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Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Oxford

Contributing to international projects on illicit flows, global security, and spatial data science.

• Worked on the ‘Contested Cross-border Spaces, Illicit Flows, and Order in the Contemporary World’ project (XCEPT-funded)
• Worked on the ‘Illicit Flows and Security in Latin America and the Caribbean’ project (CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean)

Doctoral Researcher (PhD)

KU Leuven

Research on social and environmental impacts of coca cultivation and coca trafficking in the Peruvian Amazon.

• Interdisciplinary research combining GIS, statistics, and qualitative methods
• Analysis of land use change, deforestation, and illicit economies
• Fieldwork-based research on environmental and social dynamics of illicit economies
• Published >6 peer-reviewed publications

Intern

Belgian Biodiversity Platform

• Developed bibliographic databases on biodiversity dynamics, drivers, and threats
• Supported data organization and research synthesis

Junior Research Assistant

Universidad del Pacífico

• Research assistance on political economy of Chinese investments in extractive industries
• Data collection and literature review

Research Consultant

CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research

• Built database of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) across 180+ countries
• Contributed to REDD+ comparative global study
• Conducted research on subnational governance and climate policy
• Participated in interdisciplinary consulting team producing policy-relevant outputs

Research & Teaching Assistant

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Research and teaching support across multiple projects on development, governance, and extractive industries in Peru.

• Designed and implemented fieldwork on alternative development and coca eradication in the Upper Huallaga region
• Conducted research on indigenous governance in Bolivia within an international comparative project (Université Laval)
• Contributed to publications in book chapters and peer-reviewed journals
• Supported research on conflicts in extractive industries and inequality (GICO-PUCP)
• Organized academic events and managed research group outputs
• Teaching assistant for undergraduate courses in sociology, fieldwork methods, and research methodology

Consultant

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)

• Collected and systematized data for REDD+ Needs Assessment in Peru
• Contributed to preparation of draft REDD+ assessment report

Lead Organizer

People's Climate March

Lead organizer for the New York City branch of the People’s Climate March, the largest climate march in history.

• Awarded ‘Climate Hero’ award by Greenpeace for my efforts organizing the march.
• Men of the year 2014 by Time magazine

PhD

University of Zurich

Physics

• Theory of Relativity
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Federal teaching diploma

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule

Physics

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Nobel Prize in Physics

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The Nobel Prizes are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel’s will of 1895, are awarded to ‘those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.’

Max Planck Medal

German Physical Society

Awarded for outstanding scientific achievement

Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper

Annalen der Physik

It concerned an interpretation of the Michelson–Morley experiment and the properties of light and time. Special relativity incorporates the principle that the speed of light is the same for all inertial observers regardless of the state of motion of the source.

Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt

Annalen der Physik

In the second paper, he applied the quantum theory to light to explain the photoelectric effect. In particular, he used the idea of light quanta (photons) to explain experimental results, but stressed the importance of the experimental results. The importance of his work on the photoelectric effect earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.

Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie

Annalen der Physik

The publication of the theory of general relativity made him internationally famous. He was professor of physics at the universities of Zurich (1909–1911) and Prague (1911–1912), before he returned to ETH Zurich (1912–1914).