Professor at the School of Microbiology. Biologist from the Universidad del Valle. Master’s and PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the Center for Biotechnology of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Specialist in University Teaching from the Icesi University. Associate Researcher of Minciencias, with particular interest in biotechnology and bioprocesses using yeasts and other fungi. He has directed 5 master’s degree papers and his H citation index is 13 in Scopus. He is a professor of academic activities in the undergraduate program of Microbiology and Bioanalysis and of the Master’s Degree in Microbiology.