Selected work with international organizations, governments, and private-sector partners — where science, policy, and practice meet.
PROJECTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION · 2024
Kenya–Uruguay Learning Visit
Specialized Consultant · Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation & Gatsby Africa
Designed and delivered a learning visit for Kenyan government and private-sector leaders to study Uruguay's journey to a competitive, low-emission, traceable livestock sector. Organized the Uruguay agenda, moderated workshops in Kenya, and identified transferable lessons that catalyzed concrete action by Kenyan stakeholders.
Uruguay · Kenya
SELECTED WORK
TOOLS & METHODS · 2011
Carbon Footprint of Uruguay's Milk — Primary Phase
National Consultant · UNDP (with MGAP, INIA, FAGRO, LATU)
Produced one of Uruguay's first carbon-footprint estimates for the dairy chain, calculating first estimates per litre of milk at the primary phase and contributing to the national methodology.
Uruguay
DOCTORAL RESEARCH · 2021
Diagnosing and Solving High Phosphorus Levels in Soils Receiving Dairy Factory Wastewater
Doctoral Researcher · Lincoln University, in partnership with Fonterra
Applied doctoral research for Fonterra, New Zealand's largest dairy processor, diagnosing why phosphorus levels were building up in soils receiving dairy-factory wastewater and testing practical solutions. Combined soil sampling, laboratory analysis, and an incubation experiment to identify cost-effective ways to reduce the risk of water contamination.
New Zealand