Researcher at CIUP and Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Universidad del Pacífico. He is Ph.D. in Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics from the University of California, Berkeley (United States), holds a Master’s degree in Development Economics from the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. He has been a referee in specialized magazines such as: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Economics and Development Engineering. For his dedication, he has received scholarships and awards such as the Union-Life Award of Excellence 2004, the Shell Centenary Scholarship 2005, the UC Berkeley Graduate Division Summer Research Grant 2012, and the CEGA Behavioral Sensing Research Challenge Awards in 2013 and 2014. He has been a Research Analyst at the Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a Consultant at Economic Development Initiatives (EDI), a Visiting Researcher at the Center for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE) at the University of Oxford. He has been a Professor by subjects in the Master’s degree in economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz and at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. In parallel, he has undertaken consultancies for the World Bank, IFPRI, African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP), Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development (FUSADES), Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Department for International Development and FONDOEMPLEO. He has field experience in Tanzania, Ecuador, El Salvador, Peru, and South Africa.