Possui doutorado em Doutorado - University of Texas at Austin (2008). Tem experiência na área de História, com ênfase em História. Since 2008 he has been an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University. He is a specialist in World Environmental History, Latin American History and the History of Antarctica with a national and international reputation. he is currently working on finishing a book manuscript titled "Frozen Empires: An Environmental History of the Antarctic Peninsula"