Diego Macall

In the fall of 2017, Diego began working with Dr. Smyth as a Research Assistant. Diego has assisted Dr. Smyth with the elaboration of a technical report on the governance of ‘Digital Sequence Information’ and more recently, with Dr. Smyth’s focus on social network analysis. Diego has also actively been involved with the ongoing surveying of experts around the world to obtain a better understanding of new genome editing techniques and their implications for modern agriculture.In the fall of 2021, Diego began his Ph.D. Programme in Environmental Science and Technology, at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. His plan is to model the urban food system and explore avenues to make it more resilient to potential shocks. In addition, he is looking at the environmental footprint of doing. While we miss him greatly, we are excited to see what research he is taking on and hopefully continue to collaborate with him in the future.Before joining the Smyth research team, Diego completed his M.Sc. in Agriculture Economics in 2016, on 'Ex-ante impact assessment of genetically modified maize adoption in El Salvador'.