Deputy Professor, Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of the Republic. Postgraduate Coordinator in Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences. Molecular Genetic PHD, Department of Molecular Genetics, Plant Biology, Uppsala Genetic Center, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (1998). Bachelor of Biological Sciences (Faculty of Sciences, University of the Republic (1991). Publications in the following magazines: Plant Cell, Plant Journal, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Frontiers in Plant Science, BMC Plant Biology, Plant Science, Functional Plant Biology , Plant Growth Regulation.