José Retamales
Chemist • Chile
“The polar regions are telling us that a ‘Planet Earth User Manual’ is urgently needed”
José Retamales Espinoza is head of the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) and president of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) during the years 2007-2010. Holder of a doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom, he is a former rector of the University of Magallanes, where he served as head of the chemical engineering department on several occasions.