Marcelo Villena, PhD
Professor of
Economics & Finance
Principal
Economist ·
Marcelo Villena, PhD
Professor of
Economics & Finance
Principal
Economist ·
Marcelo Villena, PhD
Professor of
Economics & Finance
Principal
Economist ·
Résumé
Education
PhD in Economics
1997 — 2001
University of Cambridge, Selwyn College
MPhil (by Research), Development & Environmental Economics
1997 — 1997
University of Cambridge, Selwyn College
MA in Economics and the Environment
1996 — 1996
University of Leeds, Business School
Industrial Engineering, minor in Computer Science
1991 — 1992
University of La Frontera
BSc in Industrial Engineering
1987 — 1990
University of La Frontera
Academic Experience
Chair, Business School
2021 — Present
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (USM)
Director, MBA Program
2021 — 2024
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (USM)
Full Professor of Economics and Finance
2021 — Present
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (USM)
Professor of Economics and Finance
2005 — 2020
Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI)
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics
2026 — 2026
University of Bari
Visiting Scholar, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
2024 — 2024
University of Southern California
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics
2022 — 2022
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics
2019 — 2019
University of Calabria
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics
2018 — 2018
New York University (NYU)
Examiner
1999 — 2000
University of Cambridge
Researcher, Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics
2000 — 2000
University of Cambridge
Teaching, Centre of Latin American Studies
1998 — 2000
University of Cambridge
Supervisor in Economics, Pembroke College
1998 — 2000
University of Cambridge
Management & Leadership
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Sciences
2010 — 2019
Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI)
Director, Master Program in Economic Regulation
2010 — 2019
Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI)
Director, Master Program in Financial Engineering
2009 — 2015
Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI)
Head of the School of Engineering
2005 — 2010
Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI)
Head, Industrial Engineering Department, Campus Santiago
2001 — 2005
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (USM)
Professional Experience
Member, Technical Panel
2026 — Present
Neuvol
President, Committee of Experts for the Regulation of Tariffs (Economist)
2019 — 2025
Ministry of Education
Member, Ministerial Advisory Commission on Public Investment
2011 — 2012
Ministry of Planning / Ministry of Social Development
Partner and Principal Economist
2001 — Present
SCL Econometrics
Consultant in Economic Forecasting
1998 — 1999
Cambridge Econometrics
Investment Analyst, Transport Sector
1993 — 1995
Ministry of Planning, Department of Investment Analysis
Skills & Interests
Research Areas
Finance and Quantitative Finance; Data Science and Time Series Analysis; Industrial Organization and Game Theory; Resources, Environmental Economics, and Circular Economy; Optimization and Operation Research.
Statistical and Econometric Software
Statistical and Econometric Software: Stata, EViews, Rats, Pc-Give, Limdep, SPSS, R
Programming Languages
Programming Languages: C, C ++, MATLAB, Java, Python, Turbo Pascal, Fortran, Cobol, Lisp
Languages
English: spoken and written. Spanish: native