Ángel Leopoldo López-Escobar (1940 – June 29, 2013) was a Chilean

geochemistry Geochemistry is the science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth's crust and its oceans. The realm of geochemistry extends beyond the Earth, encompassing the ...

academic. His scientific career begun by studying Biology and Chemistry at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Later he worked at the

Austral University of Chile Austral University of Chile ( es, Universidad Austral de Chile or UACh) is a Chilean research university based primarily in Valdivia, with a satellite campus in Puerto Montt. Founded on September 7, 1954, it is one of the eight original Chilean Tr ...

and the University of Chile. In 1996 he started a metallogeny research group at the University of Concepción.

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Ángel Leopoldo López Escobar (1940-2013)
Chilean geochemists People from Santiago Chilean volcanologists Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Austral University of Chile faculty University of Chile faculty University of Concepción faculty 1940 births 2013 deaths {{chile-scientist-stub