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Meet the Staff

The Patagonian Icefield Research Program is run by a small group of local researchers and guides. However, it is only possible with the generous collaboration of international volunteer faculty, assistants, park rangers, and a welcoming local community. In the field, we typically have six faculty members, a lead guide, an assistant guide, an assistant alumnae, and a park ranger. This team of ten staff members assists ten students (one-to-one ratio) in learning, researching, and living in the wild Patagonian glaciers.

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Camilo Rada

Director

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Ph.D. in Geophysics

University of British Columbia

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Glaciology professor Universidad de Magallanes

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Affiliate Professor

University of British Columbia

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Natalia Martinez

Guide, Logistic and Safety Manager

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Mountain Guide

​ACGM-UIMLA​​

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Health Coach

Institute for Integrative Nutrition

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Gino Casassa

Faculty

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Ph.D. in Glaciology

Ohio University

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Director of the Antarctic Chilean Institute

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Glaciology professor Universidad de Magallanes

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Rodrigo Soteres

Faculty

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Ph.D. in Geograpy

Universidad Católica de Chile

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Postdoc

Universidad de Magallanes

Volunteer Faculty 2025

  • Dr. Gwenn Flowers, professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Simon Fraser University, Canada (2025) ORCID

  • Dr. Christina Draeger, postdoctoral researcher, University of British Columbia, Canada. (2025) ORCID

Previous Volunteer Faculty

  • Dr. Michaela Mühl, Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland (2024) ORCID

  • Dr. Santiago Munevar Garcia, University of Virginia, USA (2024) ORCID

  • MSc. Fabienne Meier, ETH Zürich, EBP Switzerland (2024)

  • Dr. Brianna Rick, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, USA (2023) ORCID

  • Dr. Cristina San Martín, Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego AeIAS, Argentina (2023) RG

  • Dr. Seth Saltiel, University of Nevada, Reno (2023) ORCID

  • Dr. Sergio Leon-Rios, Universidad de Chile (2022, 2023) ORCID

  • Dr. Enrique Serrano, Universidad de Valladolid (2022) ORCID

  • Dr.(c) Erling Johnson, Universidad de Magallanes (2022) ORCID

  • Dr. Judith Pardo, Universidad de Magallanes (2022) ORCID

PIRP is a program by Consultoria y Capacitación Cientí­fica Hielos Patagonicos Spa

Patagonian Icefield Research Program

Education, science and community

© 2025 by PIRP.
 

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