My research focuses on understanding past changes in the hydrology of the Equatorial and South-East Pacific. I use stable isotopes, radiocarbon and trace elements in benthic and planktonic foraminifera from marine sediment records to provide insights about water column and bottom water characteristics such as density, ventilation, relative nutrient content, age, and oxygenation. During my PhD thesis, I have been working on: (1) modern stable isotope characterization of water masses at South-East Pacific, (2) stable isotope calibration in benthic foraminifera, (3) redox trace elements characterization in marine and rivers sediments, and (4) glacial hydrological characterization of intermediate and deep waters at the Equatorial and South-East Pacific.
Since my undergraduate studies in Chile, I have led several outreach programs using art and literature as a strategy to communicate science. In 2019 I became interested in learning and to apply the community science and horizontal communication during science education programs where social actors became part of my research. At the moment, the third PhD thesis goal of my PhD thesis is developed using this strategy.
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