Projects
2025-2028
Projecting the Patagonian Icefields mass loss in the future (PROPAGEMOS). ANID Fondecyt N°11251090. PI Ilaria Tabone.
2025-2026
High-Resolution Geomorphological Mapping of the Periglacial Environment in the Semiarid Andes. European Space Agency (ESA), project PP0105112. PI David Farías-Barahona, Co-PI Sebastián Vivero (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, CH), Co-PI Jan H. Blöthe ( (University of Freiburg, DE).
2024-2027
AI4Glaciers: AI-Enabled Prediction of Glacial Calving based on 4D Real-Time Multi-Sensor Monitoring (AI4G). DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). PI Xabier Blanch (TU Dresden); Anette Eltner (TU Dresden); Co-PI David Farías-Barahona.
2024-2027
Understanding the dynamics of Pio XI Glacier, the largest Glacier of the Andes. ANID Fondecyt N°1241776. PI Marius Schaefer (UACH); Co-PI David Farías-Barahona; Co-PI Ilaria Tabone
2024-2027
Icebound Instability: unravelling glacier-conditioned landslides in the Patagonian Andes (FallingAndes). ANID Fondecyt N°1241944. PI Pablo Iribarren (UACH); Co-PI David Farías-Barahona
2024-2027
Rock glaciers in the Subtropical Semiarid Andes of Chile: Untangling their origin, age, and paleoclimate significance. ANID Fondecyt N°1241043. PI Juan Luis García (PUC); Co-PI David Farías-Barahona.
2024-2025
Monitoring mountain permafrost through changes in rock glacier velocity and geometry in the Chilean Andes. European Space Agency (ESA), project PP0095738. PI Sebastián Vivero (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, CH), Co-PI David Farías-Barahona.
2023-2026
Fortalecimiento académico en Geografía con énfasis en el estudio de la Criósfera y la aplicación de geotecnologías. ANID SIA PAI85220007. PI David Farías-Barahona.
2023-2026
Rock glaciers at the Azufre sub-basin (34.3ºS – 70.2ºW). Understanding their dynamics at the southern margin of the mountain permafrost region, Semiarid Andes of Chile. ANID Fondecyt N°3230146. PI David Farías-Barahona; Co-Inv. Alfonso Fernández.
2022-2025
Regional-scale ice-flow modelling in Patagonia since the Little Ice Age (RESPONSE). DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Individual Research Grant. Project n. 495516510. PI Ilaria Tabone
2022-2025
Cold-Blooded: Drivers of Climate Change Refugia for glaciers and streamflow responses. ANID Anillo ACT210080 (2022-2025). Postdoctoral Researcher (until 2022) (Closed). David Farías-Barahona
2023-2024
Understanding the impact of rocky debris on the melting and future evolution of glaciers in the central Andes of Chile. VRID (UdeC) N°2023000810INI. PI David Farías-Barahona and Alexander Gross (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg).
2023-2024
QFuego-Patagonia: a comprehensive glacier-related dataset for Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, South America. Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), Suiza. PI David Farías-Barahona; Co-Inv Marius Schaefer (UACH) and Matthias Braun (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) (Closed).
2023-2024
Sistematización de la información glaciológica de la provincia Capitán Prat, Región de Aysén. Unidad de Glaciología y Nieves, DGA Coyhaique. DGA SIT N°- .PI David Farías-Barahona (Closed).
2022 -2023
Understanding the impact of the debris coverage on the melting of glaciers in the central Andes of Chile. Faculty of Sciences, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Hertha und Helmut Schmauser-Stiftung. PI David Farías and Alexander Gross (Closed).
2021 -2023
Rock glaciers at the Sierra del Brujo (34.3°S – 70.2°W). Understanding their dynamics at the southern margin of the mountain permafrost region, Semiarid Andes of Chile. VRID (UdeC) N°2021000006P. PI David Farías-Barahona (Closed).
2021- 2022
Long-term glacier mass balance on the Antarctic Peninsula. Emergent Talent Initiative (ETI)– Universidad de Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU). PI David Farías-Barahona; Co-PI Matthias H. Braun (Closed).
2020-2022
Improving surface mass balance and hydrology representation at the Northeast Greenland (SURFYNG). Alexander Von Humboldt (AvH) Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers (grant 1212941-ITA-HFST-P). PI Ilaria Tabone.
2016-2020
Detailed quantification and interpretation of ice elevation changes in the Southern Andes and South Georgia. CONICYT, ANID PFCHA N°72170055. PI David Farías-Barahona (Closed).
2016-2018
Glacier surge dynamics in the Central Andes. Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft. PI David Farías-Barahona (Closed).