Ph.D. Candidate

C URRICULUM V ITÆ F ELIPE A RON

Ph.D. Candidate Email: [email protected] Cornell University Phone: +1-607-339-8420 Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences 3150 Snee hall Web: http://www.geo.cornell.edu/eas/gstudent/faa32/ Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

EDUCATION Ph.D. Candidate (expected graduation Summer 2014) Fall 2009 – present Cornell University, Geological Sciences 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 Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN), Antofagasta, Chile.

FIELDS OF INTEREST Structural geology, active tectonics, earthquake geology, geophysics, fracture and fault mechanics, tectonics and volcanism, analytical and numerical modelling of earthquake deformation.

AWARDS, HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS  Outstanding Student Paper Award (OSPA), Seismology section American Geophysical Union (AGU). 2011 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California (2012).  Meyer Bender Memorial, Class of ‘28 Scholarship, academic and community excellence. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University (2012).  CONICYT Becas-Chile (2008), Ph.D. Fellowship. Chilean Government (Fall 2009 – Summer 2013).  First ranked among all the Geology students in matriculating class of 2001 at UCN (2008).  Undergraduate research internship fellowship at the University of Liverpool, U.K. “Andes Foundation”, Chile Fellowship (awarded 2005).  Undergraduate internship in Germany at Freie Universität (F.U.) Berlin (April – May, 2005).  UCN Academic Excellence Grant, first year in university (2001).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Graduate research assistant 2011 – present Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University Permanent deformation of forearc regions over active subduction zones using field work, geophysical data (seismic record and GPS) and mechanical models (analytical and numerical). 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.

1 updated_May-14 CV Felipe Aron Undergraduate research assistant March 2006 – March 2008 Department of Geological Sciences, UCN, Chile. Relationship between modern deformation style, brittle structure and volcanism in the Central Andes. Supervised by Gabriel González (UCN), José Cembrano (now at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) and Eugenio A. Veloso (now at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile). 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: National Research Funding Competition-1060187 (2006) CONICYT, Chilean Government. P.I.: José Cembrano. 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. Project: “Undergraduate internships in high technology foreign centers”. Andes Foundation, Chile, C-14040 (2005).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Independent consulting November 2008 – January 2009 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  Guest Course Lecturer, Cornell University: Structural Geology (Spring 2012)  Guest Course Lecturer, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC): Physical Geology (ICE2623) (November, 2011).  Teaching assistant, UCN: General geology 1 and 2. Descriptive geometry. Engineering geology. Exploration geophysics (2002 – 2007).

FIELD EXPERIENCE  PhD thesis field work (59 days): Structural mapping of the Coastal Cordillera over the northern and central portions of the 2010 Mw8.8 Maule, Chile earthquake (2010 – 2013).  Geological evolution of the Rio Grande rift: Field trip conducted by Chris Andronicos (now at Purdue University) (March, 2010).  Field assistant to Pamela Perez (now Ph.D. student at PUC) helping in her undergraduate thesis research field trip in Puyuhuapi (Aysén Region), Chilean Patagonia (January, 2008).  Field Assistant to Thomas Walter (GFZ, Potsdam) and the GFZ Volcano Tectonics group installing seismic stations to monitor the Lastarria volcano, northern Chile (January-February, 2008).  Field Assistant to Monika Sobiesiak (now at Christian-Albrechts Universität, Kiel Germany) and the GFZ, Potsdam task force installing seismic stations after the 2007 Mw7.7 Tocopilla, Chile earthquake (December, 2007).  Undergraduate thesis field work (30 days total) on structural geology of the volcanic arc of northern Chile at ~23° S (2006 – 2007).

2 updated_May-14 CV Felipe Aron  Geologic mapping undergraduate classes 1 (conducted by Gabriel González) and 2 (conducted by Hans Niemeyer) at UCN (30 days total). Precordillera of Antofagasta Region, Chile (academic year of 2006).  Northern Germany exploring marsh and sand barrier islands formation processes. Field trip conducted by Christoph Heubeck (FU, Berlin) (May, 2005).  Field assistant to Jack Loveless (now at Smith College, Northampton, MA) during his Ph.D. research field work in northern Chile (August 2004).

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS  President Chilean Association at Cornell (CHAS), Cornell University (Fall 2012 – present).  President Snee Graduate Organization (SGO), Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University (Spring – Fall, 2012).

ADDITIONAL SKILLS  Languages: Spanish (native), English.  Computing languages: Matlab (proficient), Python (familiar), HTML (familiar).  Technical software: Canvas GIS+, ANSYS, Rick Allmendinger’s suite of structural programs, Adobe Illustrator, ArcGIS, ERDAS IMAGINE (basic), PyLith (basic).

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES  Sociedad Geológica de Chile, member.  American Geophysical Union, member.  Geological Society of America, member.

INVITED TALKS  Lecture at seminar in the Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). November, 2011.

PUBLICATIONS Aron, F., Allmendinger, R. W., & Jensen, E. (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. Aron, F., Cembrano, J., Astudillo, F., Allmendinger, R. W., & Arancibia, G. (Submitted). Constructing forearc architecture with megathrusts: geological snapshots from the 2010 Maule earthquake region. Submitted to Geological Society of America Bulletin. González, G., Salazar, P., Loveless, J.P., Aron, F., González, J., & Allmendinger, R.W. (In Review). Triggering of a Great Subduction Earthquake by an Upper Plate Event: The Pisagua Earthquake Sequence, Chile. Submitted to Science. 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.

3 updated_May-14 CV Felipe Aron 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. 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. Thesis: 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: 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].

4 updated_May-14 CV Felipe Aron 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]. 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].

5 updated_May-14 CV Felipe Aron 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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