Awards, employment and education

Awards

National Mathematical Prize, (Premio Nacional de Matemáticas) awarded by the Colombian Mathematical Society, June 5th 2023, Tunja, Colombia.
Invited Speaker, Topology session, International Congress of Mathematicians, Rio de Janeiro, August 2018
Corresponding Member, Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Colombia, October 21 2015.
“Mención de Honor” at the science prize competition, granted by the Alejandro Ángel Escobar Foundation, Bogotá, October 8 2014
Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Prize for young Colombian researchers in the area of mathematics, granted by the Colombian Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences, August 2012.
Von Humboldt fellowship for Experienced Researchers (2012-2013) awarded to carry out research at the University of Bonn, Germany
Rackham Fellowship (2004) awarded by the Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Excellence Research in Mathematics (2001) awarded by the Mathematics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Otto de Greif prize (1998) Price awarded for the best undergraduate thesis in Mathematics in Colombia
Beca Mazda para el Arte y las Ciencias (1997) Scholarship awarded to pursue a master’s degree
Beca 40 años (1994-1997) Scholarship awarded from the Universidad de los Andes to pursue an undergraduate degree

2014- .... Full Professor, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
2012-2013 Von Humboldt Fellow, Universität Bonn, Germany
2012-2013 Full Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
2010-2011 Associate Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
2010-2010 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Topology group of Prof. Lueck, University of Muenster, Germany
2009-2010 Associate Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
2008-2009 Researcher 3A, CINVESTAV, Mexico City, Mexico
2006-2008 Associate Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
2005-2006 Assistant professor, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
2004-2006 Assistant Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
2003-2004 Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
2002-2003 Postdoc, Max Planck Institut fuer Mathematik, Bonn, Germany