Education
- University of California, San Diego — Ph.D. Candidate in Finance, Rady School of Management, 2022–2028 (expected)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile — M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, summa cum laude, with concentration in Finance, 2019
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile — Industrial Engineer Degree, Major in Mining Engineering, summa cum laude, 2019
References
- Carlos F. Avenancio-León, Assistant Professor of Finance, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego & NBER — cavenancioleon@ucsd.edu
- Richard R. Townsend, Associate Professor of Finance, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego & NBER — rrtownsend@ucsd.edu
- Michael Reher, Associate Professor of Finance, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego — mreher@ucsd.edu
- Gaurav Khanna, Associate Professor of Economics, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego — gakhanna@ucsd.edu
Research Experience
- Selected Participant, NBER Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp (2026)
- Graduate Student Researcher for Profs. Allan Timmermann and Samuel Bazzi, UC San Diego (Summer 2024)
- Graduate Student Researcher for Profs. W. Mullins and C. Avenancio-León, UC San Diego (Summer 2023)
- Presented research at Rady Finance Brown Bag (2025) and Finance PhD Reading Group (2024, 2025)
- Assistant Coordinator, Finance Research Symposium in Honor of Bruce N. Lehmann, JOIM Conference, UCSD–Rady (March 2023)
Fellowships and Awards
- Richard Libby Graduate Research Award ($10,000), UC San Diego (2024)
- Rady Academic Year Fellowship, UC San Diego (2022–Present)
- Best Mining Engineering Student, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2019)
- Scholarships for Academic Excellence, Chilean Government and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2012–2019)
Teaching Experience
- UC San Diego (2022–Current): TA for New Venture Finance; Collecting and Analyzing Financial Data; Investments; International Finance; Behavioral Finance; Financial Investments; Corporate Finance; Derivatives and Structured Finance; Investment Analysis (MBA, MFin, and UG). Responsibilities typically include office hours, review sessions, grading, and coordinating tasks across the teaching team.
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2015–2018): Course Coordinator, grader, and lecture TA for undergraduate Finanzas (engineering cohort, 300+ students; two semesters as coordinator); also coordinated related finance courses (Gestión Financiera, Fundamentos de Finanzas, Tópicos Avanzados en Finanzas). Additional TA roles in Organizational Behavior, Operations, Mineral Economics, Accounting, Marketing, and Geostatistics.
Professional Experience
- Senior Financial Engineer, RiskAmerica, Chile (2020–2022)
- Investment Analyst, DVA Capital, Chile (2019–2020)
Service
- Mentee, AFA Committee on Racial Diversity (CORD). Mentor: Prof. Philip Bond (University of Washington) (2024)
- Volunteer Math Teacher, Preuniversitario Social de Ingeniería UC and La Protectora de la Infancia (2017–2018)
- Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent)
- Computing: Python, R, Stata, MATLAB, SQL, MySQL, PHP, LaTeX
- Citizenship: Chilean. Married.