Millarca Valenzuela
Geologist. Doctor of Science from the University of Chile. President of the Geological Society of Chile and associate professor of the Department of Geological Sciences of the Universidad Católica del Norte. A specialist in meteorites, she is also an associate researcher at the Center of Excellence for Astrophysics and Related Techniques, CATA. She has contributed to expanding the spectrum of action of Earth sciences in Chile, putting geology in contact with astronomy, through emblematic projects such as the creation of the first national meteor monitoring network (CHACANA project, the Chilean All -sky Camera Network for Astro-geosciences).