At the end of 1998 he began working with the Sugar Cane Research Center of Ecuador, Cincae; and between 2007 and 2011 he carried out doctoral studies at the University of Lousiana, USA.
Upon his return to Ecuador, he continued preventive disease management projects, incorporated the use of molecular techniques to select varieties resistant to systemic diseases and worked in field work with markers of resistance to brown rust.
In 2016 he joined Cenicaña again as a phytopathologist, a position he held until 2018 when he was appointed Director of the Variety Program.
As General Director, he has the mission of strengthening the research processes currently carried out by Cenicaña, such as strengthening crop management with a Site-Specific Agriculture (SSA) approach, expanding the use of biotechnological tools to improve the development and selection of varieties, implement information technologies at different stages of the production processes, advance the research projects currently carried out by the Center to contribute to the diversification of agroindustry (ethanol and energy) and the strengthening of initiatives to expand adoption technological in the sector.
