Equipo

• Línea 1 – Procesos fisicoquímicos
• Línea 4 – Vulnerabilidad de la infraestructura
• Línea 5 – Vulnerabilidad social y resiliencia humana

• >Mitigación del riesgo asociado a procesos volcánicos en la Región de Antofagasta

• >2026 ─ High-temperature magmatic-hydrothermal systems inferred by fumarolicfluids from Callaqui volcano, Biobio region, Chile
• >2025 ─ Photogrammetry and analogue experiments in 3D-printed mold applied to the 2022-2023 lava emplacement at Lascar Volcano in Chile
• >2025 ─ Reconstruction of pyroclastic density currents emplaced during the April 1993 sub-Plinian eruption of Lascar volcano, northern Chile
• >2025 ─ Origins and fluxes of gas emissions from the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes
• >2025 ─ Torta domes as part of a new morphological and rheological classificationbased on the distribution of Quaternary domes in the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, northern Chile
• >2025 ─ Geochemical survey of thermal springs from the Atacama region, northern Chile
• >2025 ─ Emplacement dynamics of the debris avalanche deposits from the Ollagüe Volcano, Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes
• >2025 ─ Improving the assessment of volcanic risk from in-situ vulnerability studies: A methodological approach through the case study of the Ollagüe volcano, northern Chile
• >2025 ─ Carbon, nitrogen, and noble gas isotopes reveal deep volatile signatures in thermal springs in the Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ) of the Andes
• >2024 ─ Targeting deeply-sourced seeps along the Central Volcanic Zone
• >2024 ─ Lastarria volcano, a major emitter of boron and chalcophiles in northern Chile and the Central Volcanic Zone
• >2024 ─ The PiGas: A low-cost approach to volcanic gas sampling
• >2023 ─ Tracking tsunami propagation and Island’s collapse after the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai 2022 volcanic eruption from multi-space observations
• >2023 ─ The April 2015 Calbuco eruption pyroclastic density currents: deposition, impacts on woody vegetation, and cooling on the northern flank of the cone
• >2023 ─ Physical and chemical characteristic of active sulfur flows observed at Lastarria volcano (northern Chile) in January 2019
• >2023 ─ Crater morphology, nested ring structures, and temperature anomalies studied by unoccupied aircrafts system data at Lascar volcano, northern Chile.
• >2023 ─ Evolution of the magmatic-hydrothermal system at Lastarria volcano (Northern Chile) between 2006 and 2019: Insights from fluid geochemistry
• >2023 ─ A new permanent, low-cost, low-power SO₂ camera for continuous measurement of volcanic emissions
• >2023 ─ Editorial: Volcanism in the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes
• >2022 ─ A GIS-based multi-hazard assessment at the San Pedro volcano, Central Andes, northern Chile
• >2022 ─ The Helium and Carbon Isotope Characteristics of the Andean Convergent Margin

2022 – Agusto, M., Forte, P., Aguilera, F., Arciniega Ceballos, M.A. Volcanism in Latin America: Advances in the region from the First Congreso ALVO. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2022 – Alcozer-Vargas, N., Reyes-Hardy, M.P., Esquivel, A., Aguilera, F. A GIS-based multi.hazard assessment at the San Pedro volcano, Central Andes, northern Chile. Frontiers in Earth Sciences.

2022 – Barry, P., De Moor, M., Chiodi, A., Aguilera, F., Hudak, M., Bekaert, D., Turner, S., Curtice, J., Seltzer, A., Jessen, G., Osses, E., Blamey, J., Amenábar, M., Selci, M., Cascone, M., Bastianoni, A., Nakagawa, M., Filipovich, R., Bustos, E., Schrenk, M., Buongiorno, J., Ramírez, C., Rogers, T., Lloyd, K., Giovannelli, D. The helium and carbon isotope characteristicas of the Andean convergent margin. Frontiers in Earth Sciences.

2022 – Aguilera, F., Apaza, F., del Carpio, J., Grosse, P., Jimenez, N., Ureta, G., Inostroza, M., Baez, W., Layana, S., Gonzalez, C., Rivera, M., Ortega, M., Gonzalez, R., Iriarte, R. Advances in scientific understanding of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes: A review of contributing factors. Bulletin of Volcanology.

2022 – Aguilera, M., Ureta, G., Grosse, P., Nemeth, K., Aguilera, F., Vilches, M. Geomorphological, morphometric, and spatial distribution analysis of the scoria cones in the Negros de Aras monogenetic volcanic field, northern Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

2022 – Vilches, M., Ureta, G., Grosse, P., Nemeth, K., Aguilera, F., Aguilera, M. Effusion rate estimation based on solidified lava flows: Implications for volcanic hazard assessment in the Negros de Aras monogenetic volcanic field, northern Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

2021 – Aguilera, F., Caro, J., Layana, S. The evolution of Peteroa volcano (Chile-Argentina) crater lakes between 1984 and 2020 based on Landsat and Planet Labs imagery analysis. Frontiers in Earth Sciences.

2021 – Reyes-Hardy, M.P., Aguilera, F., Sepúlveda, J., Esquivel, A., Inostroza, M. GIS-based volcanic hazards, vulnerability and risks assessment of the Guallatiri volcano, Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2021 – Sepúlveda, J., Aguilera, F., Inostroza, M., Reyes, M.P. 2021. Geological evolution of the Guallatiri volcano, Arica y Parinacota Region, northern Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2021 -Inostroza, M., Rodríguez-Díaz, A., Aguilera, F., Pérez-Zárate, D., Menzies, A. Evidence of boron-rich aqueous and crystalline phases associated with fumarolic emissions at Guallatiri volcano, northern Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

2021 – Ureta, G., Németh, K., Aguilera, F., Zimmer, M., Menzies, A. A window on mantle-derived magmas within the Central Andes: Eruption style transitions at Cerro Overo maar and La Albóndiga lava dome, northern Chile. Bulletin of Volcanology.

2021 – Ureta, G., Németh, K., Aguilera, F., Kósik, S., González, R., Menzies, A., González, C., James, D. Evolution of a magmatic to a phreatomagmatic volcanic system: The birth of a monogenetic volcanic field, Tilocálar volcanoes, northern Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

2021 – Torres, I., Nemeth, K., Ureta, G., Aguilera, F. Characterization, origin, and evolution of the one of the most eroded mafic monogenetic fields within the Central Andes: The case of El País lava flow field, northern Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2021 – Tapia, J., Schneider, B., Inostroza, M., Álvarez-Amado, F., Luque, J., Aguilera, F., Parra, S., Bravo, M. Naturally elevated arsenic in the Altiplano-Puna, Chile and the link to recent (Mio-Pliocene to Quaternary) volcanic activity, high crustal thicknesses, and geological structures. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2020 – Aguilera, F., Layana, S., Rojas, F., Arratia, P., Wilkes, T., González, C., Inostroza, M., McGonigle, A., Pering, T., Ureta, G. First measurements of gas flux with a low-cost smartphone sensor-based UV camera on the volcanoes of northern Chile. Remote Sensing.

2020 – Inostroza, M., Aguilera, F., Menzies, A., Layana, S., González, C., Ureta, G., Sepúlveda, J., Scheller, S., Böehm, A., Barraza, M., Tagle, R., Patzschke, M. Deposition of metals and metalloids in the fumarolic fields of Guallatiri and Lastarria volcanoes, northern Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

2020 – Layana, S., Aguilera, F., Rojo, G., Vergara, A., Salazar, P., Quispe, J., Urra, P., Urrutia, D. Volcanic Anomalies Monitoring System (VOLCANOMS), a Low-Cost Volcanic Monitoring System Based on Landsat Images. Remote Sensing.

2020 – Romero, J., Aguilera, F., Delgado, F., Guzman, D., Van Eaton, A., Luengo, N., Caro, J., Bustillos, J., Guevara, A., Holbik, S., Tormey, D., Zegarra, I. Combining ash analyses with remote sensing to identify juvenile magma involvement and fragmentation mechanisms during the 2018/19 small eruption of Peteroa volcano (Southern Andes). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

2020 – Ureta, G., Aguilera, F., Nemeth, K., Inostroza, M., González, C., Zimmer, M., Menzies, A. In press. Transition from small-volume ephemeral lava emission to explosive hydrovolcanism: The case of Cerro Tujle mara, northern Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2020 – Inostroza, M., Tassi, F., Aguilera, F., Sepulveda, J., Capecchiacci, F., Venturi, S., Capasso, G. Geochemistry of gas and water discharges from the magmatic-hydrothermal system of the Guallatiri Volcano, northern Chile. Bulletin of Volcanology.

2020 – Robidoux, P., Rizzo, A., Aguilera, F., Aiuppa, A., Artale, M., Liuzzo, M., Nazzari, M., Zummo, F. Petrological and noble gas features of Lascar and Lastarria volcanoes (Chile): Inferences on plumbing systems and mantle characteristics. Lithos.

2020 – Ureta, G., Nemeth, K., Aguilera, F., Gonzalez, R. Features that favor the prediction of the emplacement of maar volcanoes: A study case in Central Andes, northern Chile. Geosciences.

2020 – Inostroza, M., Tassi, F., Sepulveda, J., Capecchiacci, F., Rizzo, A., Aguilera, F. Geochemical survey of the Colpitas-Taapaca volcanic-hydrothermal system, northern Chile. Italian Journal of Geosciences.

2020 – Sainlot, N., Vlastélic, I., Moune, S., Rose-Koga, E.F., Schiavi, F., Valade, S., Aguilera, F. Uptake of gaseous thallium, tellurium, vanadium and molybdenum into anhydrous alum, Lascar volcano fumaroles, Chile. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

2020 – Sainlot, N., Vlastélic, I., Nauret, F., Moune, S., Aguilera, F. Sr-Pb isotopes signature of Lascar volcano (Chile): Insight into contamination of arc magmas ascending through a thick continental crust. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2018 – Lopez, T., Aguilera, F., Tassi, F., Maarten de Moore, J., Bobrowski, N., Aiuppa, A., Tamburello, G., Rizzo, A., Liuzzo, M., Viveiros, F., Cardellini, C., Silva, C., Fischer, T., Jean-Baptiste, P., Kazayaha, R., Hidalgo, S., Malowany, K., Lucic, G., Bagnato, E., Bergsson, B., Reath, K., Liotta, M., Carn, S., Chionidi, G. New constraints on the magmatic-hydrothermal system and volatile budget of Lastarria Volcano, Chile: Integrated results from the 2014 IAVCEI CCVG 12th Volcanic Gas Workshop. Geosphere.

2016 – Aguilera, F., Benavente, O., Gutierrez, F., Romero, J., Saltori, O., González, R., Agusto, M., Caselli, A., Pizarro, M. Eruptive activity of Planchón-Peteroa volcano for period 2010-2011, Southern Andean Volcanic Zone, Chile. Andean Geology.

2016 – Aguilera, F., Layana, S., González, C., Cortés, J., Inostroza, M. Hydrothermal alteration, fumarolic deposits and fluids from Lastarria Volcanic Complex: A multidisciplinary study. Andean Geology.

2016 – Benavente, O., Tassi, F., Reich, M., Aguilera, F., Capecchiacci, F., Gutierrez, F., Vaselli, O., Rizzo, A. Chemical and isotopic features of cold and thermal fluids discharged in the Southern Volcanic Zone between 32.5ºS and 36ºS: Insights into the physical and chemical processes controlling fluid geochemistry in geothermal systems of Central Chile. Chemical Geology.

2016 – Tassi, F., Aguilera, F., Benavente, O., Paonita, A., Chiodini, G., Caliro, S., Agusto, M., Gutierrez, F., Capaccioni, B., Vaselli, O., Caselli, A., Saltori, O. Geochemistry of fumarolic fluids from Peteroa volcano (Argentina-Chile): Insights into compositional changes related to the fluid source region(s). Chemical Geology.

2015 – Rodríguez, I., Roche, O., Moune, S., Aguilera, F., Campos, E., Pizarro, M. Evolution of Irruputuncu volcano, Central Andes, northern Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2015 – González, C., Inostroza, M., Aguilera, F., González, R., Viramonte, J., Manzies, A. Heat and mass flux measurements using Landsat images during 2000-2004 period, Lascar volcano, northern Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

2014 – Menard, G., Moune, S., Vlastélic, I., Aguilera, F., Valade, S., Bontemps, M., González, R. Gas and aerosols emissions from Lascar volcano (northern Chile): Insights into origin of gases and their links with the volcanic activity. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

2014 – Godoy, B., Wörner, G., Kojima, S., Aguilera, F., Simon, K., Hartmann, G. Low pressure evolution of arc magmas in thickened crust: The San Pedro-Linzor Volcanic Chain, Central Andes, northern Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2013 – Benavente, O., Tassi, F., Gutierrez, F., Vaselli, O., Aguilera, F., Reich, M. Origin of fumarolic fluids from Tupungatito volcano (Central Chile): Interplay between magmatic, hydrothermal, and shallow meteoric sources. Bulletin of Volcanology.

2012 – Gutierrez, F., Lemus, M., Parada, M., Benavente, O., Aguilera, F. Contribution of altitude on thermal anomalies detection: Implications for use of ASTER images and ground-based measurements. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

2012 – Aguilera, F., Tassi, F., Darrah, T., Moune, S., Vaselli, O. Hydrothermal-magmatic activity at the Lastarria volcano, northern Chile: insights on ground deformation episodes from fluid geochemistry. Bulletin of Volcanology.

2011 – Capaccioni, B., Aguilera, F., Tassi, F., Darrah, T., Poreda, R., Vaselli, O. Geochemical and isotopic evidences of magmatic inputs in the hydrothermal reservoir feeding the fumarolic discharges of Tacora volcano (northern Chile). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

2011 – Tassi, F., Aguilera, F., Vaselli, O., Darrah, T., Medina, E. Gas discharges from four remote Volcanoes (Putana, Olca, Irruputuncu and Alitar) in northern Chile: A geochemical and isotopic survey. Annals of Geophysics.

2010 – Tassi, F., Aguilera, F., Darrah, T., Vaselli, O., Capaccioni, B., Poreda, R, Delgado-Huertas, A. Fluid geochemistry of six hydrothermal systems in the Arica-Parinacota, Tarapacá and Antofagasta regions (northern Chile). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

2009 – Tassi, F., Aguilera, F., Vaselli, O., Medina, E., Tedesco, D., Delgado Huertas, A., Poreda, R., Kojima, S. The magmatic – and hydrothermal – dominated fumarolic system at the Active Crater of Lascar volcano, northern Chile. Bulletin of Volcanology.

Profesor titular e investigador de la Universidad Andrés Bello.

Graduados

Doctorado

Doctorado en Ciencias mención Geología – Universidad Católica del Norte

Alexander Scheinost (2026) – First-order internal factors favoring the emplacement of torta-type lava domes in northern Chile.

María Paz Reyes (2024) – Hazard and impact assessment in various volcanic settings.

Cristóbal González (2023) – Naturaleza de los volátiles y magmas asociados al volcanismo por subducción en la Zona Volcánica Central de los Andes (ZVCA).

Alfredo Esquivel (2023) – Factores físicos que determinan el volumen y alcance de las erupciones en volcanes sobre 4000 m s.n.m. del norte de Chile mediante modelos numéricos.

Gabriel Ureta (2020) – Origen y Evolución de volcanes freatomagmáticos de escaso volumen en el norte de Chile (latitud 23,5-24*S).

José Pablo Sepúlveda (2023) – Geological evolution of the Ollagüe volcano, northern Chile.

Maestría

Magíster en Ciencias mención Geología – Universidad Católica del Norte

Nahun Irarrázabal (2025) – Evolución geoquímica de los fluidos magmáticos-hidrotermales de los volcanes Guallatiri y Lastarria.

Michael Bravo (2025) – Análisis morfológico y texturas de piroclastos máficos y félsicos en el Salar de Carcote: implicancia para los procesos de fragmentación en depósitos volcánicos subaéreos.

Mauricio Aguilera (2023) – Geoquímica de fluídos magmáticos-hidrotermales de los volcanes Isluga y Olca, norte de Chile.

Javiera Caro (2023) – Processes that control the explosive-elusive transitions in the eruptive activity of Nevados de Chillán volcano, Southern Andes, Chile.

Licenciatura
Geología – Universidad Católica del Norte

José Gutiérrez (2023) – Deformación vertical mediante observaciones InSAR del volcán Villarrica, Chile: erupción del 3 de marzo del 2015.

Yelkinn Ossandón (2023) – Estratigrafía e historia eruptiva del Centro Volcánico Aguilucho, Campo Volcánico monogenético Negro de Aras, norte de Chile.

Poulette Ogalde (2023) – Análisis cualitativo de vulnerabilidad y riesgos asociados al volcán Lascar.

Tom González (2023) – Análisis cualitativo de vulnerabilidad y riesgos asociado al volcán San Pedro.

Héctor Vallejos (2023) – Evolución de los peligros volcánicos mediante modelos numéricos del volcán Ollagüe.

Alexander Soto (2023) – Cosmovisión andina sobre sector de Cerro Colorado, Región de Antofagasta.

Nicolás Cuevas (2022) – Evolución geólogica del Volcán Licancabur, región de Antofagasta, Chile.

Francisca Aguirre (2024) – Litoestratigrafía y geoquímica de los conos de escoria del campo volcánico El Negrillar.