He received his M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Concepcion (Chile) in 2003 and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2010. Prior to joining the Department, he held academic positions at the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Chile) from 2001 to 2014. He has taught several subjects of the Electrical Engineering curriculum such as electric circuits, power system analysis and operation. His research interests include power systems dynamics and stability, renewable energy, and energy storage systems.