Diógenes is a Biologist (1980) Simón Bolívar University, Caracas, Venezuela; Diplôme d'Études Approfondies en Microbiologie (1983) Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, and Doctorat en Microbiologie (1987) Université Paris-Sud Orsay, France. He has been a researcher at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany (2001); High Level 1 researcher, Prometheus Program, Senescyt, Ecuador; and currently is Managing Director of Biofarm Urban Agriculture, in Caracas, Venezuela and International Consultant in urban farm technology and Agriculture 4.0.
