Teresa Torres | |
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Nationality | Chilean |
Alma mater | BSc
Universidad de Santiago PhD Claude Bernard University |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Palaeontology Paleobotany |
Institutions | Universidad de Chile |
Teresa Torres is a Chilean palaeontologist best known for her work linking Antarctic fossils to those found in Patagonia, Chile. [1] [2] She is a professor at the Universidad de Chile, [3] and was one of the first Chilean women to study petrified forests in Antarctica. [2]
Torres grew up in Santiago [2] and graduated as a physics schoolteacher at Universidad de Santiago. She completed postgraduate studies in Physics at Rennes University. She then completed a PhD in Paleobotany at Claude Bernard University, Lyon.
Torres has been a professor at Universidad de Chile since 1971. She was a pioneer for Chilean women working in Antarctica. [2] She has led projects to investigate links between Patagonia and the Antarctic peninsula through the study of fossilised plants and animals. [1] [4] She discovered 200 million year old fossilized leaves in Antarctica that appear similar to the conifers of southern Chile. [5] She has participated in 20 expeditions to Antarctica. [2]
In addition to peer-reviewed papers, [6] Torres has also written books on Antarctica [7] and popular palaeobotanical guides. [8] She was a founding Member of Asociación Chilena de Paleontología. [9]