I am a vision scientist currently based in Barcelona. Most of my interests sit in the interface between visual perception and computer vision. They include low-level computational models of vision, visual psychophysics, artificial intelligence, neuro-visual ecology, natural images, avian and primate vision, colorimetry and camera calibration, indie rock music and movies, Sci-Fi, comics, electronic music, computer gaming, miniature building and outdoor activities among others.

Short Academic Bio
I was born in Argentina in 1967. I graduated from secondary school as electro-mechanical technician in 1985. While studying for my degree in Physics at the Universidad Nacional de Tucuman (1986-1993) I became interested in vision through the work of colleagues at the Luminotechnics and Vision Institute. Following this new interest, I transferred my work to Bristol University., in the UK where I was awarded an MSc. at the Dept. of Exp. Psychology (1993-1995). In 1997 I went to work with Dr. D.J. Tolhurst in the Dept. of Physiology in Cambridge University with a fellowship from Fight For Sight. My work was mainly on psychophysics and computational models of amblyopia. In 1998 I returned to Bristol for a part-time research appointment at the Dept. of Exp. Psychology while simultaneously working on my PhD (1998-2003) under the supervision of Prof.Tom Troscianko. In Bristol I combined my main interests: psychophysics, natural Images and computational modelling of visual perception. After my PhD I transferred my work to the School of Biological Sciences, (with Dr.Innes Cuthill and Prof.Tom Troscianko), following my interests in natural images and computational models of avian vision (2003-2006). In 2006 I was awarded the "Juan de la Cierva" Research Fellowship and moved to Barcelona, Spain to join the Colour in Context group at the Computer Vision Centre of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where I currently work, combining psychophysics, colorimetry and computational models of visual perception. In 2007 I was awarded the "Ramon y Cajal" Research Fellowship in Computer Science.

I currently live in Spain with my wife Claudia and my son Patxi.