Researcher and professor specializing in behavioral science, public health, public policy, and consumer behavior. I hold a PhD in Psychology (Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience) from the University of Sussex, UK, and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with a minor in Chemistry from Boston University.

My research focuses on consumer food purchasing behaviors, food environment monitoring, and the impact of public health policies. This includes evaluating nutrition labeling in Latin America and nutritional nudges in food service and retail environments across the US and Colombia. I utilize mixed-methods approaches, real-world retail transaction data, and advanced cognitive measurements like eye-tracking to evaluate these interventions. I also investigate how the built environment influences physical activity, while maintaining broader interests in tobacco control and the effects of exercise and cognitive training on long COVID populations.

My academic trajectory includes research roles at Harvard Medical School, MIT, and the University of Toronto, as well as a postdoctoral fellowship in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Universidad de los Andes. Furthermore, I have served as a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a Visiting Professor at the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School. I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Administration, and affiliated faculty with the Ph.D. in Neuroscience program within the Faculty of Medicine, at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, as well as a member of Colombia's academic food policy network, Red DHANA (Derecho Humano a la Alimentación y Nutrición Adecuadas).