Member of GPS Uruguay network. He is a professor and researcher at the Economics Department and Professor of Econometrics and Statistics at Universidad ORT Uruguay. He is a researcher and member of the Centro de Investigaciones Económicas (cinve) (Center for Economic Research). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Iowa State University, and a degree in Economics from the Universidad de la República de Uruguay. His areas of interest are applied microeconomics, micro econometrics and applied public policy. His areas of research are economics of agriculture and natural resources, climate change, economics of production in uncertainty and agricultural policy. He has published in leading journals such as Climactic Change, European Review of Agricultural Economics and Economics Research International, as well as many policy briefs. His research projects have been funded by the IDB, the World Bank, FAO, IFPRI, the Latin American Development Bank, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, as well as by Argentine institutions such as ANII, INIA, and the Ministry of Economy. He was Head of the Economics of Natural Resources Area of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay. He is a member of the National Researchers System of Uruguay and professor of Economics and International Trade at the Diplomatic School in Uruguay. He participates in the Regional Center of Climate Change and Decision Making, in the Center of Australian Studies and in the Technological Water Center of ANII.
