Rafael Escamilla is a PhD Candidate in the field of Supply Chain Management at Kühne Logistics University and Tilburg University under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jan Fransoo.

He holds an Engineering diploma in Industrial Systems, specializing in outbound logistics, from the Université de Technologie de Troyes, in France, and is also an Industrial Engineer from Tecnológico de Monterrey, in Mexico. Throughout his career, he has contributed to a number of projects with the Center for Transportation and Logistics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he also obtained a certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

In his research, he focuses on improving last-mile urban distribution for Consumer Packaged Goods` companies in emerging countries, specifically through cashless and value-added technologies. He further investigates the drivers of adoption of these technologies by retail microbusinesses.