Our Team
Directors
Manuel Prieto
Doctor of geography.
Full Professor of the Department of Historical and Geographical Sciences, University of Tarapacá.
Verónica Delgado
Doctor of law.
Director of the Program of Law, Enviornmental and Climate Change, University of Concepción.
Principal Investigators
Adriana Aránguiz
Doctor of Sciences.
Associated Professor Department of Environmental Resources, University of Tarapacá
Oliver Meseguer
Doctor of Geography.
Associated Professor Department of Historial and Geographical Sciences, University of Tarapacá
Dominique Hervé
Doctor of Law.
Program Director Law and Environmental Politics, Diego Portales University
Roberto O. Chávez
Doctor of Geoinformation Science..
Geo-information and Remote Sensoring Laboratory Directo, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.
Mónica Meza
Doctor of Geography.
Director of the Historical and Geographical Sciences Department, University of Tarapacá
Associated and Adjunct Researchers
Sergio Contreras
Doctor of Oceanography.
Head of the Department of Environmental Chemistry, Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception.
Joseline Tapia
Doctor of Science.
Director of the Doctoral Program in Sciences with a specialization in Geology at the Catholic University of the North.
M. Fernanda Rojas
Doctor of Geography.
Associated Professor at the Institute of Geography, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.
Ignacio Jara
Doctor of Geography.
Assistant Professor, Department of Historical and Geographical Sciences, University of Tarapacá
Matías Calderón
Doctor of Anthropology.
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Tarapacá.
Cristóbal Carmona
Doctor of Law.
Assistant Professor at the School of Law, Diego Portales University.
Senior Researchers
Tom Perreault
Ph.D., Geography.
Professor at Syracuse University.
Rebecca Lave
Ph.D. in Geography.
Full Professor at Indiana University.
Sue Jackson
Doctor of Philosophy.
Full Professor at Griffith University.
Carl Bauer
Ph.D. Jurisprudence & Social Policy.
Full Professor at the University of Arizona.
Antonio Maldonado
Doctor.
Investigator at the Center of Advanced Studies in Arid Zones.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Gabriel Zeballos
Doctor of Geography.
Postdoctoral Investigator at the Millennium Nucleus in Andean Peatlands at AndesPeat.
Manuel Méndez
Doctor of Anthropology.
Postdoctoral Investigator at the Geoinformación and Remote Sensing Laboratory (LabGRS), Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.
Doctoral Candidates
María Ignacia Sandoval
Doctoral Thesis Student in Law.
Diego Portales University.
Isaura Becker
Doctoral Thesis Student in Social Sciences.
University of Tarapacá.
Rosa Isela
Doctoral Thesis Student in Social Anthropology.
Catholic University of the North and University of Tarapacá.
Investigative Assistants
Maritza Paicho
Geographer
Lorenzo Tapia
Hydrogeologist
Natalia Gutiérrez
Geographer
Ignacio López
Geographer
Erick Soto
Graduate of Ocean Civil Engineering
Management
Governance Thesis Students
Francisca Norambuena
Undergraduate law student, University of Concepción.
Thesis Title: Comparative Study about the regulatory treatment of meadows, peatlands, and bofedales: A Latin American Challenge
Camila
Salas
Undergraduate law student, Diego Portales University.
Thesis Title: Determination of the Treatment of Meadows and Bofedales in the Context of the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA).
Isidora
Ruiz
Undergraduate law student, University of Concepción.
Thesis Title: Treatment of Vegas and Bofedales in Chilean Legislation and Their Consideration in Practice by the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA).
Andres
Maturana
Undergraduate law student, Diego Portales University.
Thesis Title: Treatment of Meadows and Bofedales as Special Categories of Wetlands by Environmental Courts in Environmental Damage Lawsuits.
Romina
Cid
Undergraduate law student, University of Concepción.
Thesis Title: Lack of Legal Basis to Differentiate Between Meadows and Bofedal in the Exercise of Powers by the Superintendency of the Environment in the Puna Region.
Javier
Rodríguez
Undergraduate law student, Diego Portales University.
Thesis Title: Legal Treatment of Meadows and Bofedales Ecosystems by Comparative Law.
Florencia
González
Undergraduate law student, University of Concepción.
Thesis Title: Treatment by Environmental Courts Regarding Damage to Bofedales and Meadows in the Altiplano.
Agustín
Toledo
Undergraduate law student, Diego Portales University.
Thesis Title: Legal Treatment of Vegas and Bofedales Ecosystems by Comparative Law.
Isavo
Manríquez
Undergraduate law student, University of Concepción.
Thesis Title: Treatment of Meadows and Bofedales as Independent Wetlands in the Ramsar Convention.
Epistemology Thesis Students
Benjamín Medina Alfaro
Estudiante pregrado Licenciatura en Historia y Geografía, Universidad de Tarapacá.
Thesis Title: Survey of High Andean Bofedales Management Practices in the Commune of Putre and General Lagos.
Keilee Chameng Flores
Estudiante pregrado Licenciatura en Historia y Geografía, Universidad de Tarapacá.
Thesis Title: Effect of Bofedales Fragmentation by Road Structures in the Regions of Arica and Parinacota and Tarapacá.
Guiliana Cortés Contreras
Estudiante pregrado Licenciatura en Historia y Geografía, Universidad de Tarapacá.
Thesis Title: Environmental Conflicts Associated with High Altitude Wetlands in the Regions of Arica and Parinacota, Tarapacá, and Antofagasta.
Climate and Ecology Thesis Students
Yanira Condori Calizaya
Estudiante pregrado Químico Laboratorista, Universidad de Tarapacá.
Thesis Title: Geochemical Analysis of Peat in a Bofedal of the Arica and Parinacota Region.
Kimberly
Bravo
Estudiante pregrado Geología, Universidad de Chile.
Thesis Title: Climate and Environmental Evolution Through the Use of Magnetic Properties and Other Proxies in Sediments of the Coro Coro Bofedal, Arica and Parinacota Region.
