He received his B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering from Universidad Catolica de Asuncion, Paraguay in 2001, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 2005 and 2007 respectively. His research interests include the development of rapid MRI and low-dose CT techniques using compressed sensing, image reconstruction algorithms, application of MRI techniques to clinical studies and signal processing methods in general.