Agricultural Engineer specializing in Biotechnology and Natural Resources from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain). I was an environmental advisor for PNUD in Guatemala analyzing soils with restricted pesticides (endosulfan). I worked as a food and water microbiologist in Chile until I started a PhD in Agricultural Sciences at the University of Talca. I have conducted research with working groups at USDA (Washington, USA) and at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU-Leuven, Belgium). Currently, I am a researcher and professor of Plant Physiology and lead the Fruit Physiology area of the Pome Fruit Center (Universidad deTalca, Chile). Among my research lines, I emphasize the obtaining of biomarkers that predict different physiological disorders of pre and post-harvest in fruits, through precision agriculture 3.0 using non-destructive techniques by Vis-NIR and MIR spectroscopy, metabolomics by mass spectrometry and its application based on chemometrics 4.0. I am also interested in the line of agricultural biostimulants.