Docente e investigador en la Escuela de Agronomía y el Centro de Investigaciones Agronómicas de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR). Temas de interés: Manejo de aguas agrícolas, riego, drenaje, hidrología, cambio climático, modelos numéricos, sensores remotos, monitoreo, predicciones, equipos agrícolas y mecanización.

Leader in the following projects:MAReS: Detection and monitoring of Harmful Algae Blooms in the Costa Rican Pacific coastline using remote sensing technology.Water availability in Costa Rica: Estudios de ingeniería para evaluar el impacto de la variabilidad climática en varias cuencas donde el Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA) aprovecha recurso hídrico superficial.Climate change impact in West Africa: Research to evaluate the impact of climate change in crop production and the effect in European imports.Decision support tool for the med-tech industry in Costa Rica: Development and application of a reliable tool to predict ideal characteristics of biomaterials.

Investigador en el Centro de Recursos Hídricos para Centroamérica y el Caribe (HIDROCEC)

Consultant in the following projects:FAO-RAP in Malaysia, Vietnam and Iran: Tool development, application and training for achieving real water savings in agricultural systems and basins.Mavo Diami in Angola: Operational service development on land-crop suitability, irrigation, and fertilizer loss risk.Efficient irrigation in Colombia: Baseline study, SWOT analysis on adopting irrigation technologies, and determining irrigation water requirements for oil palms using remote sensing.SMART-WADI in Iran: Feasibility study on smart water decisions using satellite and drone technologies in irrigated farms.Apsan-Vale in Mozambique: Monitoring water productivity change for different field interventions in smallholder farms. Hydropower development in Georgia: Glacio-hydrological assessment and climate change impact in key basins.

Researcher in the EU funded project EartH2Observe (11M€): Assess the value of using hydro-meteorological data from earth observations, simulation models and seasonal forecasts to support water allocation decisions. Scientific publications about the development and application of information and decisions tools. Reports about the gap in climate data and information requirements in national water policies and regulations. Case studies in Australia, Colombia and Costa Rica.

Operations & maintenance of a large irrigation system in Costa Rica (25,000 hectares, Arenal-Tempisque Irrigation District, DRAT): Water availability assessment and crop water requirements. Risk assessment of water scarcity, floods, infrastructure failure. Design and budget estimation of irrigation/drainage canals and irrigation/drainage infrastructure. Hands on experience in irrigated rice/sugar cane fields, flow measurements, infrastructure operations & maintenance.

Design, budgeting and installation of pressurized water supply systems in construction and irrigation projects. Technical advisor in PVC and CPVC pipelines for water supply, drainage and fire sprinkler systems. Sales experience.