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 e ...

academic. His scientific career begun by studying Biology and Chemistry at the

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...

. Later he worked at the Austral University of Chile and the

University of Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

. In 1996 he started a

metallogeny Metallogeny is the study of the genesis and regional-to-global distribution of mineral deposits, with emphasis on their relationship in space and time to regional petrologic and tectonic features of the Earth's crust. The term metallogeny (métallo ...

research group at the

University of Concepción A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

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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