He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. on Electrical Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a Dr.-Ing. from the University of Dortmund, Germany. He is full professor at the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Chile. His research field is the planning and operation of electrical systems in competitive power markets, renewable energy, solar energy solutions, smartgrids, power system education, and the development of microgrids solutions. He is Director of the Energy Center, FCFM, University of Chile (www.centroenergia.cl), and the Solar Energy Research Center SERC-Chile (www.sercchile.cl). He is Chairman of the IEEE Chile Section, 2019-2020 and also in 2011-2012, 2007-2008, 2003-2004. Secretary in the IEEE Task Force on Microgrid Stability Analysis and Modeling (Chairs: Claudio Cañizares, University of Waterloo, and Jim Reilly, Reilly Associates). Co-founder of the initiative: Comunidad Solar R9 (solar community) of the IEEE (www.comunidadsolar.cl) and Director of the Ayllu Solar Project (www.ayllusolar.cl).