CURRICULUM VITÆ
FELIPE ARON
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lecturer
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC)
Departamento de Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica
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Visiting Scholar
[email protected]
+56 2 2354 4205
Ingeniería Estructural
y Geotécnica, PUC
Vicuña Mackenna 4860
Stanford University
Department of Geological Sciences
Macul, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Geological Sciences
August 2014
Cornell University
Advisory committee: Richard W. Allmendinger (Chair, structural geology), Matthew Pritchard
(geophysics), Anthony R. Ingraffea (fracture mechanics).
Professional Title (Título Profesional) Geologist
October 2008
Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN), Antofagasta, Chile.
Thesis advisor: Gabriel González (structural geology).
B.S. (Licenciatura), Geology (with great honor, con distinción)
December 2007
UCN, Antofagasta, Chile.
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Earthquake geology, solid mechanics, structural geology, active tectonics, geophysics, tectonic geomorphology,
fracture and fault mechanics, tectonics and volcanism, analytical and numerical modeling of earthquake
deformation.
AWARDS, HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
v 2015 FONDECYT Postdoctoral grant, Chilean National Science Foundation (Nov. 2014 – Oct. 2017).
v Outstanding Student Paper Award (OSPA), Seismology section American Geophysical Union (AGU). 2011
Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California (2012).
v Meyer Bender Memorial, Class of ‘28 Scholarship, academic and community excellence. Department of
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University (2012).
v Becas-Chile 2009, CONICYT (Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica/National
Commission of Scientific Research and Technology), Ph.D. Fellowship. Chilean Government (Aug. 2009 –
July 2013).
v First ranked among all the Geology students in matriculating class of 2001 at UCN (2008).
v Undergraduate research internship fellowship at the University of Liverpool, U.K. “Andes Foundation”,
Chile Fellowship (awarded 2005).
v Undergraduate internship in Germany at Freie Universität (F.U.) Berlin (April – May, 2005).
v UCN Academic Excellence Grant, first year in university (2001).
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS HISTORY
Lecturer
July 2016 – Present
Geociencias, Departamento de Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica, PUC
Visiting scholar
December 2015 – Present
Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University
Tectonic geomorphology, mechanical modeling of long-term, earthquake deformation.
Postdoctoral scholar
February 2015 – Present
Geociencias, Departamento de Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica, PUC
Studies of active tectonics, earthquake geology, geomorphology and natural hazards in Chilean crustal
faults. Development of numerical methods for geomechanics. Also, structural controls of active Andean
geothermal systems sponsored by Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de Los Andes (CEGA), Chile.
Supervised by José Cembrano.
Postdoctoral scholar
August 2014 – December 2015
Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University
Tectonic geomorphology, mechanical modeling of long-term, earthquake deformation analyzing the San
Andreas fault system. Supervised by George Hilley.
Graduate research assistant
August 2009 – August 2014
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
Permanent deformation of forearc regions over active subduction zones using geologic field work,
geophysical data (seismic record and GPS) and mechanical models (analytical and numerical). Supervised
by Richard Allmendinger.
Undergraduate research assistant
March 2006 – March 2008
Departmento de Ciencias Geológicas, UCN, Chile.
Relationship between modern deformation style, brittle structure and volcanism in the Central Andes.
Supervised by Gabriel González (UCN), José Cembrano (now at PUC) and Eugenio A. Veloso (now at
PUC).
Honorary research assistant
January – April 2006
Earth and Ocean Sciences Department, University of Liverpool, UK
Material sciences and fracture analysis in steels using SEM and EBSD microscopy.
Supervised by David J. Prior (now at University of Otago, NZ) and José Cembrano.
SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS PARTICIPATION
v P.I. of project: “Assessing Geologic Hazard of Potentially Seismogenic Crustal Faults in the Chilean Andes
Forearc”. FONDECYT-3150116 (Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientfico y Tecnológico/National Research
Funding Competition) (2014), CONICYT, Chilean Government.
v Researcher in project: “Bridging Earthquakes and Earth Structure along the Northern San Andreas Fault”.
NSF grant EAR-1055981 (2011). P.I.: George E. Hilley.
v Researcher in project: “Permanent Upper Plate Deformation Associated with the Mw8.8 Maule, Chile
Earthquake of 2010”. NSF grant EAR-1118678 (2011). P.I.: Richard W. Allmendinger.
v Researcher in project: “The fundamental control of intra-arc tectonics in the nature of volcanism at
convergent margins: selected case studies from the central and southern Andes”. FONDECYT-1060187
(2006), CONICYT, Chilean Government. P.I.: José Cembrano.
v P.I. of project: “Undergraduate internships in high technology foreign centers”. Andes Foundation, Chile, C14040 (2005).
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NON-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tsunami hazard in coastal engineering
December 2014 – Present
Determination of seismic scenarios in regions prone to earthquake-induced tsunamis.
Mine reservoir reconstruction
November 2008 – January 2009
Independent consulting in geological mapping (surface) and investigations on the structural architecture of
the Panulcillo Cu-skarn ore deposit, Ovalle, Chile. Work presented to Cruz Mining Company.
Mining Geologist
May – October 2008
Ore resources estimation, local-scale exploration geology and geological mapping (surface and
underground). Tambillos Mining Company. Tambillos, Coquimbo, Chile.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Lecturer, PUC: Capstone course (ICE2023) Geosciences Major (Aug-Dec 2016 semester).
Guest Course Lecturer, Cornell University: Structural Geology (Spring semester 2012)
Guest Course Lecturer, PUC: Physical Geology (ICE2623) (November, 2011).
Teaching assistant, UCN: General geology 1 and 2. Descriptive geometry. Engineering geology.
Exploration geophysics (2002 – 2007).
FIELD EXPERIENCE
More than 300 days of field work experience exploring at a variety of information that can be obtained from the
surface and subsurface of the Earth including: structural and geologic mapping on active tectonic regions and
volcanic settings such as the Andes, the San Andreas Fault and the Rio Grande rift, field assistant of PhD and
undergraduate theses on structural geology and geomorphology, mine reservoir assessments, exploration of
marsh and sand barrier islands formation processes –as well as meteorite impacts and explosive volcanism– in
Germany and France, installation of seismic and geodetic instrumentation, UAV (drone) topographic mapping,
and geo-tourism.
SERVICE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
v Journal referee (2014 – present): Tectonics (1), Geosphere (3), Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
(1), Frontiers in Earth Sciences (1), Geophysical Journal International (1), Andean Geology (1).
v Grant proposals reviewer (2015 – present): NSF – EAR Geomorphology & land Use Dynamics/Tectonics
(1), Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientfico y Tecnológico (FONDECYT; Chilean NSF equivalent) (1)
v Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department seminar coordinator, Cornell University (Spring semester
2013).
v Graduate Student Symposium organizing committee, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, Cornell
University (2010).
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
v President Chilean Association at Cornell (CHAS), Cornell University (Fall 2012 – Summer 2014
semesters).
v President Snee Graduate Organization (SGO), Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell
University (Spring – Fall 2012 semesters).
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
v Languages: Spanish (native), English, Portuguese (basic).
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v Computing languages: Matlab (proficient), Python (familiar), HTML (familiar), JavaScript (familiar).
v Technical software: Canvas GIS+, ANSYS (finite elements), Poly3D (boundary elements), iBem3D
(boundary elements), Coulomb3.2 (dislocations-Coulomb stress), Rick Allmendinger’s suite of structural
programs, PyLith (finite elements; basic), Gmsh, ArcGIS, Agisoft (photogrammetry), Map Pilot (drone
mapping), Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, ERDAS IMAGINE (basic).
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
v Geological Society of America, member (2013 – present).
v American Geophysical Union, member (2010 – present).
v Sociedad Geológica de Chile, member (2006 – present).
INVITED TALKS
v Department Seminar. Departamento de Geofísica. Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile. June 2016.
v Department Seminar. Departamento de Geología. Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile. May 2016.
v Department Seminar. Departmento de Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica, Pontificia Universidad Católica
de Chile. Santiago, Chile. April 2016.
v “From earthquakes to hills: Using topography to invert for geologic fault slip rate distributions”.
Department of Geosciences, Université de Montpellier, France. November 2015.
v “Breaking the forearc with megathrusts”. Peninsula Geological Society, meeting no. 450. Stanford
University. January 2015.
v Dissertation research lecture at seminar in the Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics, PUC.
November 2011.
PUBLICATIONS
Aron, F., et al. (In Preparation). Shallow upper plate seismicity over active subduction regions. To be submitted
in Tectonics.
Cole, S. B., Watters, W. A., Aron, F., & Squyres, S. W. (In Preparation). Structure and Stratigraphic
Relationships on Husband Hill, Mars. To be submitted in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.
González, G., Salazar, P., Loveless, J.P., Allmendinger, R.W., Aron, F., & Shrivastava, M. (2015). Upper plate
reverse fault reactivation and the unclamping of the megathrust during the 2014 northern Chile
earthquake sequence. Geology 43(8), 671–674. doi:10.1130/G36703.1.
Aron, F., Cembrano, J., Astudillo, F., Allmendinger, R. W., & Arancibia, G. (2015). Constructing forearc
architecture over megathrust seismic cycles: Geological snapshots from the Maule earthquake region,
Chile. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 127(3-4), 464–479, doi:10.1130/B31125.1.
Allmendinger, R. W., González, G., Cembrano, J., Aron, F., & Yáñez, G. (2013). Splay fault slip during the
Mw 8.8 2010 Maule Chile earthquake: COMMENT. Geology. 41(12), e309–e309.
doi:10.1130/G34326C.1.
Pritchard, M. E., Jay, J. A., Aron, F., Henderson, S. T., & Lara, L. E. (2013). Subsidence at southern Andes
volcanoes induced by the 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake. Nature Geoscience, 6(8), 632–636.
doi:10.1038/ngeo1855.
Aron, F., Allmendinger, R. W., Cembrano, J., González, G., & Yáñez, G. (2013). Permanent fore-arc extension
and seismic segmentation: Insights from the 2010 Maule earthquake, Chile. Journal of Geophysical
Research: Solid Earth, 118(2), 724–739. doi:10.1029/2012JB009339.
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González, G., Cembrano, J., Aron, F., Veloso, E. E., & Shyu, J. B. H. (2009). Coeval compressional
deformation and volcanism in the central Andes, case studies from northern Chile (23°S–24°S).
Tectonics, 28(6), TC6003–. doi:10.1029/2009TC002538.
Theses:
Aron, F. (2014). Active and long-lived permanent forearc deformation driven by the subduction seismic cycle,
Ph.D. Dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, August.
Aron, F. (2008). Architecture and style of compressive Neogene deformation of the southeastern border of
Salar de Atacama basin, Northern Chile (23°30’ S): Relationship with Plio-Quaternary volcanism of the
Central Andes, Professional Title Degree Thesis, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile,
October.
Conference abstracts:
Winckler, P., Sepúlveda, I., Aron, F., & Contreras, M. (2016). Interacción de mareas y tsunamis en un canal
altamente energético. El caso de Canal Chacao, Chile. In paper presented at XXVII Congreso
Latinoamericano de Hidráulica, Lima, Perú, 26-30 Sept. [talk].
Winckler, P., Liu, P. L.F., Sepúlveda, I., & Aron, F. (2016). Tide-tsunami interaction in a highly energetic
channel. A case study. In paper presented at 35th International Conference on Coastal Engineering,
Istanbul, Turkey, 17-22 July. [talk].
Aron, F., Johnstone, S. A., Mavrommatis, A. P., Sare, R. M., & Hilley, G. E. (2015). Paleogeodesy of the
Southern Santa Cruz Mountains Frontal Thrusts, Silicon Valley, CA. In paper presented at 2015 Fall
Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 14-18 Dec. [talk].
Hilley, G. E., Aron, F., Baden, C., Castillo, C., Johnstone, S. A., Nevitt, J., McHargue, T., Paull, C., Sare, R.
M., Shumaker, L., & Young, H. (2015). Oceanic Transform Fault-Zone Geomorphology in the Gulf of
California from High-Resolution Bathymetric Data. In paper presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San
Francisco, Calif., 14-18 Dec. [talk].
Winckler, P., Liu, P. L.F., Sepúlveda, I., Aron, F., & Contreras, M. (2015). Tide-tsunami interaction in a highly
energetic channel (Canal Chacao). In paper presented at IV Congreso de Oceanografía Física,
Meteorología y Clima, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile, 18-20 Nov.
[talk].
Aron, F., Bucca, M., Lange, D. (2015). Megathrust-driven crustal deformation revealed by fore-arc seismicity
changes over subduction earthquake cycles. In paper presented at XIV Chilean Geological Congress, La
Serena, Chile, October 4-8. [talk].
González, G., Salazar, P., Loveless, J.P., Allmendinger, R.W., Aron, F., & Shrivastava, M. (2015). El destrabe
del contacto interplaca durante el terremoto Mw 8.1 de Pisagua del 1 de abril de 2014 promovido por
reactivación de una falla inversa de la placa superior. In paper presented at XIV Chilean Geological
Congress, La Serena, Chile, October 4-8. [talk].
Aron, F., Johnstone, S. A., Mavrommatis, A. P., Sare, R. M., & Hilley, G. E. (2015). Paleogeodesy of the
Southern Santa Cruz Mountains Frontal Thrusts, Silicon Valley, CA. In paper presented at 2015
Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting (SCEC), Palm Springs, Calif., 12-16 Sept.
[poster].
González, G., Salazar, P., Loveless, J.P., Allmendinger, R.W., Aron, F., & Shrivastava, M. (2014). Upper Plate
Reverse Fault Reactivation and the March-April 2014 Pisagua Earthquake Sequence in Northern Chile.
In paper presented at 2014 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 15-19 Dec. [talk].
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Allmendinger, R.W., González, G., Salazar, P., Loveless, J.P., & Aron, F. (2014). Prelude to the April 1, 2014
Pisagua, Chile Great Earthquake: Potential Lessons for Cascadia. In paper presented at 2014 Annual
Meeting, GSA, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 19-22 Oct. [talk].
González, G., Salazar, P., Loveless, J.P., Aron, F., González-Carrasco, J., & Allmendinger, R.W. (2014). The
causative relationship between the megathrust and upper plate faults at subduction zones. In paper
presented at III Congreso Latinoamericano de Sismología, Bogotá, Colombia, 23-25 July. [talk].
Aron, F., Allmendinger, R. W., Jensen, E. (2014). Shallow Upper Plate Seismicity over Active Subduction
Regions. Second Annual Seismology Student Workshop. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades,
New York, March 21-22. [talk, no published abstract].
Aron, F., Allmendinger, R. W., & Jensen, E. (2013). Global Correlation between the Size of Subduction
Earthquakes and the Magnitude of Crustal Normal Fault Aftershocks in the Forearc. In paper presented
at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 9-13 Dec. [talk].
Cole, S. B., Watters, W. A., Aron, F., & Squyres, S. (2013). Reconstructed Paleo-topography of the Columbia
Hills, Mars. In paper presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 9-13 Dec. [talk].
Jay, J. A., Pritchard, M. E., Aron, F., Delgado, F., Macedo, O., & Aguilar, V. (2013). Volcano-tectonic
interactions at Sabancaya and other Peruvian volcanoes revealed by InSAR and seismicity. In paper
presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 9-13 Dec. [poster].
Santibáñez, I., Cembrano, J., González, G., Aron, F., & Yáñez, G. (2013). Crustal Faults in the Chilean Andes:
Tectonic significance and implications for geologic hazard. In paper presented at 2013 Fall Meeting,
AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 9-13 Dec. [poster].
Aron, F., Astudillo, F., Cembrano, J., & Arancibia, G. (2013). Constructing forearc architecture with
megathrusts: geological and geophysical examples from the 2010 Maule earthquake region. In paper
presented at 2013 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting, GSA, Denver, Colorado, 27-30 Oct. [talk].
Aron, F., Allmendinger, R. W., Cembrano, J., González, G., Astudillo, F., Yáñez, G., & Arancibia, G. (2013).
Permanent Forearc Extension and Seismic Segmentation: Insights from the 2010 Maule Earthquake,
Chile. Workshop on the 2010 Maule Earthquake: Lessons Learned, New Discoveries, Future Advances
(organized by IRIS), Concepción, Chile, March 4-8. [talk, no published abstract].
Aron, F., Cembrano, J., Allmendinger, R. W., Astudillo, F., & Arancibia, G. (2012). Structural Geology of the
Active Forearc above the Maule Megathrust: Traces of a Long-lived Subduction Segment. In paper
presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec. [talk].
Cole, S. B., Watters, W. A., Aron, F., & Squyres, S. (2012). Paleotopography of Husband Hill and the West
Spur of the Columbia Hills, Gusev Crater, Mars. In paper presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San
Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec. [poster].
Takada, Y., Pritchard, M. E., Fukushima, Y., Jay, J. A., Aron, F., Henderson, S. T., & Lara, L. E. (2012).
Megathrust earthquakes in Japan and Chile triggered multiple volcanoes to subside. In paper presented
at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec. [talk].
González, G., Allmendinger, R. W., Loveless, J. P., & Aron, F. (2012). The definition of seismic scenarios in
northern Chile. In paper presented at SATREPS Peru-Chile-Japan Symposium on Earthquake and
Tsunami, Tacna, Perú, August 20-21. [invited talk].
Aron, F., Allmendinger, R. W., Cembrano, J., González, G., & Yáñez, G. (2012). Permanent Forearc Extension
and Seismic Segmentation: Insights from the 2010 Maule Earthquake, Chile. In paper presented at XIII
Chilean Geological Congress, Antofagasta, Chile, August 5-9. [talk].
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Aron, F., Cembrano, J., Allmendinger, R. W., Astudillo, F., & Arancibia, G. (2012). Structural Geology of the
Active Forearc above the Maule Megathrust: Traces of a Long-lived Subduction Segment. In paper
presented at XIII Chilean Geological Congress, Antofagasta, Chile, August 5-9. [talk].
Aron, F., Allmendinger, R. W., Cembrano, J., González, G., & Yáñez, G. (2012). Permanent Forearc Extension
and Seismic Segmentation: Insights from the 2010 Maule Earthquake, Chile. Structural Geology and
Tectonics Forum, Williams College, MA, 14-16 June. [poster].
Aron. F., & Allmendinger, R. W. (2011). Breaking the Outer Forearc: The Permanent Legacy of a Subduction
Earthquake. In paper presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec. [poster;
Outstanding Student Paper Award].
Aron, F., González, G., Cembrano, J., & Veloso, E. (2010). Reverse Faulting as a Crucial Mechanism for
Magma Ascent in Compressional Volcanic Arcs: Field Examples from the Central Andes. In paper
presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 Dec. [poster].
Aron, F., González, G., Cembrano, J., & Veloso, E. (2009). Volcanism under upper crustal compression: New
evidence from the Central Andes Volcanic Zone, Northern Chile. In paper presented at XII Chilean
Geological Congress, Santiago, Chile, November 23-26.
González. G., Allmendinger, R. W., Dunai, T., Cembrano, J., Martinod, J., Rémy, D., Carrizo, D., Loveless, J.,
Veloso, E., Aron, F. (2008). The active upper plate deformation of the Central Andes forearc, northern
Chile: the geological view. 4th Alexander von Humboldt International Conference - The Andes:
Challenge for Geosciences, Santiago, Chile.
González. G., Allmendinger, R. W., Dunai, T., Cembrano, J., Martinod, J., Rémy, D., Carrizo, D., Loveless, J.,
Veloso, E., Aron, F., & Cortés, J. (2008). The active upper plate deformation of the Central Andes
forearc, northern Chile. In paper presented at Seventh International Symposium on Andean
Geodynamics (ISAG): 238-241, Nice, Francia.
Cembrano, J., González, G., Lara, L., Medina, E., Aron, F., Basso M., Ortega, V., Pérez, P., and Sielfeld, G.
(2008). The interplay between crustal tectonics and volcanism in the Central and Southern Volcanic
zones of the Chilean Andes. In paper presented at Seventh International Symposium on Andean
Geodynamics (ISAG): 116-119, Nice, Francia.
Aron, F., González, G., Veloso, E., & Cembrano, J. (2008). Architecture and style of compressive Neogene
deformation in the Eastern-Southeastern border of the Salar de Atacama basin (22º30'-24º15' S): A
structural setting for the Central Andes active Volcanic Arc. In paper presented at Seventh International
Symposium on Andean Geodynamics (ISAG): 52-55, Nice, Francia. [poster].
Shyu, J. H., González, G., Simons, M., Aron, F., & Veloso, E. (2007). Recently active reverse faulting in the
Atacama Basin area, northern Chile: Implications for the distribution of convergence across the western
South America plate boundary. In paper presented at 2007 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif.,
10-14 Dec.
Aron, F., Cembrano, J., Prior, D. J., & Al Badairy, H. (2006). Microstructure of steels associated with tensile
fracture: what can we learn from it?. In paper presented at XI Congreso Geológico Chileno,
Antofagasta, Chile, August 7-11. [poster].
Aron, F., Cembrano, J., Prior, D. J., & Al Badairy, H. (2006). Development of microstructure in steels
associated with tensile fracture. In paper presented at Electron Back Scatter Diffraction Meeting.
Medical School, University of Oxford, U.K. [poster].
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