Susana Bustos
Management and Outreach Director

Industrial Civil Engineer from the University of Chile, Project Management of European-funded projects from ESADE Business School. She has recently participated in preparing proposals for Horizon Europe at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. She has 22 years of experience in various sectors’ project management and strategic planning processes. Throughout her professional career, she has served as a project director in sustainability management, stakeholder mapping, and sustainability reporting. She has been part of the CR2 team since 2015, where she has been in charge of coordinating national and international projects and as the executive deputy director. She is currently responsible for coordinating and supervising the fulfillment of objectives and tasks of the management team. Additionally, she supports the board in the strategic management of the center, is responsible for strengthening ties with the public-private sector and academic actors and creating new relationships with strategic actors at the national and international levels. She is currently a member of the Foundation for Technology Transfer (UNTEC) board.

Email: susana.bustos@uchile.cl

Jimena Cortés
Head of Administration

General Accountant at the Professional Institute INACAP, with over 10 years of experience in management and administration at universities and technical training centers. At the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, she served as a postgraduate assistant at the School of Architecture and as an administrative assistant at College UC, while at the Technical Training Center Tarapacá, she was the Secretary of the Rectory. At CR2, she coordinates and directs the work of the administration area, manages purchase orders, contracts, payment of fees and incentives for the Center’s staff, and coordinates logistics for travel and field trips, among other tasks.

Email: jimenacortes@uchile.cl
Phone: +56 229 777 466

Carla Sánchez
Universidad de Concepción

Execution Engineer in Wood from the University of Bío Bío. She worked at Conaf during the 2012-2013 fire season as a Dispatcher at the Operations Center of the Eighth Region. In her work experience, she also highlights her work in service companies, such as Compañía General de Electricidad and ESSBIO, where she served for 5 years as Coordinator of the Complaints Management Unit of the Customer Management Division. She joined the CR2 in 2020, in charge of the Administrative Coordination of the Center for the University of Concepción.

Email: carlasanchez@udec.cl
Phone: +56 412 661278

Marcia Millas
Universidad Austral de Chile

Business Administrator specializing in quality management, computer operator, and executive secretary, with 30 years of experience in administrative and computer training tasks. She began her professional experience at the Universidad Austral de Chile, later joining the Technical Training Organization (OTEC) J & M Servicios Computacionales Ltda., fulfilling teaching and administrative duties (1988-2004). She joined the CR2 in 2014, where she oversees the administrative coordination of the Center for the Universidad Austral de Chile.

Email: marcia.millas@uach.cl

Ignacio Ruz
Budget Control and Reporting Officer

Holds a degree in Industrial Civil Engineering from the University of Chile, with experience in positions of responsibility, leading and managing multidisciplinary work teams and resources, serving as a facilitator, and having a customer service orientation at the internal and external levels. At CR2, he is responsible for the coordination of internal projects, budget control, and the generation of indicators and reports related to the Center’s results.

Email: ignacioruz@uchile.cl
Phone: +56 229780668

Nicole Tondreau
Head of Communications

Journalist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso and a master’s in advanced design from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She has worked as a communications officer in various scientific centers, specializing in topics related to climate change. At CR2, she oversees the communications strategy and coordinates the team in press management, scientific outreach, and graphic design actions.

Email: ntondreau@uchile.cl
Phone: +56 2297 84446

María Fernanda Quiroz
Press Officer

Journalist from Universidad Diego Portales, with a Master’s degree in Communication and Digital Journalism from Universidad Mayor and a diploma in Integrated Management of Coastal Areas from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She has more than 15 years of professional experience in coordinating and executing communication strategies for public and private institutions, including the Public Policy Institute of Diego Portales University, Subtel Chile, the Democracy and Development Foundation, and the Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management Research (CIGIDEN).

Since 2025, she has been part of the CR2 communications team, where she leads press management with the media.

Email: mariaquiroz@uchile.cl

José Barraza
Scientific Outreach Officer

Journalist and Licentiate in Social Communication from the University of Viña del Mar, Master’s in Wild Areas and Nature Conservation from the University of Chile, and currently pursuing a Ph.D. in History at the same institution. His areas of interest are environmental and climate history in Chile. He has worked and collaborated as a communications officer in various research centers and projects related to the environment and archaeology, developing outreach activities and working with communities. At the CR2, he is in charge of developing scientific outreach products.

Email: jbarrazam@uchile.cl

M. Giselle Ogaz
Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer with a specialization in Visual Communication. Graduated in 1992 from the Professional Institute of Santiago, now UTEM. She is a founding partner of the company Trimage, where she works on design and graphic production applied to merchandising, promotion, websites, and POP, among others. At CR2, she is in charge of the Center’s graphic line, creating products such as infographics, documents, and promotional materials, as well as designing and updating web platforms.

Email: maria.ogaz@uchile.cl

Francisca Muñoz
Head of Data and Computing

Civil Engineering with a specialization in Computer Science from the University of Chile and a master’s in computer science from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. She has worked in applied research and development at both academic and private institutions. At the Center for Mathematical Modeling, she worked with emissions databases and inverse climate modeling. She worked with biometric systems at the Civil Registry, while at Elsevier, she worked on workflows and management of large academic databases. At CR2, she oversees quality control and publication of data related to meteorology, as well as the cluster infrastructure and storage in support of modeling and research conducted at the center. She participates in the development of climate services in coordination with other institutions and is responsible for the intranet and management of administrative databases in general.

Email: cr2sysadmin@dgf.uchile.cl – franmuno@uchile.cl

Sebastián Villalón
Data Engineer and Web Platforms

Civil Chemical Engineer from the University of Chile with an interest in meteorological sciences, where he has acquired programming knowledge focused on web development. At the CR2, he maintains and creates platforms based on gridded data or time series, and updates and monitors the center’s climate databases, including their online publication.

Email: sebastian.villalon@ug.uchile.cl

Pablo Flores
Computer Engineer

Computer Engineer from Duoc UC. He is part of the team of the National Laboratory for High-Performance Computing (NLHPC) at the Center for Mathematical Modeling. At the CR2, he is in charge of configuring and administering the Center’s servers, and the CR2 and NLHPC Linux clusters, as well as configuring networks, equipment, and communication services, installing and integrating scientific libraries, and supporting project development, among other functions.

Email: pabflore@uchile.cl

Lucía Nuñez
Head of Projects

Biochemist from the University of Santiago de Chile, doctor in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Chile. She has more than 10 years of experience in different areas, such as research, science communication and scientific education linked to independent projects and financed by ANID and the Explora Program, both belonging to Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation.

Her work has focused on the link between academia, government institutions, social organizations and society, through projects and collaboration spaces in scientific training contexts. Likewise, she was part of the founding team of the National Association of Postgraduate Researchers, ANIP, and actually she is part of the board of Foundation More Science. In CR2 she is responsible for defining, planning and executing projects, coordinating various activities between principals, technical counterparts, research and management teams, as well as in the development of funding applications.

Email: lenunez@uchile.cl

Amainari Leyva
Professional of Projects

Civil Engineer from the University of Colima, Mexico, and Master’s candidate in Meteorology and Climatology at the University of Chile, researching the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones. She has experience in project tracking, monitoring, and reporting, as well as budget management and administrative coordination. Additionally, she has served as a university lecturer. Currently, she is an Engineering Lecturer at the University of Santiago de Chile and an Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Thermodynamics at the University of Chile. At CR2, she supports project management, coordination, and development, grant applications, and the establishment of institutional collaboration agreements.

Email: a.leyvavz@gmail.com

Christian Segura
Data Analyst

A geophysicist from the University of Concepción, his areas of interest are extreme events and climate change, numerical modeling of the atmosphere, and ocean-atmosphere interaction. He is one of the data analysts at the Biogeochemistry Laboratory located at the University of Concepción, supporting the Coastal Zone line and the integrative issue of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).

Email: chsegura@udec.cl