The University of Cuenca was founded in October With an interdisciplinary approach and through its different education programs, it studies and monitors the relationship between natural and anthropogenic systems in and around Cajas National Park.
Its scientific and technological results contribute to sustainable development, integrated management of water resources and monitoring of extreme water events. He has a long research career in hydrometeorology, hydrology and eco-hydrology of Andean ecosystems. He is currently working on resilience and vulnerability analysis of headwater catchments to climate change, real-time hydrological forecasting, and is a partner of the SDGNexus Network. His line of research is focused on the eco-hydrology of tropical Andean watersheds.
He has experience in the study of environmental drivers in the biogeochemistry of these basins, as well as the study of their water quality and solute balance. He is interested in understanding the eco-hydrology of Andean watersheds through tracer-assisted hydrological modeling. Additionally, he coordinates and supervises the operation and maintenance of the eco-hydrological observatories of iDRHICA.
He is currently pursuing his PhD focusing on tracer-assisted hydrological modeling to evaluate watershed functioning in the tropical Andes. Through its Environmental Management Department, ETAPA is responsible for the administration, management, regulation, and control of the park to guarantee the protection of biodiversity, ecological functions, and, above all, the protection of the quality and quantity of water resources. The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture CIAT in Spanish has been working with smallholder farmers aiming to increase the productivity of their crops, and Bioversity International has coordinated an international plant genetic resources program aiming to increase the international gene banks.
Together, under the umbrella of the CGIAR, joined forces to research and respond with science-driven solutions addressing climate changes, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and malnutrition. He holds a PhD from Justus Liebig University Giessen in soil science on the rehabilitation of degraded volcanic soils.
