Ana Despaigne Diaz PhD
Ana Ibis Despaigne Diaz PhD
Bio
Ana Ibis Despaigne Diaz has vast experience in geology. She was 10 years as a field/project geologist for a Geology and Mining Enterprise, Central Cuba, 11 years as a Lecturer in Mineralogy, Crystallography, and Optical Mineralogy at the University of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Ana was 1 year as a Research
Associate at Curtin University, Western Australia, and 2 years as a lecturer in Geosciences, Structural Geology and Tectonics, and Microtectonics at Los Andes University in Bogota, Colombia.
Education
BSc., Geology, University of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, 1991.
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MSc., Geological Survey, International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), The Netherlands, 1995; Thesis: "Structural study of the peridotite-country rocks in Pujerra area, south Spain with emphasis on development of cleavages and Mineralogy"
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PhD., Geological Sciences, 2010; University of Pinar del Rio, Cuba; Thesis: "Structure and metamorphism of La Sierrita area, Escambray Complex, Central Cuba"
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Employment
Dr Despaigne Diaz has worked mainly in metamorphic terranes and to a lesser extent in sedimentary and igneous rocks.
Her working experience includes studies in accreted terrains, extensional and contractional tectonic settings, strike slip systems , folded and polydeformed terrains in several countries including Cuba, Spain, Australia, and Colombia. She is an active tutor of student theses and Research groups.
Ana is a member of the regional Project “Subduction zones of the Caribbean”, the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG), Geochemical Society, Geological Society of America (GSA) and the Cuban Geological Society.
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See CV for more information.
Geological mapping fieldwork in Western Cuba with students from Pinar del Rio University, 2010.
Mentoring students from Los Andes University, Colombia. Fieldwork in the Quetame basement, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia, 2019.