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Gino Casassa Rogazinski

Associate Professor

UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES

Punta Arenas, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Glaciology, glacier geophysics, climate change.

Educación

  •  Glaciology, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 1993
  •  Geophysics, HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY. Japón, 1989
  •  Civil Engineer in Hydraulics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1984

Experiencia Académica

  •   Senior Research Full Time

    CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTIFICOS DE SANTIAGO

    -

    Valdivia, Chile

    2002 - 2012

  •   Director Full Time

    Universidad de Magallanes

    Punta Arenas, Chile

    1994 - 2001

  •   Adjunct Research Part Time

    CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTIFICOS DE SANTIAGO

    -

    Valdivia, Chile

    2000 - 2002

  •   Investigador Asociado Part Time

    Universidad de Magallanes

    VRIP

    Punta Arenas, Chile

    2013 - 2018

  •   Profesor Asociado Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES

    VRIP/Instituto de la Patagonia

    Punta Arenas, Chile

    2018 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Investigador Senior y Gerente de Innovación y Desarrollo Full Time

    Geoestudios Ltda

    Santiago, Chile

    2012 - 2018

  •   Jefe Full Time

    Unidad de Glaciología y Nieves, Dirección General de Aguas, Ministerio de Obras Públicas

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - 2022

  •   Investigador Senior y Gerente de Innovación y Desarrollo Full Time

    Geoestudios Ltda.

    Santiago, Chile

    2023 - At present

  •   Jefe Subdivisión de Glaciología y Nieves Full Time

    División de Hidrología, Dirección General de Aguas

    Santiago, Chile

    2023 - 2023

Formación de Capital Humano


Glaciology course. M.Sc. in Antarctic Sciences, Universidad de Magallanes. 2009, 2013-2018.


Difusión y Transferencia


• National and international media including International Herald Tribune, BBC, CBS 60 Minutes, El Mercurio, La Tercera.
• Presenter of an 8-episode series “Global Change” (in Spanish), awarded by the National TV Council of Chile (2010), transmitted by Chilean National TV in 2011.
• Leading role in LabStars TV Series (2015), National Chile TV Channel, 4 Change Media.
• Contributing author of the book “Planet Ice” published in 2009 by The Mountaineers, Seattle, USA, distinguished as best book of the year 2009 in the fields of meteorology/climatology/atmospheric sciences by the Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI), and Gold Medal as Outstanding Book of the Year 2010 by the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY).


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Corresponding member

    ACADEMIA CHILENA DE CIENCIAS

    Chile, 2014

    Corresponding member

  •   Guardian Angel of the Planet

    UNESCO - INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION

    Chile, 2010

    Nomitated Guardian Angel of the Planet among other 100 environmentalists, politicians and researchers, Green Games Founding Congress

  •   Humboldt Research Award

    ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION

    Alemania, 2010

    In recognition of academic achievements and research contribution conducting to fundamental discoveries, new theories or insights that have had significant impact on his disciple.

  •   Outstanding researcher

    Chilean Committee for the Hydrological International Program of UNESCO

    Chile, 2009

    Outstanding researcher in the promotion of environmental values and water resources during the period 2006-2008

  •   Co-awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007

    Nobel Prize Foundation

    Noruega, 2007

    For participating as a Lead Coordinating Author of Working Group II, Fourth Assessment Report, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

  •   Premio al Mérito en Ciencia y Tecnología

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Chile, 2010

    Premio al mérito en ciencia y tecnología


 

Article (93)

Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data
Prefacing unexplored archives from Central Andean surface-to-bedrock ice cores through a multifaceted investigation of regional firn and ice core glaciochemistry
Signature of the stratosphere-troposphere coupling on recent record-breaking Antarctic sea-ice anomalies
Snow Cover Reconstruction in the Brunswick Peninsula, Patagonia, Derived from a Combination of the Spectral Fusion, Mixture Analysis, and Temporal Interpolation of MODIS Data
Black carbon footprint of human presence in Antarctica
Black carbon in the Southern Andean snowpack
Glacier inventory and recent variations of Santa Ines Icefield, Southern Patagonia
Trace metal emission history captured in a Chilean ice core
Transient ice loss in the Patagonia Icefields during the 2015-2016 El Nino event
Contaminant emissions as indicators of chemical elements in the snow along a latitudinal gradient in southern Andes
First ice thickness measurements in Tierra del Fuego at Schiaparelli Glacier, Chile
Freeze-thaw cycles and snow impact at arid permafrost region in Chajnantor Volcano, Atacama, northern Chile
60 Years of Glacier Elevation and Mass Changes in the Maipo River Basin, Central Andes of Chile
A near 90-year record of the evolution of El Morado Glacier and its proglacial lake, Central Chilean Andes
Detailed quantification of glacier elevation and mass changes in South Georgia
Recent Climatic Mass Balance of the Schiaparelli Glacier at the Monte Sarmiento Massif and Reconstruction of Little Ice Age Climate by Simulating Steady-State Glacier Conditions
Surface energy fluxes on Chilean glaciers: measurements and models
Black carbon and other light-absorbing impurities in snow in the Chilean Andes
Constraining glacier elevation and mass changes in South America
Dry-Season Snow Cover Losses in the Andes (18 degrees-40 degrees S) driven by Changes in Large-Scale Climate Modes
Elemental and Mineralogical Composition of the Western Andean Snow (18 degrees S-41 degrees S)
Geodetic Mass Balances and Area Changes of Echaurren Norte Glacier (Central Andes, Chile) between 1955 and 2015
Simulation of Long-Term Changes of the Equilibrium Line Altitude in the Central Chilean Andes Mountains Derived From Atmospheric Variables During the 1958-2018 Period
Annual River Runoff Variations and Trends for the Andes Cordillera
Elevation and Mass Changes of the Southern Patagonia Icefield Derived from TanDEM-X and SRTM Data
Glacier Mass Changes of Lake-Terminating Grey and Tyndall Glaciers at the Southern Patagonia Icefield Derived From Geodetic Observations and Energy and Mass Balance Modeling
Ice flow modelling to constrain the surface mass balance and ice discharge of San Rafael Glacier, Northern Patagonia Icefield
Snow Cover Change as a Climate Indicator in Brunswick Peninsula, Patagonia
Climate and surface mass balance of Mocho Glacier, Chilean Lake District, 40 degrees S
Crustal deformation across the Southern Patagonian Icefield observed by GNSS
Ice thickness of the northern half of the Patagonia Icefields of South America from high-resolution airborne gravity surveys
Initial reconnaissance for a South Georgia ice core
Historically unprecedented global glacier decline in the early 21st century
Oxygen isotopic composition variations in surface snow along an antarctic traverse [Variações na composição isotópica de oxigênio na neve superficial ao longo de uma travessia antártica]
Quantifying mass balance processes on the Southern Patagonia Icefield
Observed crustal uplift near the Southern Patagonian Icefield constrains improved viscoelastic Earth models
Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica
Evolution of glacial lakes from the Northern Patagonia Icefield and terrestrial water storage in a sea-level rise context
Modeling past and future surface mass balance of the Northern Patagonia Icefield
Net accumulation rates derived from ice core stable isotope records of Pio XI glacier, Southern Patagonia Icefield
Photogrammetric Techniques for the Determination of Spatio-temporal Velocity Fields at Glaciar San Rafael, Chile
Basal crevasses and associated surface crevassing on the Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica, and their role in ice-shelf instability
First Record of Testate Amoebae on Glaciers and Description of a New Species Puytoracia jenswendti nov sp (Rhizaria, Euglyphida)
On-land ice loss and glacial isostatic adjustment at the Drake Passage: 2003-2009
Rapid crustal uplift in Patagonia due to enhanced ice loss
Recent ice-surface-elevation changes of Fleming Glacier in response to the removal of the Wordie Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula
Airborne radar sounder for temperate ice: initial results from Patagonia
Chemical composition of fresh snow from Glaciar Marinelli, Tierra del Fuego, Chile
Detection of changes in glacial run-off in alpine basins: examples from North America, the Alps, central Asia and the Andes
Reassessment of ice mass balance at Horseshoe Valley, Antarctica
Theoretical analysis and simulation for avoiding antenna oscillations without distributed resistance
A promising location in Patagonia for paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental reconstructions revealed by a shallow firn core from Monte San Valentin (Northern Patagonia Icefield, Chile)
Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change
CREVASSE DETECTION IN GLACIERS OF SOUTHERN CHILE AND ANTARCTICA BY MEANS OF GROUND PENETRATING
Glacier mass balance interpreted from biological analysis of firn cores in the Chilean lake district
Holocene glaciations in the Ema Glacier Valley, Monte Sarmiento Massif, Tierra del Fuego
Secular trend of the equilibrium-line altitude on the western side of the southern Andes, derived from radiosonde and surface observations
Airborne laser altimetry survey of Glaciar Tyndall, Patagonia
Glacier inventory of the Gran Campo Nevado Ice Cap in the Southern Andes and glacier changes observed during recent decades
Ice elevation and areal changes of glaciers from the Northern Patagonia Icefield, Chile
Palaeoecological constraints on late Glacial and Holocene ice retreat in the Southern Andes (53 degrees S)
Palaeoecological constraints on late Glacial and Holocene ice retreat in the Southern Andes (53°S)
THE SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE OF AN ACTIVE ICE-COVERED VOLCANO: VILLARRICA VOLCANO, SOUTHERN CHILE
A FIRST SHALLOW FIRNS CORE RECORD FROM GLACIAR LA OLLADA ON CERRO MERCEDARIO IN THE CENTRAL ARGENTINEAN ANDES
A POTENTIAL HIGH-ELEVATION ICE CORE SITE AT THE SOUTHERN PATAGONIAN ICEFIELD
Changes of the 0 degrees C isotherm and the equilibrium line altitude in central Chile during the last quarter of the 20th century
Changes of the 0°C isotherm and the equilibrium line altitude in central Chile during the last quarter of the 20th century
Glacier shrinkage and negative mass balance in the Chilean Lake District (40 degrees S)
Glacier wastage on southern Adelaide Island, Antarctica, and its impact on snow runway operations
Ice-elevation changes of Glaciar Chico, southern Patagonia, using ASTER DEMs, aerial photographs and GPS data
Recent ice loss from the Fleming and other glaciers, Wordie Bay, West Antarctic Peninsula
Retreat of Glaciar Tyndall, Patagonia, over the last half-century
Accelerated ice discharge from the Antarctic Peninsula following the collapse of Larsen B ice shelf
Accelerated sea-level rise from West Antarctica
Elevation change and ice flow at Horseshoe Valley, Patriot Hills, West Antarctica
Force-perturbation analysis of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica, suggests cause for recent acceleration
Ice elevation, areal, and frontal changes of glaciers from National Park Torres del Paine, Southern Patagonia Icefield
Ice elevation, areal, and frontal changes of glaciers from National Park Torres del Paine, Southern Patagonk Icefield
Improved estimation of the mass balance of glaciers draining into the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica from the CECS/NASA 2002 campaign
Contribution of the Patagonia Icefields of South America to sea level rise
Geodetic determination of relative plate motion and crustal deformation across the Scotia-South America plate boundary in eastern Tierra del Fuego
Weather observations across the Southern Andes at 53(degrees)S
Weather observations across the Southern Andes at 53°S
Inventory of glaciers in isla Riesco, Patagonia, Chile, based on aerial photography and satellite imagery
Use of remotely sensed and field data to estimate the contribution of Chilean glaciers to eustatic sea-level rise
MEDICIONES DE ESPESOR EN GLACIARES DE CHILE CENTRO-SUR
Volume changes on Pio XI glacier, Patagonia: 1975-1995
Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet at Patriot Hills
A century-long recession record of Glaciar O'Higgins, Chilean Patagonia
Recent fluctuations of Glaciar Pío XI, Patagonia: Discussion of a glacial surge hypothesis
Recent glacier variations in the Southern Patagonia Icefield, South America
The 20th-century advance of Glaciar Pio XI, Chilean Patagonia
The use of satellite and airborne imagery to inventory outlet glaciers of the Southern Patagonia Icefield, South America

ConferencePaper (13)

Airborne GPR on high Andean glaciers - first results from 6000 m altitude
Airborne GPR sounding of deep temperate glaciers - Examples from the Northern Patagonian Icefield
PILOT STUDIES WITH A PHOTOGRAMMETRIC GLACIER LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
Photogrammetric determination of spatio-temporal velocity fields at glaciar san rafael in the northern patagonian icefield
Analysis of a non electrical resistive GPR antenna
Crevasse detection in glaciers of southern Chile and Antarctica by means of ground penetrating radar
Recent glacier mass balance calculations at Volcán Mocho-Choshuenco (40°S), Chilean Lake District
A first shallow firn-core record from Glaciar La Ollada, Cerro Mercedario, Central Argentine Andes
A potential high-elevation ice-core site at Hielo Patagónico Sur
Ice volumetric changes on active volcanoes in southern Chile
Current knowledge of the Southern Patagonia Icefield
Ice thickness measurements on the Southern Patagonia Icefield
Meteorological and climatological aspects of the Southern Patagonia Icefield

EditorialMaterial (1)

Current status of Andean glaciers

Review (2)

Pollution and its Impacts on the South American Cryosphere
STATE OF THE ANTARCTIC AND SOUTHERN OCEAN CLIMATE SYSTEM
3
Francisco Cereceda

Profesor Titular

Química

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaíso, Chile

23
sergio rivera

Investigador principal

TamboAustral EIRL

Valdivia, Chile

6
Ricardo Jaña

Jefe Departamento

Científico

INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO CHILENO

Punta Arenas, Chile

4
Francisca Bown

Investigadora

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS

Valdivia, Chile

2
Jorge Clavero

Investigador asociado Centro Observación de la Tierra Hémera

Dirección de Innovación y Transferencia Tecnológica

Universidad Mayor

Santiago, Chile

1
René Garreaud

Profesor

DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOFISICA, U. DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
James McPhee

Professor

Civil Engineering

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Marcelo Mena

Director

Centro Acción Climática

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Providencia, Chile

2
Pedro Labarca

Principal Research

Biology

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS

Valdivia, Chile

2
Shelley MacDonell

Researcher

Geosciences

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS

La Serena, Chile

2
Roberto Rondanelli

Profesor Asociado

Departamento de Geofísica

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Marina Stepanova

Full Professor, Permanent staff

Physics

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

7
Raul R. Cordero

Profesor

FISICA

UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO

SANTIAGO, Chile

2
Francisco Fernandoy

Associated Professor and laboratory director

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ANDRÉS BELLO

Viña del Mar, Chile

1
Cesar Pasten

Profesor Asociado

Departamento de Ingeniería Civil

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Guisella Gacitúa

Asistente de Investigación

Centro de Estudios Científicos

Punta Arenas, Chile

18
Jorge Carrasco

Investigador Asociado

Centro de Investigación GAIA Antárticaa

Universidad de Magallanes

Punta Arenas, Chile

116
Gino Casassa

Associate Professor

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado

UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES

Punta Arenas, Chile

4
Fabrice Lambert

Profesor Asociado

Geografía

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Nicolas Huneeus

Associate professor

Geophysics

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Jaime Pizarro

Full Professor

Ingeniería Geográfica

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Laura Gallardo

Profesora Titular

Geofísica

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Pablo Iribarren

Lecturer

Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad Austral

Valdivia, Chile

1
Ximena Castillo

Investigador Asociado

Advance Mining Technology Center

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Alessandro Damiani

associate reasercher

USACH

Santiago, Chile

1
Pilar Barria

Académica

Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Conservación de la Naturaleza

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
José Araos

Profesor Asistente

Geografia

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Álvaro Ayala

Investigador postdoctoral

Geociencias

Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA)

La Serena, Chile

2
Sarah Feron

Investigadora Asociada

Fisica

Universidad de Santiago

Santiago, Chile

1
Jorge Jaramillo

Docente

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile

1
Jorge Arigony-Neto

Profesor Asociado

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

Rio Grande, Brasil

1
Francisco Aguirre

Researcher

Universidad de Magallanes

Puerto Williams, Chile

1
José Uribe

Asistente de Investigación

Centro de Estudios Científicos

Valdivia, Chile

1
Rodrigo Zamora

Investigador

Centro de Estudios Científicos

Valdivia, Chile

3
Marius Schaefer

Profesor Asistente

Instituto de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia , Chile

1
Camilo Rada

Associate researcher

Universidad de Magallanes

Punta Arenas, Chile

8
David Farías

Profesor Asociado

Geografía

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Deniz Bozkurt

Profesor Adjunto

Departamento de Meteorología

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

1
rodrigo Mella

Academico

Fonoaudiologia

IP Chile

Temuco, Chile

3
Claudio Bravo

Investigador

Glaciología

Centro de Estudios Científicos

Valdivia, Chile

1
Dennys Caro

Investigador postdoctoral

TeleAmb

Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Pedro Oyola

Director

Centro Mario Molina Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Thomas Loriaux

Investigador post-doctoral

DIRECCIÓN DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Juan Quintana

JEFE DE SECCIÓN

CLIMATOLOGIA Y METEOROLOGÍA APLICADA

DIRECCIÓN METEOROLÓGICA DE CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile

1
Laura Gallardo

Full Professor

Geofísica

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Roxana Bórquez

Profesora Asistente

Gestión e Innovación Rural

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Katherine Gaete

Geofísico

Investigación y Soporte Tecnológico

Dirección Meteorológica de Chile

Estación Central, Chile

3
Sebastian Vivero

Senior Researcher

Geosciences

University of Fribourg

Fribourg, Suiza

1
Gonzalo Garcia

Postdoc

College of Engineering

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Estados Unidos