During his postdoctoral scholarship at Stanford, he conducted research on the Yaqui Valley for FSE. Prior to the fellowship he was a PhD student ('12) at Stanford's Emmett Interdisciplinary Program for Environment and Resources where he studied the global diffusion of conservation policy, and did his undergraduate degree at the London School of Economics and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rodrigo has worked in the Public Sector and in the Non Government Sector, always involved in environmental issues. He was adviser to the Minister of Economy and Public Works on environmental issues. More recently he directed an important sustainable development NGO in Chile, Fundacion Terram, before coming to Stanford.