Rodrigo works on impact and process evaluations of different policing interventions in Mexico. He has worked as a Lecturer of Probability, Statistics, and Econometrics at CIDE (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas), as well as an Instructor of Quantitative Methods and Economics at the Harvard Kennedy School. His main research work is on violence, informality, illegality and drug policy in Latin America. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Public Policy from CIDE and a Master's degree in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) from Harvard University.