An important part of my work involves sharing knowledge and supporting capacity building in data analytics, machine learning, and spectroscopy. Over the years, I have led and contributed to workshops, training courses, and talks for researchers, students, and professionals across academia, government, and industry.
Below are selected talks and training activities.
From decision to impact: successfully starting with NIR (in Spanish)
Invited talk
World Food Organization (FAO)
Online, 25 September 2025
Public talk on translating near-infrared spectroscopy from decision-making to operational impact.
On the use of low-cost infrared spectroscopy
Lead instructor
ETH Zürich
Fort Portal, Uganda, August 19–24, 2024
Summer school on the assessment of tropical forest and soil resources.
Here are some of the resorces used during the training
FAO workshop on pathways to precision in soil analysis: advancing soil laboratories in Latin America and the Caribbean
Lead instructor World Food Organization (FAO)
Santiago–Chillán, Chile, April 2024
One-week training course for soil laboratories in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Towards operational large-scale soil spectral libraries
Invited speaker World Food Organization (FAO) Online, October 2022 Webinar for the GLOSOLAN soil spectroscopy initiative.Getting accurate predictions from large and diverse spectral libraries: think globally, fit locally
Invited speaker
Woodwell Climate Research Center, USA Online, July 2021
Part of the Soil Spectroscopy for Global Good presentation series.
Perspectives on Spectroscopy and Digital Mapping
Invited speaker
Invited talk National University of Colombia, Bogota, November 2021
NIR spectroscopy in agriculture
Lead instructor
XII Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Agricultural Engineering
Bogotá, Colombia, May 2016
Training workshop.
Training course on reflectance spectroscopy and multivariate calibration in R
Lead instructor
University of Bern
Bern, Switzerland, November 2012
Five-day workshop on predictive analytics for near-infrared spectroscopy.
Training course on soil sensing protocols and the implementation of soil infrared spectral libraries
Lead instructor
Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation (CORPOICA)
Colombia, July 2012
One-week training course for researchers.