Saul is a Master of Science in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) and graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) with a BA in Economics. He has worked in several research projects related with the impact of climate change on Mexican agriculture. Currently, he is a lecturer of the Faculty of Economics at UNAM. His recent studies have been focused on environmental services valuation, sustainable development, agriculture, and natural resource management. Likewise, he possesses a vast knowledge on designing and running econometric models.