Research
ML + process-based hydrology, flood forecasting, remote sensing, and climate extremes.
Teaching
Hands-on learning with Jupyter Notebooks, open tools, and FAIR principles at the core.
Open Science
Reproducible workflows, open code, and collaborative science through GitHub.
Current and past positions
Oct 2025 – present
May 2024 – Oct 2025
2023 – 2024
Dec 2019 – Apr 2024
Education
2019 – 2023
Ph.D. in Water Resources · Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador
Towards the improvement of machine learning peak runoff forecasting by exploiting ground- and satellite-based precipitation data: A feature engineering approach.
2016 – 2018
MSc. in Water Resources Engineering · KU Leuven & VUB, Belgium
Flash-flood forecasting in an Andean mountain catchment — development of a step-wise methodology based on the random forest algorithm.
2009 – 2015
Bachelor's in Civil Engineering · Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador
Effect of the resolution of tipping-bucket rain gauge and calculation method on rainfall intensities in an Andean mountain gradient.
Curriculum Vitae
Download CV — last updated October 2024