyto-and bacterioplankton communities during low and high productivity scenarios in the Western Antarctic Peninsula
    S Fuentes, JI Arroyo, S Rodríguez-Marconi, I Masotti, ...
    Polar Biology 42 (1), 159-169 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 24
  • Genomic organization and differential signature of positive selection in the alpha and beta globin gene clusters in two cetacean species
    MF Nery, JI Arroyo, JC Opazo
    Genome biology and evolution 5 (12), 2359-2367 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 18
  • Evolution of the relaxin/insulin-like gene family in anthropoid primates
    JI Arroyo, FG Hoffmann, JC Opazo
    Genome biology and evolution 6 (3), 491-499 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 16
  • Influence of estuarine water on the microbial community structure of Patagonian fjords
    J Tamayo-Leiva, J Cifuentes-Anticevic, P Aparicio-Rizzo, JI Arroyo, ...
    Frontiers in Marine Science 8, 611981 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 15
  • Gene turnover and differential retention in the relaxin/insulin-like gene family in primates
    JI Arroyo, FG Hoffmann, JC Opazo
    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63 (3), 768-776 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 15
  • A global dataset of gross nitrogen transformation rates across terrestrial ecosystems
    E Byun, C Müller, B Parisse, R Napoli, JB Zhang, F Rezanezhad, ...
    Scientific Data 11 (1), 1022 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 14
  • Diversification of Caiophora (Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae) during the uplift of the Central Andes
    MM Strelin, JI Arroyo, S Fliesswasser, M Ackermann
    Organisms Diversity & Evolution 17 (1), 29-41 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 14
  • INSL4 pseudogenes help define the relaxin family repertoire in the common ancestor of placental mammals
    JI Arroyo, FG Hoffmann, S Good, JC Opazo
    Journal of molecular evolution 75 (1), 73-78 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 11
  • Integrating metabolic scaling and coexistence theories
    S Saavedra, JI Arroyo, J Deng, PA Marquet, CP Kempes
    Ecology 106 (8), e70173 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 8
  • Gene duplication and positive selection explains unusual physiological roles of the relaxin gene in the European rabbit
    JI Arroyo, FG Hoffmann, JC Opazo
    Journal of molecular evolution 74 (1), 52-60 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 8
  • Scaling laws for function diversity and specialization across socioeconomic and biological complex systems
    VC Yang, J Holehouse, H Youn, JI Arroyo, S Redner, GB West, ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 (7), e2509729123 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 7
  • Fine-scale spatial patterns in hot springs mat bacterial communities
    JI Arroyo, C Pedrós-Alió, MF Polz, R Mackenzie, PA Marquet, B Díez
    bioRxiv, 2025.03. 11.642739 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Synthesis of innovation and obsolescence
    ED Lee, CP Kempes, MD Laubichler, MJ Hamilton, JW Lockhart, F Neffke, ...
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.05182 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Structure and dispersion of the conjugative mobilome in surface ocean bacterioplankton
    J Tamayo-Leiva, J Alcorta, F Sepúlveda, S Fuentes-Alburquenque, ...
    ISME communications 4 (1), ycae059 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3