Juan is a transdisciplinary systems modeller working at the interface of water resource management and computational social science. He combines numerical modelling, social simulation, systems thinking and complexity science to better understand the dynamics between people and the environment. Juan’s research focuses on developing interactive management flight simulators to improve the ability of stakeholders to reason, explain, design, communicate, and explore in wicked problem situations. Juan worked for six years in the Atacama Desert for the Chilean Water Authority, water utilities and also as consultant, dealing with complex groundwater issues in one of driest regions in the world.