ü  Costa Rica Institute of Technology

·  Full Professor at the School of Forestry Engineering (EIFo).

              ·  Research Associate at the Center for Research and Innovation in   Forestry (CIF).

ü Member IMD-16073 of the Costa Rican College of Engineers and Technologists (CITEC)

E-mail: [email protected]

·       Physical and mechanical properties of wood

·       Wood technology (primary and secondary processing, drying)

·       Engineered wood products (laminated timber, plywood, panels, CLT)

·       Composite materials (wood-plastic composites)

• Nanotechnology (characterization of composite materials)

February 2004–present.

Forestry Engineering Undergraduate Program: Forest Product Manufacturing I and II, Wood Properties, Forest Industry Management.

 January 2015–present.

Master's Program in Forest Sciences: Advanced Topics in Wood Properties, Drying and Preservation, Research Topics in Forest Industries.

 February 2016–present.

DOCINADE Doctoral Program: Research Seminar-Workshop I and II, Thesis Research I, II, III, and IV.

 February 2004–present.

Research Associate at the Center for Research in Forest Innovation (CIF), participating as principal investigator or co-investigator in VIE, FES-CONARE, MICIT-CONICIT, and ITTO research projects.

 March 2018–February 2025.

Member of the Technical Committee of the Center for Research in Forest Innovation (CIF).

 February 2017–present.

Member of the EIFo/SINAES Accreditation Committee.

 July 2015–present.

Member of the Academic Management Committee (CGA) of the Doctoral Program in Natural Sciences for Development (DOCINADE).

 July 2015–present.

Coordinator of the Agricultural Production Systems (SPA-TEC) specialization within the DOCINADE Doctoral Program.

 July 2014–present.

Member of the Doctoral Academic Area (AAD) of the Doctoral Program in Natural Sciences for Development (DOCINADE)

 2010–present.

Reviewer of scientific articles for the journals: Maderas Ciencia & Tecnología, Construction and Building Material, Colombia Forestal, SpringerPlus, BioResources, CIT Revista, Drying Technology, Journal of Forestry Research, Journal of Tropical Forest Science, European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, International Journal of Wood Science, Technology and Forestry (IJWSTF), and Cellulose Chemical and Technology.

 2008–2009 and 2014–present.

Member of the INTE CTN 06 S06 Technical Committee of the Costa Rican Institute of Technical Standards (INTECO) for the drafting and formulation of standards projects.