He has a degree in Chemical Sciences from the Faculty of Exact Sciences (University of Buenos Aires, 1967), he was director of the Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology, the Technological Transfer and Innovation Program of the National University of Quilmes (UNQ) and the Center for INTI Industrial Biotechnology. Member of the National Academy of Pharmacy and Biochemistry and creator and director of biotechnology companies, he obtained the Innovation in Biotechnology Award (Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1987) and from the National Academy of Medicine (1977). He is the author of the book The Silent Revolution (2010), co-author of Biotechnology and Development (2006), compiler with Diego Golombek of ADN: 50 Años Es Nada (Siglo XXI Editores, 2004) and with Paulo Maffia of Biotechnology in Argentina (2011). ).