Mr. Fuenzalida is a quantitative research analyst in the Newport Beach office, where he contributes to PIMCO’s thought leadership publications with research focused on fixed income valuation, macroeconomics, monetary policy, empirical asset pricing and algorithms. Mr. Fuenzalida spent his early professional career as an advisor to Chile's minister of finance, with a focus on macroeconomic research and policy. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from New York University.