Manceda received a Bachelor's of Science in In Geology from the National University of La Plata (Argentina) and a postgraduate degree in Geophysical Hydrocarbon Prospectively from the National University of Cuyo in Mendoza. He has 35 years of experience working in structural geology for YPF and Repsol-YPF and has evaluated exploratory blocks in more than 20 countries. He has participated as author or co-author for forty papers and 60 YPF internal reports and has coordinated consortia with Stanford University, The University of Texas Austin, Royal Holloway University at London, Colorado School of Mines and Oslo University. Manceda currently provides courses focused on structural geology of the Andes, is professor of the postgraduate of Hydrocarbon E&D Geosciences course at La Plata University and works as Structural Geologist at the YPF Technology Center.
Y-TEC, Argentina