Biology undergraduate · Colombia
SebastianCorrea-Gallego
Biology undergraduate in Colombia working on cultivable cave microbiology and on mitochondrial physiology in yeast.
- Current stage B.Sc. Biology at Universidad EAFIT
- Thesis Cultivable microbial communities along a cave light gradient
- Collaboration Yeast mitochondria project with Purdue
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio · Perpetual Ocean 2 (salinity version)
ScrollCurrent training
My interest in natural systems began before university. During childhood, I participated in a local group focused on atmospheric observation and weather monitoring, which gave me an early habit of attending to environmental variation and to the disciplined recording of natural phenomena.
At Universidad EAFIT, that orientation moved into biology and microbiology. My undergraduate thesis examines cultivable microbial community structure along a light gradient in a tropical volcaniclastic cave in Antioquia, Colombia, using environmental characterization, cultivation workflows, and morphotype-based assessment.
As a Visiting Student Intern in the ECSO Lab at Purdue University, I worked on the Yeast Mitochondria Project, which studies proteomic resource allocation under different carbon regimes in eukaryotes using yeast as a model system. The work continues through collaborative manuscript preparation.
The immediate focus is to finish the degree, complete the thesis, and continue the Purdue manuscript work while narrowing a longer-term question at the intersection of microbial ecology, evolution, and physiology.
Selected projects
Cultivable Microbial Community Structure along a Light Gradient in a Tropical Volcaniclastic Cave
A field-to-lab study of how cultivable microbial communities change across a light gradient in the Organal San Antonio cave system in Antioquia, Colombia.
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Yeast Mitochondria Project
Research on proteomic resource allocation in eukaryotes across carbon regimes, using yeast to connect mitochondrial function, cellular organization, and physiological constraint.
Read moreCurrent areas of interest
My current interests are centered on microbial life in natural systems: how environmental gradients and energetic limitation shape community structure, how microorganisms interact within those settings, and how those processes connect to larger questions in ecology and evolution. This includes microbial roles in biogeochemical fluxes, the organization of natural systems, Earth-system history, the origin of life, and the major evolutionary transitions through which biological complexity has emerged.
- Microbial ecology across environmental and energetic gradients
- Community interactions and biogeochemical structure in natural systems
- Microorganisms in Earth-system history and planetary processes
- Evolutionary transitions, biological complexity, and the origin of life
Methods and technical profile
My current work combines cultivation-based microbiology, environmental sampling, microscopy, literature synthesis, and quantitative workflows in R and Python. From Purdue, I added training in cell physiology, cell harvesting, growth-curve work, and the handling of laboratory workflows associated with yeast-based experimental systems. I also use GitHub, LaTeX, and basic bioinformatic tools, and I maintain a strong interest in figure design, vector-based graphics, and scientific communication.
- Cultivation workflows, field records, microscopy, and morphotype assessment
- Cell harvesting, growth curves, and basic cell-physiology workflows
- R, Python, GitHub, LaTeX, Linux, Bash, and basic bioinformatics
- Vector graphics, figure preparation, and scientific communication
Contact
Email is the best route for academic correspondence.