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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Merced and a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Analytic Political Engagement. Previously, I have held positions at The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, ITAM, Innovations for Poverty Action in Mexico, and the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. I hold a PhD from the University of California, San Diego.

I study the political economy of violence and insecurity, with a particular focus on the interaction between states and organized crime. I am the co-founder and Lead Investigator of the Mapping Criminal Organizations (MCO) project, a research lab that seeks to generate systematic data on the presence, structure, evolution, and relationships of criminal groups in Mexico. 

You can find my CV here.