Estimating the Impact of the Expansion of Protected Areas on Forest Loss in Colombia (2026).
Publications
COVID-19 Policy Environment and the Importance of Health Economy in Latin America (2022). WifOR Institute. Report for FIFARMA. Report
Data deep dive #1: Scikit-learn was downloaded 2B times in the last year. Is AI driving this boom? (2026). Probabl Blog. Post
Data deep dive #2: Which AI agents are data scientists using and at which stages of their workflows? (2026). Probabl Blog. Post
Theses
Master’s in Data Science:Seeing the Forest through the Trees: Exploring Deforestation Trends in Colombia with Machine Learning. (Hertie School, 2025). Poster · Code
Master’s in Public Policy:A Forest Call: Impact Evaluation of the Colombian Peace Agreement from 2016 on Deforestation. (Hertie School, 2024). Poster · Code
Current Research Agenda
Measuring deforestation drivers and agricultural change with administrative, satellite, and survey data.
Estimating policy impacts with causal inference designs that connect institutional change to environmental outcomes.
Using geospatial machine learning to forecast risk, target interventions, and support evidence-based sustainability policy.