MARCELO LEPPE CARTES - INST. ANT. CHILENO, CHILE
Biologist, Doctor in Palaeobotany, Head of the Scientific Department at the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), Executive secretariat of the CNIA (Chilean SCAR). Main interests: Evolution of the austral flora during the Mesozoic, paleobiogeography and extinction patterns in the southern floras (Antarctica and Patagonia). I’m also the leader counterpart of the international project “Ichthyosaurs of Torres del Paine” and international partnership of Japanese and German granted projects.