He received his doctorate from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. His research focuses on the multiple roles and meanings of infrastructure in rapidly developing circumstances, from comparative urban social movements for infrastructure in Latin America to generative metropolitan trade infrastructure in the Gulf. His book Dubai Amplified: The Engineering of a Port Geography is published with Ashgate Press. He coedited the forthcoming Infrastructure Sustainability and Design (Routledge). He has published in various journals, including Volume, Harvard Design Magazine, and Neutra. He is a founding editor of the journal New Geographies. His professional practice includes work with the Fundación Metrópoli in Madrid, the International Society of City and Regional Planners in the Hague, and development work in Central America.