Marlene Negrier-Seguel is a computer engineer from the Universidad de la Frontera. She received the Master's degree in Information Technologies at the Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile, in 2012. She obtained her PhD degree in Computer Science at the American University of Europe, Mexico. She is currently an academic and researcher at the University of La Frontera. Her research interests include software engineering, software project management, and gender issues.