He received his M.Sc. at Oregon State University and his Ph.D. in Forest Biology at Virginia Tech, USA. His research is focus on land reclamation of highly disturbed systems in dry lands in Central Chile and Patagonia. He currently leads the Restoration and Reclamation Laboratory at PUC where they look for plant and soil interactions; the use of organic waste for reclamation, metals in soil-plant system, and early reforestation development. Eduardo actively collaborate with soil and restoration research groups from Spain, USA, and South America and he is currently a board member of the Ibero-American and Caribbean society of restoration ecology (SIACRE).