Postdoctoral
Milagros Rodríguez Catón is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University. She received her PhD in Biology at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in Argentina. Her thesis was focused on understanding the dieback observed in the Patagonian Forest in relation to drought. Milagros is currently working at the TRL on developing a Polylepis tarapacana isotopic tree-ring network in the Altiplano in South America that will help to address ecological and palaeoclimatic questions in relation to the THEMES project. She is also involved in fieldwork and outreach activities for the PIRE project and has obtained additional seed funding through a Climate Center project.