Postdoctoral Researcher (Coupled Human and Natural Systems), Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University; Ph.D. Physical Geography (Climate Sciences), Department of Geography, The Ohio State University; Master en Ciencias (Recursos Hídricos), Instituto de Geociencias, Universidad Austral de Chile; Licenciado en Geografía, Escuela de Geografía, Universidad de Chile.

SE ESPECIALIZA EN:

estudios hidroclimáticos, con énfasis en zonas de montaña.

PUBLICACIONES DESTACADAS:

  1. Immerzeel, W. W., A. F. Lutz, M. Andrade, A. Bahl, H. Biemans, T. Bolch, S. Hyde, ... Fernández, A. et al. “Importance and Vulnerability of the World’s Water Towers.” Nature 577, no. 7790 (January 9, 2020): 364–69. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1822-y
  2. Fernández, Alfonso, Ariel Muñoz, Álvaro González-Reyes, Isabella Aguilera-Betti, Isadora Toledo, Paulina Puchi, David Sauchyn, et al. “Dendrohydrology and Water Resources Management in South-Central Chile: Lessons from the Río Imperial Streamflow Reconstruction.” Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 22, no. 5 (May 17, 2018): 2921–35. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2921-2018
  3. Fernández, A, and Bryan G. Mark. “Modeling Modern Glacier Response to Climate Changes along the Andes Cordillera: A Multiscale Review.” Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 8, no. 1 (March 2016): 467–95. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015MS000482

PROYECTOS DESTACADOS:

  1. Rajectories of glacier volume in the Sierra del Brujo, Central Chile (34º30’S) under the RCP8.5 scenario using reanalysis of multidecadal geodetic mass balance and coupled atmosphere-cryosphere modeling, 2020-2023, Investigador Responsable, FONDECYT Regular.
  2. Late Holocene glacier fluctuations in Central-South Chile: filling the gap that becomes critical in projected hydroclimatic scenarios, 2018-2019, Investigador Principal, National Geographic Society.
  3. Implementation and validation of an early warning system for hydrometeorological hazards based upon unmanned aerial vehicles, 2018-2020, Director General, FONDEF.
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