Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Areas of Specialization: Moral Epistemology, Moral Psychology, Metaethics, Normative Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Social Science


Education

Master of Arts in Political Philosophy - 2020-2021

Pompeu Fabra University - Barcelona, Spain

Thesis: "Social Science and Moral Philosophy: Disagreement, Debunking, Calibration"

Supervisor: Andrew Williams

Courses:

  • Modern Political Philosophy

  • Contemporary Political Philosophy

  • Democracy and Political Liberalism: Theoretical and Institutional Features

  • Main Themes and Research Methods in Political Philosophy

  • Nationalism Today

  • Global Ethics

  • Distributive Justice Today

  • Social Psychology


Master of Arts in Philosophy - 2019-2020

King's College London ‐ London, England

Thesis: "Normative Uncertainty and Value Incomparability: Generalizing the Expected Choice-Worthiness Approach"

Supervisor: Julien Dutant

Courses:

  • Philosophy of Psychology I

  • Philosophy of Psychology II

  • Ethics II: Contemporary Ethical Philosophy

  • Ethics II: History

  • Philosophy of Science

  • Epistemology

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy - 2015-2018

University of the Republic of Uruguay ‐ Montevideo, Uruguay

Thesis: "The Epistemological Problems of Ethics"

Supervisor: Gustavo Pereira


Published Books

“Ateísmo para mi madre” (Atheism for my mother) (2015), Imprenta Diagonal. Montevideo, Uruguay.


Published Articles

“La Refutación de la Ética a través de la Biología” (The Refutation of Ethics through Biology). (2018) In UMTEC (ed.) Research Advances, Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, Vol. 2. Students. Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, University of the Republic of Uruguay. Montevideo, Uruguay.

“Cómo Enseñar Filosofía” (How to Teach Philosophy). (2017) Convocación, 31, 22-31.

“Una Nueva Ética Animalista: el Bienestarismo Fuerte” (New Animal Ethics: Strong Welfarism). (2016) ACTIO, 18, 95-116.


Translations

Pust, J. “Intuition” from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Edward N. Zalta (ed.) (Summer 2017). English to Spanish translation.


Presentations

“A Defense of the Experience Machine through Ideal Observer Theory”. Article presentation given at the Philosophy MA Seminar at King's College London. London, UK. February 2020.

“The Evolution of Morality, Ch. 1 and 2”. Presentation of Chapters 1 and 2 of Richard Joyce's book “The Evolution of Morality” for Philosophy of Psychology II MA Seminar at King's College London. London, UK. October 2019.

“The Refutation of Ethics through Biology”. Article presentation given at colloquium #20 – “Political Philosophy: Contemporary Issues and Challenges” at University of the Republic of Uruguay. Montevideo, Uruguay. April 2018.

“Atheism for my Mother”. Book presentation given at Spanish Training Center of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECID). Montevideo, Uruguay. September 2016.


Employment

Founder of Futurosophia (www.futurosophia.com) Madrid, Spain. Jul 2021 - Present

Spanish-Speaking NGO focused on high-impact careers in priority areas, including Effective Altruism, Longtermism, and Existential Risk.

Scope:

  • We are aiming to grow the Effective Altruism movement internationally, with a specific focus on building the Spanish-speaking community. This community is still relatively small compared to the English-speaking community, so there is a lot of potential for growth.

Responsibilities and Achievements:

  • Attending Global Summits on Effective Altruism and related topics, such as Effective Altruism Global London (2021, 2022), EAGxOxford (2022), EAGxPrague (2022), EA Student Summit (2020), and the Global Transhumanism Summit (2021).

  • Writing OP-ed content on Effective Altruism for websites. Topics include Effective Altruism, Longtermism, Existential Risk, Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering and Transhumanism, Climate Change, Animal Welfare, Economic and Social Development, Cosmopolitanism and International Politics, Social Media and Fake News.

  • Administrative tasks, fundraising, and recruiting.


Internship at UNESCO's Bioethics, Humanities and Philosophy Program. UNESCO. Montevideo, Uruguay. Mar 2018 ‐ Jun 2018.

Responsibilities and Achievements:

  • Composed Memorandums of Understanding for over 20 Universities and Public Institutions.

  • Assisted the Program Lead for the Bioethics, Humanities and Philosophy UNESCO program for Latin America with tasks such as producing documents, emailing, and calling other institutions.


Languages

Native Spanish (listening, speaking, reading, writing).

Proficient English (listening, speaking, reading, writing).


Awards

Forethought Foundation Global Priorities Fellowship. Oxford, UK, 2022.

Finalist, Panamanian National Physics Olympics. Panama, 2012.

Bronce Medal, Panamanian National Physics Olympics. Panama, 2011.


Additional Coursework

Associate of King's College (AKC) - 2019-2021

  • Awarded Dean's Commendation for Exceptional Commitment.

Attendance to over 60 talks and 10 colloquiums on philosophy at King's College London, London School of Economics, University College London, Oxford University, and University of the Republic of Uruguay, among others.

Awarded certificates by 7 MOOCs on philosophy by Princeton University, Harvard University, MIT, Yale University, University of Melbourne, University of Edinburgh, and National University of Singapore.