Man

Cristian Alexis Martinez Villalobos

Assistant Professor

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Extreme precipitation, global warming, El Niño Southern Oscillation, inverse modeling, climate stochastic modeling, data-driven modeling, heat waves, global climate model evaluation, droughts and dry spells, global warming attribution, extreme events

Educación

  •  Physics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2007
  •  Physics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2010
  •  Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON. Estados Unidos, 2016

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES

    Los Angeles, Estados Unidos

    2016 - 2019

  •   Staff Research Associate III Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES

    Los Angeles, Estados Unidos

    2019 - 2020

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    CORPORACION CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ARIDAS

    La Serena, Chile

    2020 - 2021

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBANEZ

    Engineering and Science

    Santiago, Chile

    2021 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

    Los Angeles, Estados Unidos

    2016 - 2019

  •   Staff Research Associate III Full Time

    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

    Los Angeles, Chile

    2019 - 2020

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas

    La Serena, Chile

    2020 - 2021

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

    Santiago, Chile

    2021 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). 2016-2019. Supervisor: J. David Neelin
Research Associate III, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). 2019-2020. Supervisor: J. David Neelin
Postdoctoral Researcher, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA). 2020-2021. Supervisor: Boris Dewitte. Fondecyt Postdoctoral Project 3200621 2020-2023.


Difusión y Transferencia


April 2024, Análisis CR2 | La Niña que viene… : https://www.cr2.cl/analisis-cr2-la-nina-que-viene/ (with René Garreaud, Patricio Aceituno and Roberto Rondanelli)

Jan 2024, Más y mejor educación ambiental para Chile: https://www.paiscircular.cl/opinion/mas-y-mejor-educacion-ambiental-para-chile/ (y dos otros medios online)

November 2023, Conoce las principales conclusiones del Primer Congreso DO Data Science de Chile: https://ecosistemastartup.com/actualidad/conoce-las-principales-conclusiones-del-primer-congreso-do-data-science-de-chile/

November 2023, Lecturer GOOD-OARS-CLAP-COPAS Summer School: http://www.ceaza.cl/summerschool/program/lecturers/

November 2023, Panelist at first Data Observatory Data Science Congress: https://dodatascience.cl/

November 2023, Interview Radio Cooperativa show "Cambio de Switch": https://www.litoralpress.cl/Archivos/WLWLI7VVZH6AGCLM5NSKQC6N5Y.mp3

October 2023, Dissemination video "Agricultura en tiempos de cambio climático" https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy1fQOSrSSY/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA

September 2023, Profesor y estudiante de Ingeniería UAI participan de escuela de verano en Italia sobre olas de calor marinas: https://noticias.uai.cl/profesor-y-estudiante-de-ingenieria-uai-participan-de-escuela-de-verano-en-italia-sobre-olas-de-calor-marinas/

September 2023, Leading ocean scientists assess the latest impacts of a warming ocean (co-autor como miembro de CLIVAR Research Focus Group on Marine Heatwaves): https://www.wcrp-climate.org/news/wcrp-news/2054-impacts-of-marine-heat-waves , https://wmo.int/en/media/news/scientists-assess-impacts-of-warming-ocean . Reprinted in spanish in 10 regional/online media (e.g., https://www.cienciaenchile.cl/cambio-climatico-y-calentamiento-de-los-oceanos/)

July 2023, Co-organizer of ICTP/CLIVAR Summer School on Marine Heatwaves: Global Phenomena with Regional Impacts: https://www.clivar.org/events/ictpclivar-summer-school-marine-heatwaves-global-phenomena-regional-impacts

July 2023, Aumento en la temperatura del mar puede provocar desplazamiento o muerte masiva de especies https://www.aqua.cl/2023/07/28/aumento-en-la-temperatura-del-mar-puede-provocar-desplazamiento-o-muerte-masiva-de-especies/

June 2023; Participación en Seminario Internacional "Resiliencia urbana en tiempos de cambio climático" http://www.lee.ubiobio.cl/uploads/seminarios/afiche-seminario-internacional-6570b9f8813fb.jpg

June 2023, El invierno en la región tendrá temperaturas más altas y sobre lo normal: https://www.litoralpress.cl/sitio/Prensa_Texto?LPKey=7W74GTQG5QHUQISYWOEO2S3IUCXIZ3MUJKB7JJ43YJ4YIY5H4ZSQ

June 2023, Cambio en la frecuencia de precipitaciones extremas bajo el cambio climático: https://www.litoralpress.cl/sitio/Prensa_Texto.cshtml?LPKey=Y5DYI36L4VCEH2ND6I5OEHOBQHMCONMIBIWQV7GR5HJPB2NWEB7LW7XNZIVLS255A6OKMNZJF4FBO

May 2023, En revista Nature Scientific Reports: Académico chileno UAI publica estudio sobre el cambio en la frecuencia de precipitaciones extremas bajo cambio climático: https://noticiashoy.cl/en-revista-nature-scientific-reports-academico-chileno-uai-publica-estudio-sobre-el-cambio-en-la-frecuencia-de-precipitaciones-extremas-bajo-cambio-climatico/ (Publicado en 13 otros medios regionales/digitales)

May 2023, Estudio analiza el cambio en la frecuencia de precipitaciones extremas bajo cambio climático: https://www.litoralpress.cl/sitio/Prensa_Texto?Lpkey=5ST66IMPB423LJLWYTB3GXMO2JUVLQOSBGHMUKW6WERED224GKMA

May 2023, Eventos de precipitaciones extremas afectarán de manera desigual a Chile y al mundo: https://www.litoralpress.cl/sitio/Prensa_Texto.cshtml?LPKey=ZRZXQRUEL4OWZDWCMZVFIXV5PTUCKIT3JEWEYJ5I6WSSH5GQOLFDWRBZBZCQI5CDYCJZRGQZXLMIU

April 2023, ¿Qué se pronostica para el clima este año?: https://www.cooperativaciencia.cl/2023/04/10/que-se-pronostica-para-el-clima-de-este-ano/

Jan 2023, ¿Hasta cuándo durarán las marejadas? Olas alcanzarían los dos metros en la región: https://www.diarioeldia.cl/noticias/2023/01/19/104959-hasta-cuando-duraran-las-marejadas-olas-alcanzarian-los-dos-metros-en-la-region

November 2022, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias UAI alojará Súper Computador con capacidades inéditas en la Región Metropolitana: https://portalinnova.cl/facultad-de-ingenieria-y-ciencias-uai-alojara-super-computador-con-capacidades-ineditas-en-la-region-metropolitana/ (and two other online media)

September 2022, Preservación de la capa de ozono: lecciones para enfrentar el cambio climático: https://www.latercera.com/que-pasa/noticia/columna-de-cristian-martinez-villalobos-preservacion-de-la-capa-de-ozono-lecciones-para-enfrentar-el-cambio-climatico/HDTOCPIJHBGXDB3DVA6FWNW6WE/ , https://www.cienciaenchile.cl/preservacion-de-la-capa-de-ozono-lecciones-para-enfrentar-el-cambio-climatico/ , https://www.diariodepuertomontt.cl/noticia/yopublicocl/2022/09/preservacion-de-la-capa-de-ozono-lecciones-para-enfrentar-el-cambio-climatico (and other 4 regional media)

June 2021, Día Mundial de los Océanos: Chile y su riqueza marina: https://www.latercera.com/que-pasa/noticia/dia-mundial-de-los-oceanos-chile-y-su-riqueza-marina/BA4KYSS5VFE67L2QVGH7RF7P7A/ , https://www.elmostrador.cl/agenda-pais/2021/06/08/dia-mundial-de-los-oceanos-chile-y-su-riqueza-mariana/

March 2021, https://noticias.uai.cl/evento/desafios-ante-la-crisis-hidrica/


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Fulbright-Conicyt Scholarship

    COMISION FULBRIGHT-CHILE

    Chile, 2010

    Funding PhD studies at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI, United States.

  •   Astronomy Department Tuition Scholarship (Matrícula de Honor)

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2003

    Given to the highest ranked applicant in the admission process to the Astronomy Major.

  •   Winner of the Hivemind El Niño Prediction Market October 2019

    Hivemind El Niño Prediction Market

    Reino Unido, 2019

    An online market in which experts (researchers and modelers) bet on the future conditions of the sea surface temperature in the Central Pacific. This tests how well and how many months in advance modeling groups can predict El Niño events. "The market aggregates the judgment of experts to generate a probabilistic forecast of the global weather phenomenon." https://medium.com/hvmd/introducing-the-hivemind-el-ni%C3%B1o-prediction-market-9a77f638c129

  •   Best Poster IV International Conference on El Niño Southern Oscillation

    American Meteorological Society

    Ecuador, 2018

    Best Poster, 2018. Early Career Scientists Poster Competition. IV International Conference on El Niño Southern Oscillation.


 

Article (20)

Extreme coastal El Niño events are tightly linked to the development of the Pacific Meridional Modes
Regionally high risk increase for precipitation extreme events under global warming
Relative Contribution of Moisture Transport during TC-Active and TC-Inactive Periods to the Precipitation in Henan Province of North China: Mean State and an Extreme Event
The ENSO-induced South Pacific Meridional Mode
Exploratory Precipitation Metrics: Spatiotemporal Characteristics, Process-Oriented, and Phenomena-Based
Metrics for Evaluating CMIP6 Representation of Daily Precipitation Probability Distributions
Precipitation Extremes and Water Vapor Relationships in Current Climate and Implications for Climate Change
Revealing the Circulation Pattern Most Conducive to Precipitation Extremes in Henan Province of North China
Understanding Future Increases in Precipitation Extremes in Global Land Monsoon Regions
Climate models capture key features of extreme precipitation probabilities across regions
Changes in Extreme Precipitation Accumulations during the Warm Season over Continental China
Observed El Nino-La Nina Asymmetry in a Linear Model
Why Do Precipitation Intensities Tend to Follow Gamma Distributions?
Calculating State-Dependent Noise in a Linear Inverse Model Framework
Shifts in Precipitation Accumulation Extremes During the Warm Season Over the United States
The Role of Stochastic Forcing in Generating ENSO Diversity
An Analytical Framework for Understanding Tropical Meridional Modes
The Role of the Mean State in Meridional Mode Structure and Growth
Modified contour-improved perturbation theory
Thermal corrections to pi-pi scattering lengths in the linear sigma model

ConferencePaper (1)

A Modification of Contour-Improved Perturbation Theory

Proyecto (16)

Chile El Niño: processes, predictability, and evolution in a warmer climate
Plataforma de Cómputo para Deep Learning basada en NVIDIA DGX A100
Understanding the Critical Role of Seasonality for El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Variability, Using Empirical Stochastic-Dynamic Models and Physics-Based Coupled Models
Extreme Precipitation Features and their Large-Scale Environments
Dynamical Mechanisms of Coastal El Niño Events
Non-linear Response of the South Eastern Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone to ENSO
Studies in the Climate Dynamics of Moist Process Variability and Change
NOAA Open Framework for Process-Oriented Diagnosis of Global Models
Development of a Framework for Process-Oriented Diagnosis of Global Models
Tropical Pacific moist dynamical processes, sensitivity and biases
Dynamics and Predictability of East and Central Pacific El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Events
Dynamics and Predictability of East and Central Pacific El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Events
Studies in the Climate Dynamics of Moist Processes
MODERN TOPICS IN QUANTUM FIELD THEORY AND HADRON DYNAMICS.
Tropical Atmosphere/Ocean Variability in the Boreal Summer and Its Relationship with Atlantic Hurricanes
THEORETICAL AND PHENOMONOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MATTER UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS.

Review (1)

Mechanisms of tropical Pacific decadal variability
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Cristian Martinez

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

7
Marcelo Loewe

Full Professor

Physics

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Gorazd Cvetic

Associate Professor

Department of Physics

UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Boris DEWITTE

Researcher

Oceanography

CEAZA

La Serena, Chile