Rodrigo is a Chilean professional geologist with a broad background in geosciences. After obtaining his BSc degree and professional Geologist Title at Universidad de Chile which mostly included tectonics and economic geology specialization courses, he did his MSc at the same university on Tectonics and Paleomagnetism, studying the Eocene deformation in Cordillera Domeyko in northern Chile. After that he carried out his PhD at Rice University under the guidance of Prof. John Anderson, one of the most renown Marine Geologists in the US. Rorigo’s work was dedicated to the understanding of glacimarine environments and glacial erosion of landscapes in Patagonia and Antarctica. In parallel, he worked in glacial and environmental evolution of Antarctic Fjords and Patagonia, and coastal erosion and sediment source to sink problems in the Gulf of Mexico. Rodrigo then moved to the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) for his postdoc and later as his first position as researcher. At UTIG he worked in marine geophysics and the evolution of glacial and sedimentary environments of the Sabrina Coast in East Antarctica. He also co-taught the intensive and highly praised University of Texas “Field course on Marine Geology and Geophysics” for three years. Back in Chile, at the University of Chile where he currently works as Assistant Professor, Rodrigo has continued his research in Antarctic Geological evolution, Glacial Evolution and Marine Sedimentary records in Patagonia and Antarctica.
Rodrigo dedicates a great part of his time promoting and teaching marine geosciences and glacial geology to Chilean students, and advising Chilean institutions and other colleagues. Presently, he is the president of the Marine Geology Work Group at the National Oceanographic Committee of Chile (CONA), co-director of the Marine Geology and Geophysics Specialty Group at the Chilean Geological Society, and the official representative before CONA of the University of Chile. He also organizes and convenes talks and conference sessions about Antarctic and Marine Geosciences for national and international venues.
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