About me

Welcome to the Crustal Deformation and InSAR Geodesy lab at Universidad de Chile!

I am assistant professor at the Department of Geology of Universidad de Chile. I am an InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) geodesist with a strong interest in volcanology and active tectonics.

My research focuses on the use of space geodetic data to understand physical processes in volcanic systems and active faults. Specifically I use InSAR to study magma storage and transport in the shallow crust, and eruption dynamics. Most of my work has focused in the restless volcanoes of the Southern Andes in Chile, the most productive volcanic arc in the world in the past 40 years. I have worked in volcanic systems elsewhere including the Central Andes (northern Chile - southern Peru), Vanuatu, Yellowstone, Galápagos, and the Aleutians. I am also interested in active tectonics, glaciology and crustal deformation in the broad sense. This video shows a summary of my work and that of my students.

Deploying a GNSS station in southernmost Patagonia to study the Magallanes Fagnano fault zone, January 2023.