Professor in the Unit of Economic History of the Department of Economics and Economic History at UAB. He is an economist and holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences (ecological economics). He is researcher at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technologies (ICTA). In the past, he has been Dean of the Centre of Strategic Prospective at Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales (Ecuador) and rector at Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam (Ecuador).
His research focuses on biophysical ecological economics, the analysis of the metabolism of societies and households, energy systems, the impact of education on development, and population and environment.
His scientific production can be seen in the different profiles: