Agricultural Engineer, a specialist in Soil Science (National University of the South, UNS, Argentina), Master in Soil Sciences (Chapingo, Mexico), and Doctor in Agronomy (UNS). Principal Investigator of the National Patagonian Center (CENPAT), dependent on the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), 1979-2017. Evaluator of scientific papers of the 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (September 26-October 2); and academic presentation for the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the United Nations Global Environment Facility (GEF) in 2018 and request for funding to the National Science Foundation/Rockefeller Foundation for scientific stays (2017). Director of the Center for the Reception of Satellite Images (CRIS), CONAE (National Commission of Space Activities) and CENPAT (CONICET), 1998-2014. Member of the Editorial Board International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (JAG), Elsevier Science, since (1999-2014). Associate Editor of Forest Systems Journal (2014). Member of the Advisory Board of DesertNet International (DNI) for the period 2010-2012. Selected expert and lead author for Land Chapter working groups from Global Environment Outlook 5 (GEO-5), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), 2011-2012. International scientific project evaluator nominated by the European Space Agencies (2006-2013): 1) Italian satellite mission COSMO (Italian Space Agency COSMO-SkyMed Opportunities), Italian Space Agency (ASI), and 2) Belgian Program STEREO II: Support to the Exploitation and Research of Earth Observation data, Belgian Federal Government, and Federal Science Policy Office. Participant in different projects of the European Space Community (European Space Agency, ESA) and the German Technical Cooperation Agencies: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) and the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) and the German Universities of Ludwig -Maximilians Universität München, Universität Bayreuth and Universität Tübingen (Germany). Founding member of the Latin American Network for Remote Sensing and Forest Fires (RedLaTif) dependent on the GOFC-GOLD-Fire (Global Observations of Forest Land Cover Dynamics) program, Maryland University, NASA. Member of the Latin American Network for the Monitoring and Study of Natural Resources (SERENA) of the Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development (CyTED).