Education

PhD in Automatic Engineering with meritorious thesis from the National University of Colombia. Master’s in Environmental Management and Evaluation. Master’s in University Teaching and Research. Specialist in Applied Mathematics. Environmental Engineer.

Sustainability of Agricultural Landscapes

Member of the Knowledge Management Commission of the Sustainable Livestock Roundtable of Colombia.

Conducted the sustainability analysis of the agricultural landscapes of Puerto Gaitán, operated by the pig farming company Aliar S.A. (La Fazenda).

Carried out the analysis of the sustainability status of livestock landscapes in the municipalities of El Paujil, Puerto Rico, El Doncello, Cartagena del Chairá, and San Vicente del Caguán in the department of Caquetá, as well as Lejanías, Mesetas, La Uribe, and Vista Hermosa in the department of Meta. This was based on the global framework of sustainability indicators from the 2030 Agenda and the National Reference Framework for Sustainable Livestock Landscapes (MNRPGS) for the ProRural project, funded by international cooperation agency GIZ.

Led the sustainability analysis for the consultancy on the characterization, validation, and socialization of low-carbon sustainable productive models for rice cultivation in the municipalities of Arauca (Arauca), Paz de Ariporo (Casanare), Villavicencio, Puerto López, and Puerto Gaitán (Meta) in the Colombian Orinoquia, for the World Bank through the BioCarbon Fund of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Developed and implemented the methodology for measuring the indicator “agricultural production with green growth criteria” from CONPES 3934.

Developed and implemented the methodology for the Teeb AgriFood Colombia study conducted for the Sibundoy Valley by the Humboldt Institute, using Implication Networks for systemic baseline analysis and system dynamics to understand the trend behavior of the recommendations obtained in the diagnosis.

Human Rights

Part of the team that set up the Center for Analytics of the Ombudsman’s Office of Colombia, as a BID consultant, for the defense of human rights in the country.

Conducted the consultancy for the identification of modeling methodologies to recognize conflict patterns within the Mission Information System of the Commission for the Clarification of Truth, with funding from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Security and Emergencies

Part of the team that set up the Command, Control, Communications, and Computing Center (C4) for the Bogotá Security Secretariat, which coordinates all incident response agencies for security and emergencies in the city.

Information and Environmental Modeling

Developed Investment Project 978: “Center for Information and Environmental Modeling” managed by the District Department of the Environment in Bogotá.

Energy

Developed the methodology for socio-environmental evaluation of expansion plans for electrical transmission and hydrocarbon transportation via tank trucks and pipelines in Colombia.

Circular Economy

Member of the Knowledge Management Commission of Bogotá Circular. Part of the team of the District Habitat Department that created the District Circular Economy Policy for Bogotá. Collaborated with Gunter Pauli to generate opportunity plans for the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga (Colombia), addressing the crisis caused by the closure of the El Carrasco Landfill, and to model solutions to the global plastics problem.

Urban Dynamics

Worked with the Popular Housing Fund to consolidate data models for improving management related to disaster risk resettlements, housing improvement (Terrace Plan), and the titling of popular housing in Bogotá. Also coordinates inter-institutional work with the Society for the Improvement and Ornamentation of Bogotá for the study of urban dynamics.

Recognitions

Recognized for research excellence by the Catholic University of Colombia in 2019 and 2021. Also served as president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics - Colombian Chapter (CoSIAM) for the periods 2017-2020 and 2023-2024, and vice president of the Colombian Society of System Dynamics in the period 2013-2014.

Postdocs

Completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National University of Colombia - Manizales Campus for the modeling and analysis of complex systems from June 2014 to June 2015, and another postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Lima in May 2022 on informal settlements, funded by AUIP.

Current

Currently, he is a tenured professor at the Universidad del Rosario, with senior classification from MinCiencias, and a consultant in complex systems. He is also the president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics - Colombian Chapter (CoSIAM).