Education & Professional Experience

Education

1996 Agricultural Engineer, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
2002 Master of Science in Geography, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2007 Doctor in Sciences: Geography (Ph.D.), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Professional experience

Oct 2011 – present
Postdoctoral researcher (funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation), Soil Science of Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems, Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany

Oct 2010 – Sep 2011
Postdoctoral researcher (Post-doc fellowships to non-EU researchers BELSPO), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Oct 2009 – Sep 2010
Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, University of Cuenca, Ecuador

Jun 2009 – Aug 2009
Soil erosion expert in the project “ Strengthening the scientific and technological capacities to implement spatially integrated land and water management schemes adapted to local socio-economic and physical settings”. University of Louvain, Belgium and University of Cuenca, Ecuador

Apr 2009 – May 2009
Consultant: Soil erosion processes in the Nile Basin within the framework of the FriendNile Project. UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Cairo-Egypt

Jan 2008 – Dec 2008
Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Sep 2003 – Dec 2007
Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geography, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Aug 2001 – Sep 2002
Master student at the Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geography, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Jul 1998 – Jun 2001
Scientific Researcher of the project “Diagnosis and Remediations of Soil Degradation in the Austro Ecuatoriano”. Flemish Inter-Universitary Development Co-operation and Promas-University of Cuenca, Ecuador

Jun 1996 – Jun 1997
Scientific researcher: Responsible for soil survey, mapping and soil management. Project “Day-by-Day Management of Irrigation Systems”. Flemish Inter-Universitary Development Co-operation and Promas-University of Cuenca, Ecuador