Trajectory
A concise outline of the experiences that define the current stage of my academic formation.
Route into biology
Before university, I participated in a local group devoted to atmospheric observation and weather monitoring. That experience helped form an early interest in how natural systems are observed, described, and tracked over time.
At Universidad EAFIT, that orientation moved into biology and microbiology. My current work is centered on cultivable microbial communities in a tropical volcaniclastic cave, where I am trying to understand how community structure changes along a light gradient using field characterization and cultivation-based methods.
The Purdue internship added a second scale to that training through work on mitochondrial proteomic allocation in yeast. Together, these experiences have made the route more specific: microbial ecology, evolution, and physiology approached with a natural-systems perspective and with increasing analytical discipline.
Formal training
Biology at Universidad EAFIT has been the institutional base from which this trajectory has become more research-led and more specific.
Universidad EAFIT
2022 – 2026 (expected)B.Sc. in Biology
Undergraduate training in biology with sustained involvement in microbiology, environmental systems, and research-led work. My thesis centers on cultivable microbial community structure in a tropical volcaniclastic cave.
Research experience
These are the main experiences that expanded the range of the work from student initiative to field-based research and international laboratory training.
Student Director
Oct 2023 – Mar 2025Research Group on Microbiology and Astrobiology · Universidad EAFIT
Coordinate a student-led group devoted to microbiology, astrobiology, scientific discussion, and undergraduate initiative-building.
Research Monitor
Jul 2024 – Dec 2024Universidad EAFIT
Supported the project Positioning of Microorganisms as Fundamental Actors for the Maintenance of Andean Forests through systematization, communication, and written scientific support.
Visiting Student Intern
Aug 2025 – Jan 2026ECSO Lab, Purdue University
Worked on the Yeast Mitochondria Project, focused on proteomic resource allocation under different carbon regimes in yeast. The collaboration continues through manuscript work.
Recognition
Research proposal presentation
20242nd Symposium of Biology · Universidad EAFIT
Presentation of my undergraduate research proposal in a competitive academic setting.
Second placeUndergraduate scholarship
2022Comfama and Fundación Fraternidad Medellín
Institutional support received at the beginning of my undergraduate training.
Current direction
The immediate tasks are to finish the degree, complete the thesis, and continue the Purdue manuscript work while defining a more precise long-term question.
The current route is being defined through microbial ecology, evolutionary thinking, and physiology, with emphasis on building stronger quantitative routines without overstating the present stage. This website records that process of narrowing rather than presenting a finished identity.