Over the past five years, I have studied the paleoclimate of the Azores Archipelago through a combined geochemical and geochronological study of paleosols spanning the past 1 Myr. I used the paleosols' geochemistry to make paleoclimatic reconstructions and study the weathering conditions at the time of their formation, and the K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar dating techniques to constrain the paleosols ages and formation timing.

​

 In my previous work in Chile, I worked in the regional geological mapping of different areas of Northern Chile, including places such as the Ojos del Salado Volcano (the highest volcano on Earth).

​

 During my Master thesis at Universidad de Chile, I made a lithofacies and biotites-geochemical correlation of Cenozoic ignimbrites in Northern Chile, for which I had the chance to go to the ERI of the University of Tokyo in Japan to make EPMA analyses. I further collaborated with this Japanese team during several fieldwork campaigns in the southern part of the Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes, where we visited several volcanoes (from north to south: Mocho Choshuenco, Puyehue, Antillanca, Puntiagudo, Osorno, Huequi, Michnmahuida, Corcovado, Yanteles, Melimoyu, Mentolat, Maca, Cay, and several monogenetic cones), including maneuvers by foot, car, boat and helicopter.

​

(figure modified after Tabor & Mayers, 2015)