About

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I am a hydrologist and Assistant Professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Baylor University, where I lead the Mountain and Water Resources Lab (Lab-MoRH). I hold a Master’s and a Ph.D. in Water Resources from the University of Texas at Austin, and a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Universidad de Concepción, Chile. I worked as a postdoc at the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas at Austin and at the Northeast Climate Adaptation Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I was later a Research Assistant Professor. From 2017 to 2025 I was a faculty member at the Universidad de La Frontera in Temuco, Chile, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on water resources.
I am interested in the impacts of changes in land cover and climate, the increase in extreme events such as floods and droughts, and the parameterization of models to improve the prediction and adaptation to global change in mountain systems.

My research focuses on climate change in mountain regions. In Nepal and Peru, I worked with remote communities to apply science to the climate-related hazards they face, helping connect them with international agencies such as USAID, UNDP and the IDB, and with national governments. In the United States, I contributed to continental-scale streamflow modeling, a version of which was implemented in the National Weather Service’s operational river forecasting model. In Chile, I have led and collaborated on projects on mountain hydrology and natural hazards in the central Andes and Patagonia, working with national research centers and government agencies.

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Education

• Ph.D. in Water Resources, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (2014). Dissertation: Vulnerability and Decision Risk Analysis in Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF): Quillcay sub-basin, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, and Dudh Koshi sub-basin, Everest region, Nepal. Advisor: Dr. Daene C. McKinney.
• M.S.E. in Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin (2011)
• B.S.E. in Agricultural Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile (2006)

Positions

• 2025–present: Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Baylor University
• 2022–2025: Associate Professor, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Department, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile
• 2017–2022: Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Department, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile
• 2017: Research Assistant Professor, Northeast Climate Adaptation Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 2015–2017: Postdoctoral Researcher, Northeast Climate Adaptation Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 2014–2015: Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Research in Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin
• 2014: Visiting Scientist, Microsoft Research
• 2007–2008: Water Resources Expert, Chilean Water Bureau (DGA)