I work as National Operator for Bolivia as part of the COSTEA project "REUSE - Reuse of wastewater in agriculture with an international and multidisciplinary team. In addition, I closely coordinate with national and local stakeholders such as ministries, municipalities, neighbourhood councils and irrigators. In this initiative I contribute to study the conditions for wastewater reuse from existing or planned projects at rural and urban scales, considering IWRM approach and decentralized… Show more I work as National Operator for Bolivia as part of the COSTEA project "REUSE - Reuse of wastewater in agriculture with an international and multidisciplinary team. In addition, I closely coordinate with national and local stakeholders such as ministries, municipalities, neighbourhood councils and irrigators. In this initiative I contribute to study the conditions for wastewater reuse from existing or planned projects at rural and urban scales, considering IWRM approach and decentralized treatments. I am responsible for analysing water and sludge treatment and management, governance, irrigation reuse and its economy for agricultural production, environmental and sanitary risk management. I carry out the analysis and systematization of existing normative, technical and research documents on reuse in the country. I also do fieldwork and conduct interviews and questionnaires. Show less

climate change specialist for the Andes Project Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources (AICCA) in Bolivia. With the project, we promote the development of structural and non-structural measures for climate change adaptation. Among the most relevant actions are: the implementation of a Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems SUDS Pilot; the development of guides and technical regulations with a climate change focus, such as the guide for the delimitation of security strips… Show more climate change specialist for the Andes Project Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources (AICCA) in Bolivia. With the project, we promote the development of structural and non-structural measures for climate change adaptation. Among the most relevant actions are: the implementation of a Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems SUDS Pilot; the development of guides and technical regulations with a climate change focus, such as the guide for the delimitation of security strips, the methodological guide for determining the risk of floods and dungeons (which included water modeling with climate change scenarios), the guide for waste management. The above, based on a comprehensive approach based on green solutions (based on nature) in combination with gray and non-structural measures for drainage and stormwater management in urban basins. During this period, I provided technical advice on the planning, implementation of adaptation measures, as well as supervised the development of the technical and regulatory products of the project, specifically the methodology, water modeling, the climate change approach and the disaster risk analysis and assessment. Show less

I conducted my MSc. Thesis on Water Productivity Score computation using spatial remote sensing data sources in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Computations are made for grape and potato with pySEBAL model and validated with field work.

Working on the design of irrigation projects in Cochabamba, Santa Cruz and Oruro. I also worked coordinating the design and implementation of a specialized course on technified irrigation

Monitoring and assessing several irrigation projects (ex-ante and ex-post) in Bolivia, collaborating on the elaboration of irrigation programs and coordinating a Wastewater Reuse Irrigation project (promoted by a Tri National cooperation among Bolivia, Mexico and Germany). I also coordinate with the elaboration of a short course on Design of Waste Water systems for agricultural irrigation.

During this time, I supported the Viceministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Bolivia with the assessment of several irrigation projects (ex-ante and ex-post) in Bolivia with PROAGRO/GIZ

Institutional analysis of the Jubones Commonwealth, a Multi-Stakeholder Platform promoted by 37 Decentralized Autonomous Governments (GAD). The research was entitled: Multi-stakeholders Platforms for Integrated Water Resources Management. A case study of the ‘Consorcio Público de la Cuenca del Rio Jubones’, Ecuador.

Working on three projects related to monitor vectors of zoonotic diseases: Lyme disease, Toxoplasmosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the State of Illinois

Working with various crop such as energetic ones (to produce bio combustible). Responsible for irrigation, detection and control diseases through conventional and biological control

Working mainly on a research to find the effect on tillage and non-tillage on sugarcane yields and tillage on kingsnake populations