Research

Research Interests

  • ▸ Non-traditional stable isotopes (Se, Fe, Cr, Zn) in high-temperature rocks to trace mantle processes
  • ▸ Se-Te systematics and Se isotopes in mantle xenoliths from subduction zones (Patagonia) to identify mantle sources and crust-mantle transport mechanisms
  • ▸ Volatile and chalcophile element composition of Earth's mantle using non-traditional stable isotopes
  • ▸ Petrology and geochemistry of ultramafic mantle rocks (peridotites and pyroxenites) and associated crustal rocks
  • ▸ Isotopic mixing models to identify potential sources of mantle isotopic signatures

Research Projects

  • Iron Isotope Analysis: Method Development and Standardization

    Active

    Fondo para Inserción Académica, FCFM, Universidad de Chile (U-Inicia)

    2024–2026 Principal Investigator M$ 10

  • Trazadores Isotópicos No-Convencionales para Aplicaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra y Medioambiente

    Active

    ANID — Subvención a la Instalación en la Academia 2024 (85240065)

    2024–2027 Principal Investigator M$ 191.4

  • Identifying mantle sources and crust-mantle transport mechanisms for metal enrichment in subduction settings: Combined Se isotope and Se-Te systematics in Patagonian mantle xenoliths

    Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) — Priority Program SPP 2238 DOME (441301726)

    2021–2024 Principal Investigator 375.330 €

  • Origin and nature of sub-continental mantle refertilisation and metasomatism revealed by the systematics of non-traditional isotopes of Fe-Cr-Zn

    Isotope Geochemistry Group, University of Tübingen

    2020–2022 Postdoctoral Associate

  • O2rigin: From the origin of Earth's volatiles to atmospheric oxygenation

    European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant (636808)

    2015–2021 Postdoctoral Associate 1.500.000 €

  • Una zona de subducción fósil en Sierra Nevada oriental (Cerro del Almirez, Almería): estudio petrológico, geoquímico y radiométrico

    Gobierno Regional de Andalucía, España (P12-RNM-3141)

    2014–2018 Predoctoral Researcher 31.922 €

  • Procedencia, formación, modificación y oceanización del manto litosférico subcontinental en el Mediterráneo occidental

    Ministerio de Economía y Empresa de España / MINECO (CGL2013-42349-P)

    2014–2017 Predoctoral Researcher 114.950 €

  • Formación, modificación y emplazamiento del manto litosférico en la Cordillera Bético-Rifeña

    Gobierno Regional de Andalucía, España (P09-RNM-4495)

    2010–2014 Predoctoral Researcher 214.064 €

  • The anatomy, nature, ascent and emplacement of the Illapel Plutonic Complex, Coastal Range, Central Chile

    FONDECYT (1080468)

    2009–2011 Predoctoral Researcher