Daniel Melnick d’Etigny

Licenciate in Geology and Master of Sciences in Geological Sciences from the University of Concepcion. Doctor in Sciences from Universität Potsdam, Germany.

His areas of interest are: Study of the deformation at different temporal and spatial scales to understand the relation between the formations of mountain ranges y sedimentary basins with the seismic cycle of great earthquakes in active fault lines.

Currently he is a professor at the Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra of Universidad Austral de Chile and the Director of the Millennium Nucleus “The earthquake cycle along subduction zones (CYCLO).”