Title and Institution: Professor and researcher at the Costa Rica Volcanological and Seismological Observatory, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.
Marino Protti obtained his bachelor’s degree in geology at the University of Costa Rica in 1983 and a postgraduate degree in Seismology in Japan in 1984, a MSc. and a PhD. in Earth Sciences and Geophysics at the University of California in Santa Cruz in 1991 and 1994, respectively, and a master’s degree in international Relations and Diplomacy at the National University of Costa Rica, in 2028. He studies subduction processes that generate large earthquakes. Working with colleagues from the USA, Japan and Germany, he built and operated a very dense geodynamic control network specifically designed to record the processes that lead to the occurrence of the Nicoya (Mw=7.6) 2012 earthquake. Marino was part of two expeditions to Antarctica, where he helped installing and removing geophysical instrumentation on the Willans Ice Stream. In 1996 he was awarded with the Clodomiro Picado Twight National Price in Science and in 2002 the National University awarded him with the Roberto Brenes Mesén Price for Academic Excellence. From 2004 to 2018, Marino Protti was the Secretary of the National Academy of Science of Costa Rica. He was the President of the Latin American and Caribbean Seismological Commission (LACSC) of the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth Interior (IASPEI) from 2014 to 2016. In 2022 he was honored with the Ambassador Award of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and in 2023 the President of Italy appointed him as ‘Cavaliere’ (Knight) of the Order of the Star of Italy.
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