Career Summary
Full time faculty member (Research professor) since 2006 at Earth Sciences Center at Universidad Veracruzana, coordinator of the research group on regional and local impacts of global change. Professor at Geography (undergrad program) and Climate Change professor at Environmental and Ecological Economics Master Degree MEAE (National quality program of CONACYT). He was member of the CONACYT National Research System from 2009-2018. Research Deputy Director at Universidad Veracruzana (2006-2008), briefly Coordinator of the MEAE. National Coordinator of the CONACYT Network on Disasters related to climate and hydrological events (REDESClim) 2017-2020. National excellence profile for teaching-research (PRODEP-SEP) since 2006. Sustainability Coordinator on the Engineering Doctorate at Universidad Veracruzana (2010-2018).
Member of the Veracruz University Council and Earth Sciences Center technical Council from 2014-2020. Member of the consolidated interdisciplinary academic group on Management and Environmental Public Policy. Repatriate professor from CONACYT in 2005.
Professional Experience on Collaborative Research Projects
CO-I ON HYDROMETEOROLOGIC AND GEOLOGIC HAZARDS AT PICO DE ORIZABA VOLCANO, MEXICO. FUNDED BY GEOSCIENTISTS WITHOU BORDERS. 2018-2019.
CO-PI ON THE UNDERSTANDING OPTIMAL CONDITIONS FOR MOSQUITO ABUNDANCE USING SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING ENVIRONMENTAL AND PREDICTIVE CORRELATION MODELING IN VERACRUZ, MEXICO PROJECT. FUNDED BY MIT-MEXICO SEED FUND. 2017-2018.
CO-PI ON THE INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL RANGE OF EXPANSION OF THE VECTOR MOSQUITO AEDES AEGYPTI IN MEXICO WITH NASA EARTH SCIENCE REMOTE SENSING RESULTS PROJECT. FUNDED BY USRA (UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION. 2011-2013.
CO-PI ON THE DENGUE VECTOR MOSQUITO AEDES AEGYPTI AT THE MARGINS: SENSITIVITY OF A COUPLED NATURAL AND HUMAN SYSTEM TO CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECT. FUNDED BY NSF AND COORDINATED BY NCAR. 2011-2015.
AUTHOR AND COORDINATOR OF THE VERACRUZ NATURAL HERITAGE PROJECT, FUNDED BY SEP SPECIAL COMMISSION, 2006
DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF THE VERACRUZ ACTION PLAN ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FUNDED BY UK AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY (INECC), 2006-2009.
AUTHOR AND DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF THE VERACRUZ ACTION PROGRAM FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2006.
CONACYT RESEARCH FUNDS
2000-2019
Conacyt research programs establish high competitive calls to fund projects bases on the Science and Technology National Program.
- Repatriate Scientist. 2005.
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at NCAR, 2009-2010.
- Research National System (SNI), 2009-2012, 2014-2018. PI.
- Network on Disasters related to climate and hydrological events (REDESClim), 2018.
- Early warning systems for climatic and hydrometeorological events, 2019.
Education
PhD on Sustainability, 2005
UNIVERSITAT POLITÉCNICA DE CATALUNYA, UNESCO CHAIR ON SUSTAINABILITY (2001-2005). TERRASSA, SPAIN.
Master Degree on Environmental Management, 1998
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID, MADRID, SPAIN.
Bachelor Degree on Electronics Instrumentation, (Climatology Specialist, 1996), 1995.
UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA, XALAPA, MÉXICO.
Postodoctoral fellowship, 2009
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (2009-2010). BOULDER, CO. SCHOLARSHIP FROM CONACYT.
Remarks
Reviewer of the V assessment report of the IPCC. Member of the AGU since 2006.
Published reference work, five books as coordinator or editor, 53 books chapters, 34 papers, more than 20 dissertation for undergrad and graduate school, speaker and invited speaker in International and National Conferences, Congress and symposiums on Climate Change, Sustainability and Environmental Economy.
Visiting professor at Unesco Chair on Sustainability at Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona and related with other institutions as NCAR, CDC, UNAM, ITESM, INECOL, DRI, Universidad de Guadalajara, COLEF among others.