I am a Senior Researcher at the Chair for Global Nutrition and Trade, University of Giessen. I studied Economics in Göttingen (Germany) and Quito (Ecuador), and hold a Ph.D. in Economics (summa cum laude, defended on 4th of Dec, thesis publication in progress) from the University of Siegen. My professional path bridges academic research and international institutions, including several years as Technical Coordinator and Deputy General Director at the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Ecuador. I have also worked as consultant for the UNFPA on demographic and health policies.

My research connects inequality, digitalization, and the environment. In my dissertation, I examine how rents are distributed during inflationary shocks, the persistence of extreme income concentration in Ecuador, the environmental consequences of redistribution when accounting for missing top incomes, and the climate effects of digitalization in industry and agriculture. More broadly, my work explores the political economy of inequality in developing and industrialized countries, advances the use of Distributional National Accounts as a comparative framework, and investigates how policy design can jointly address income concentration and environmental challenges.

I have published in leading journals such as Energy Economics and Ecological Economics, applying distributional national accounts, microdata integration, machine learning, and panel econometrics to provide policy-relevant insights at the intersection of inequality and sustainability