Funktion und Aufgaben:

• PhD Student

Wissenschaftliche Interessen:

• Seismogenic Source Characterisation for Seismic Hazard Assesments.
• Earthquake Catalog Compilation.
  
• Slow slip Earthquakes and Earthquake physics.
• Earthquake Source-Magnitude Scaling Relationships.

Karriere:

• 2021-2023: Researcher in the “KUK AHPAN” Research Project for Seismic hazard update in Central America at the Polytechnical University of Madrid (UPM).
• 2020-2022: Researcher in the "Seismic hazard update for Costa Rica" Research Project at the University of Costa Rica.
• 2019-2021: Researcher and Seismic Analyst at the National Seismological Network of Costa Rica (RSN-UCR) at the University of Costa Rica.
• 2018-2020: Researcher for seismic network evaluation and seismic data analyses in the "EWARNICA" Project: Earthquake Early Warning in Central America" with the ETH, Swiss at the University of Costa Rica.
• 2018-2023: Professor for Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Geography and Geology courses for public and private Universities in Costa Rica, and for studying abroad programs for USA Universities.
• 2015-2018: Research and teaching assistant at the National Seismological Network of Costa Rica (RSN-UCR) and at the Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI-UNA).

Werdegang / Ausbildung:

• 2021-2022: MSc. Seismic Risk Analysis using Geospatial Technologies, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain.
• 2020: Postgraduate Diploma in Evaluating Scenarios for Risk Reduction, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
• 2017: Postgraduate Diploma in Seismology, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
• 2012-2017: BSc. Geology, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
• 2011-2016: BSc. Geographical Sciences, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.
  

Projekte:

• PhD topic (in process): Refining the seismic source model for seismic hazard in Costa Rica and analysis of the role of Slow Slip Silent earthquakes in the seismic energy release. Applications to Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assesments (PSHA).

Auszeichnungen:

• Scholarship from the "German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)". Funding Program/Research Grants for Doctoral studies in Germany (2023-2024).
• Msc Thesis Hons, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain (2022).
• Scholarship from the "Fundacion Carolina". Funding Program for Master's studies in Spain (2021-2022).
• Research fellow at the High Technology Center of Costa Rica (CeNAT), San José, Costa Rica (2018-2019).