Cristian is the creator of Lixandria and Discolab, and an Associate Professor at the Data Science Institute (IDS) of the School of Engineering at Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile. He leads the Computational Research in Social Science Lab (CRiSS-LAB) and is an external faculty member at the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO) of Northwestern University.

I have a diverse academic background. I held a postdoctoral position in Computational Social Science at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. My Ph.D. research on social complexity was carried out at the Center for Social Complexity at Universidad del Desarrollo, at the MIT Media Lab, and at the Center for Complex Networks Research at Northeastern and Harvard University. I earned my Master of Science in Physics, Bachelor of Science in Physics, and Physics Engineering professional title from Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

My expertise lies at the intersection of big data analysis and human behavior theories as they relate to socioeconomic systems. Currently, I am focused on computational social science and network science, with a particular interest in areas such as collective intelligence, hate speech dynamics, business and learning analytics, cooperative learning, higher education decision-making, collective memory, and experimental game theory.

With a passion for using data to drive solutions, I lead a FONDECYT project on Collective Memory and a FONDEF project on data-driven decision-making for higher education, both funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology and sponsored by the Ministry of Education in Chile. My background in physics, social complexity science, and data analysis uniquely positions me to drive impactful research and innovation.