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
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Scholar Citations
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Scholar h-index
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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