Teresa Torres

Teresa Torres is a Chilean palaeontologist best known for her work linking Antarctic fossils to those found in Patagonia, Chile. She is a professor at the Universidad de Chile, and was one of the first Chilean women to study petrified forests in Antarctica. She discovered 200 million year old fossilized leaves in Antarctica that appear similar to the conifers of southern Chile. She has participated in 20 expeditions to Antarctica. Torres has also written books on Antarctica and popular palaeobotanical guides. She was a founding Member of Asociación Chilena de Paleontología.