 He completed a Ph.D in Musicology at Strasbourg University from 1990–1994.Since 1974 he became researcher in music at the UNAM "Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas", where he was appointed as the Chair of a project on Mexican Music History and as the head of "Música, Sistema Interactivo de Investigación y Composición", a musical system designed by himself.He is the first music scholar to be honored as member of the Science Academy of Mexico, and by the Mexican Education Ministry as National Researcher since 1984, and since 1985 at the top level (III).