About me

  • My research is gathering data from soil science and environmental studies, to derive statistical analysis and predictive models.
  • I teach introductory data science classes using R.

Education

Degree Year Institution Where
PhD Engineering Sciences 2016-2023 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile
Master of Science, Soil and Biogeochemistry 2012-2014 University of California-Davis Davis, USA
Chemist, Environmental and Analytics specialization 2003-2009 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile

Work

Type Year Desc
Education 2023 Lecturer: Environmental Biophysics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Education 2022 - 2023 Course Facilitator: Introduction to Tidyverse for Data Science at Estacion Lastarria
Education 2020 - 2021 Course maintainer MOOCs Coursera UC: Intro to programming (Python) and University training and learning
Education 2018 - 2020 TA Environmental Biophysics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Research 2018 - 2019 Project evaluation focused on soil physical properties and environmental baselines for water treatment facilities at Desalsolar

Tools

  • Programming:
    • R – Python (basic)
  • Software:
    • Rstudio – ArcGis (basic) – Zotero – Hydrus 1-D
  • Statistics
    • Modelation (linear models and machine-learning)
  • Environmental analysis
    • Analysis and interpretation of water and soil quality data.
    • Soil physics (infiltration, water balance and laboratory techniques)
      • HYPROP
      • KSAT
      • WP4C
      • PARIO
  • Others:
    • Advanced English – Git/Github (basic) – Markdown (RMarkdown and Quarto)

Distinctions

  • Scholarship ANID Doctorado Nacional 2016 (PhD)
  • Scholarship ANID / Becas Chile 2012 (Master)

Volunteering