CV

A copy of my CV (last updated July 2026) can be downloaded here.

Education

• PhD in Behaviour Informatics, Newcastle University, 2024.
• MSc in Transportation Engineering and Logistics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2017.
• BSc in Civil Engineering at Universidad de Concepción, Chile, specialisation in Transport, 2007.

Work experience

• Research Fellow, Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton (UK), 2024–current.
• Asistant to the Editor-in-Chief, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2019–2024.
• Technical adviser for several clients, Self-employed, 2018–2023.
• Transport modeller and data analyst, DICTUC S. A. (Chile), 2007–2018.

Non-degree courses

• Accredited Researcher, Office for National Statistics (UK), 2023.
• Introduction to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education workshop, Newcastle University (UK), 2019.
• Diploma in Statistics with Specialisation in Statistic Methods, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2011.

Scholarships and awards

• RSS Future Leader, awarded by the UK Royal Statistical Society, as part of a cohort of career-young professionals from ethnic minority backgrounds working in statistics in the UK.
• Best Finished Thesis Award (“Mejor Tesis Terminada”), awarded by REDEUS-LEC (Red de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable en Latinoamerica y El Caribe) to the best finished PhD Thesis by a Latin American student in topics related to sustainable development. Award accepted during the V Symposium of Doctoral Students in Sustainable Development in Latin American and the Caribbean (online event), 2025.
• Newcastle University Overseas Research Scholarship (NUORS), awarded by Newcastle University, funding international tuition fees for the Behaviour Informatics PhD programme at Newcastle University, 2019.
• Leverhulme Postgraduate Research Studentship, awarded by The Leverhulme Trust, funding home fees for the Behaviour Informatics PhD programme at Newcastle University, UK, 2019.
• DICTUC Scholarship, for professionals working in DICTUC S. A. (Chile), providing financial suport for post-graduate studies, 2013.
• Faculty of Engineering Award, for academic achievement (2nd place in the 2007 promotion of Civil Engineers), Universidad de Concepción, 2007.
• Universidad de Concepción Scholarship, as one of the 10 highest PAA (admission test) scores in the 2001 admission process, 2001.