Broad experience in participating in multinational groups such as GILB, World Potato Congress (International Advisor), particpation on GMO discussions with the G-8 (Bangkok, Thailand, 2001) and Workshop on Transgenic Potatoes for the benefit of resource poor farmers in developing countries, (Manchester, England, 2000). Invited professor to the Inner Mongolia University since 2010. Participation in multinational project reviewing committees (IBD, UNDP, PREDUZA, etc)
Participation as argentine coordinator in EU funded multilateral Projects: ECOPAPA (Enrichment of potato breeding programs of Latin America and Europe for Late Blight resistance) 1988-2005.
Participation as argentine coordinator in multilateral and bilateral projects: FONTAGRO (IBD) CLIPAPA (2010-2014). INTA-INRA Cooperation Potato Project coordinator (1985-92). CYTED PAPASALUD (Nutritional atributes of potatoes, Spain and Latin America, 2007-2010); CYTED RALSTOP (Ralstonia studies in Spain and Latin America, 2008-2012).
Researcher ID: H-5891-2011 Profile URL : http://www.researcherid.com/rid/H-5891-2011
President of the argentine delegation of Agro Sans Frontier (www.agrosansfrontier.org) a French based NGO for world humanitarian action through agriculture (since 1999)
President of the Latin American Potato Association since 2004, with the management of multilateral funds to foster the ALAP objectives: congress projects in Mexico (2006), Argentina (2008), Perú (2010), Brasil (2012) and Colombia (2014); ALAP Journal and ALAP web activities (www.papaslatinas.org).
INTA funded activities: since 1991 National Potato Program Coordinator at INTA. Since 2003 leader of Potato R&D Group. Since 2014 International Advisor on Innovation Management. 2006-2009 Coordinator of Integrated Potato Production project. 2009-2012 Consolidation of Integrated Potato Production project coordinator. 2013 to date Potato and Sweet Potato Project coordinator.
Other argentine government agencies funded projects: coordinator of FO AR (Foreign service projects with specific countries) Cuba (2, 2010 and 2014) and Brasil (2009); two SECYT projects coordinator related to Late Blight (three years each in 2001 and 2010 with national scope).
Teaching experience at National University of Mar del Plata Agricultural College: teaching and research assistant in Plant breeding (undergraduate course) from 1975 to 1981; Professor of Potato Crop (undergraduate course) from 1981 to date; Professor of Quantitative Genetics, Plant Breeding, Breeding for Disease Resistance (graduate courses) 1987 to date; all in Spanish
International Potato Course at INTA Balcarce Station, since 1988 to date, every two years, in Spanish with internatioanl audience.
Invited Professor at Inner Mongolia University, Huhhot, China, 2010 to date for potato genetics and breeding for resistance, chinese graduate students, in English.
Training for proffessionals in propagation techniques in Italy, Bulgaria, and most Latin American countries, mainly Spanish, and two in Italian and English.
Key note speaker in international meetings: GLIB, Quito Ecuador (2005); World Potato Congress (Harrogate, UK, 1994; Amsterdam , The Netherlands, 2000; Kumming, China, 2004; Boise, USA, 2006; Christchurch, New Zealand, 2009, Edimburgh, Scotland, 2012); Global Potato Conference (New Delhi, 2008); all in English. Science Ouest (Bretagne, France 2009) five conferences on potatoes for general public in French. ALAP bi annual meetings since 1989 in different Latin American countries with international audience (in Spanish).