René Garreaud is a Full Professor of the Department of Geophysics, University of Chile, and deputy Director of the FONDAP Center of Excellence for Climate and Resilience Research (CR2). He has also been director of the Department of Geophysics of the University of Chile (2008-2009), director of CR2 (2022-2023), and president of the Higher Council of Sciences of FONDECYT (2013). He has been invited as a Research Fellow to Yale University (2016) and University of California San Diego (2024), USA, and actively participates in national and international scientific initiatives.

His academic training includes a doctorate in Meteorology obtained in 2000 at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, a degree in Civil engineering, and a Master of Science from the University of Chile (1993).

Prof. Garreaud’s expertise is in climate dynamics, climate change, and synoptic meteorology, focusing on South America. His work is extensive, with over 170 publications in specialized international journals with more than 12 thousand citations, thus ranking in the top 2% of the most productive researchers in the world. His dedication to the field extends to training new scientists, supervising ten post-doctoral students, 16 Master students, and three doctorates. He also imparts his knowledge by teaching various climate, meteorology, and physics courses for undergraduate and graduate students at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile.