Associate Chair Wood Building Design and Construction UBC
April 2011 – December 2017: Departments of Wood Science and Civil Engineering
Tenure granted and promoted to Associate Professor effective July 2016
Development of comprehensive research and teaching program
Research Associate at Bern University of Applied Sciences
May 2008 – March 2011: Timber and Composite Construction
Leader of national and international research projects
Industry consultancies (assessment of structures and testing of material properties)
Supervisor timber engineering lab (coordination of investments and infrastructure)
Research Assistant at UBC Department of Wood Science
September 2004 – December 2007: NRCAN Value to Wood Program
“Structural performance of value-added building components”
CNC machine operator at Center for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP)
Consultant work in statistical analysis of experiments
Vice President Administration, UBC Graduate Student Society
March 2006 – March 2007, elected position
Supervision of staff of the society (30 people) and Graduate Student Centre
Chairing of House-Finance and Safety-Sustainability committees
Negotiation of lease of the Graduate Student Centre with UBC administration
Renovation project at the Graduate Student Centre at a scope of $300,000
Other previous positions
Assistant at University BĂo-BĂo, Concepcion, Chile
March 2001 – January 2003: “Timber protection by design in infrastructure”
Assistant at Timber Construction Institute, FH Biberach, Germany
May 2003- August 2003: Adaptation of a database on Timber Engineering
Technician at frameworks enterprise, Thyssen HĂĽnnebeck, Santiago, Chile
October 1997 – May 1998: Cooperation in founding branch