Graduated from High-School in Natural Sciences in Germany.

Studied Biology. Frankfurt and Freiburg University, Germany.

Studied Veterinary Medicine. Giessen University, Germany.

Studied Veterinary Medicine. Central University of Venezuela.

• Founder and Director of the Central University of Venezuela photography laboratory.

Technical Director of the El Pinar Zoo from 1958 to 1974.

Director of the Caricuao Zoo from 1974, a position he held until 1979.

Professor at the School of Sciences at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) between 1975 – 1980.

Park and Zoo Coordinator / Advisor to the Presidency of the National Parks Institute. 1982.

1984 and currently, Special Minister Commissioner (ad honorem) for the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources.

1991 President (ad honorem) of the National Parks, Zoos, and Aquariums Foundation.