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Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

☼ Management of the consultancy company with a high level of responsibility and oversight.☼ Provide strategic leadership on research and evidence across the company's socio-economic work, driving towards improving impact and scale. ☼ Design and assess socioeconomic and agricultural projects for rural development in the Amazon region.☼ Oversee high-performing research and technical team to develop research projects and achieve ambitious work plans.☼ Propose the fundraising strategy and identify opportunities, gather information ahead of proposals, and gather technical and financial resources for quality proposal development of rural community-driven projects. ☼ Analysis and dissemination of information through scientific publications and communication with stakeholders and local authorities.☼ Represent the company in key external meetings and forums with researchers, donors, non-governmental organizations, local authorities, and other practitioners in the field.

Tena, Napo, Ecuador

☼ Management and correct application of education policies, regulations, and academic processes.☼ Define policies and strategies to improve academic and research management.☼ Advisor of institutional authorities in decision-making in the fields of academic and research development.☼ Assist and represent the academic vice-rector in meetings with lecturers, experts and local authorities.☼ Analysis of curriculum for master and engineer programs, and evaluation of projects for local community development.AccomplishmentsDesign the regulations and framework for the implementation of the academic department.Write and obtain several agreements and cooperation proposals with private and public partners to work with vulnerable populations.

Quito

Researcher and Professor, Central University of Ecuador,☼ Principal professor of Rural Sociology, associate professor of Biostatistics, Scientific research methods, and Agroecology.☼ Write research proposals on food security, poverty, migration, family farming, rural development, climate change, and agrarian policy.☼ Lead teams working on both quantitative and qualitative workstreams.☼ Work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with researchers, students, and local authorities to successfully complete research fieldwork in rural communities.AccomplishmentsWrote three research proposals for fundraising that resulted in the publication of five scientific articles in high-impact journals. Mentored six engineering students in the development of their thesis regarding socioeconomic determinants of farming productivity and agroecological alternatives for family farming.

Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

☼ Professor of scientific research methods and rural development theories in the Master in Agrarian Economy and Sustainable Development.☼ Advise master students in the elaboration of their research proposals and thesis elaboration.AccomplishmentsPrincipal supervisor of four master theses who successfully graduated.

Tulcán, Carchi, Ecuador

☼ Professor of scientific research methods and rural development theories in the Master in Ruminant Production☼ Advise master students in the elaboration of their research proposals and thesis elaboration☼ Coordinate the research program for master studentsAccomplishmentsAll students had their research proposals approved by the scientific committee.

Ecuador

☼ Professor of research methods, sociology of consumption, Ecuadorian ethnography, and folklore.☼ Lead the team of deans to design the curricular structure for implementing new careers.☼ Develop the academic structure and framework for the creation of the “Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development Studies” career. ☼ Fundraising for research projects regarding decent work, poverty, and migration in the family farming sector.

Kassel, Hesse, Germany

Coordinate scientific colloquiums and workshops for master and doctoral students.Give lectures of Development Economics and Environmental Degradation.Advise master and PhD students about the research methodology and thesis preparation.Qualitative and Quantitative data analysis Writing of research proposalFundraising for new research projetcs

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Agricultural Sciences, Magna Cum Laude

• Conduct research in rural communities of Mexico to find the effects of environemental degradation on human migration and development. •.

Doctor'S Degree, Development Studies, Honorific Mention

Activities and Societies: • Develop the methodology for conducting research in rural communities of Chiapas-Mexico. • Organize meetings.

M.Sc., International Organic Agriculture, A

• Empirical data gathering in the agricultural sector of Iran • Qualitative and quantitative analysis of data • Apply for fiedwork.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Agrciultural Sciences, B