Ph.D. in Hydrology from the University of Alcalá (2009). MSc. in Geographic Information Technologies from the University of Alcalá (2007). Civil Engineer from Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (2000). Principal Professor of Hydrology and Geographical Information Systems in Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs. He has been Principal Investigator and Director of projects financed by national and international governmental and research entities. He has extensive experience in hydrological modeling applied to the management of water resources, infrastructure design and risk prevention. He has been Director of Department of Geology, Mines and Civil Engineering and Head of the Departmental Section of Water Resources. He is the author of and book chapters and scientific publications indexed in ISI and Scopus