Curriculum vitae
CV
The CV is the most complete and current record of my training, positions and outputs.
Positions and experience
- 2026 –Visiting ScholarTemple University, Escalante Lab (iGEM)
- 2021 – 2026Graduate ResearcherInstitute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine (iGEM), Temple University
- 2021 – 2023Teaching Assistant, General Biology I and IITemple University2.5 years of laboratory instruction and academic support.
- 2018 – 2020Forensic University ProfessionalInstituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses, Escuela de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses, Bogotá
Education
- 2021 – 2026PhD in BiologyTemple University, Philadelphia, USA · Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine (iGEM)Advisor: Dr. Ananias A. Escalante. Committee: Dr. Jody Hey and Dr. Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond. Defended 2026. Thesis: New Insights into Plasmodium Evolution: How Genomics and Evolutionary Biology Contribute to Understanding Malaria.
- 2017 – 2020MSc in BiologyUniversidad Nacional de Colombia, BogotáAdvisor: Dr. Nubia E. Matta. Thesis with Laureate distinction. Defended November 2019.
- 2011 – 2016BSc in BiologyUniversidad Nacional de Colombia, BogotáAdvisor: Dr. Nubia E. Matta. Defended December 2016.
Funded research projects
- 2023 – 2024Developing an evidence-based molecular surveillance system for mpoxCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA · PI: Dr. Ananias A. EscalanteGraduate researcher: development of SNP panels for MPXV and tip-dating analyses (BEAST2) for molecular surveillance.
- 2022 – 2026Assessing the systematics and diversity of Haemosporida in African lizardsNational Science Foundation (NSF), USA · PI: Dr. Ananias A. EscalanteGraduate researcher: development of a machine-learning model for haplotype inference from target-sequencing data.
- 2023 – presentBRC Analytics / Galaxy ProjectMulti-institutional initiative (Penn State, Temple, Johns Hopkins, UCSC, TACC) · NIHGraduate researcher: development of reproducible pathogen-genomics workflows on the Galaxy platform.