Academic Rank
Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry
Education
2017-2020: PhD in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Laboratory for Computational Photochemistry and Photobiology (LCPP). Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy. University of Siena (UNISI). Siena, Italy. Thesis: Blueprinting, implementation, and application of fully automatic protocols for the QM/MM modeling of photo-excited states of rhodopsin variants (https://usiena-air.unisi.it/handle/11365/1141640#.YZtXUZHMKvE) Doctor Europaeus, Cum Laude. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Massimo Olivucci, Co-advisor: Prof. Dr. Luca De Vico.
2014-2016: M.Sc. in Chemistry. Quantum and Computational Chemistry group (QCC). Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences. Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL). Bogotá, Colombia. Thesis: Analyzing the binding of protons and positrons to molecules with the Any Particle Molecular Orbital method (APMO) using the computational package LOWDIN (https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/57895). Cum Laude. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Andrés Reyes.
2008-2014: B.Sc. in Chemistry. Grupo de Quimica Teorica (GQT). Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences. Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL). Bogotá, Colombia. Thesis: “Electrostatic complementarity and stability of natural and artificial DNA base pairs: A computational approach.” Advisor: Prof. Dr. Edgar Eduardo Daza Caicedo.
Professional Experience
2024-Present: Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry (Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato “Tipo A”), Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa
Nov 2021-2023: Postdoc. Modeling Light & Environment in Complex Systems (MoLECoLab). Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry. University of Pisa (UNIPI). Pisa, Italy. Topic: Application of multiscale methods to the study of photoactivated processes in photoresponsive proteins. Adviser: Prof. Dr. Benedetta Mennucci.
2020-2021: Postdoc. Laboratory for Computational Photochemistry and Photobiology (LCPP). Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy. University of Siena (UNISI). Siena, Italy. Topic: “Towards a new generation of automatic rhodopsin models and generalized models”. Adviser: Prof. Dr. Massimo Olivucci.
2016-2017: Research Assistant. Quantum and Computational Chemistry group (QCC). Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences. Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL). Bogotá, Colombia. Research grant: Jóvenes Investigadores e Innovadores (706), COLCIENCIAS. Topic: Análisis de la unión de positrones a átomos y moléculas empleando la teoría del orbital molecular para cualquier partícula (APMO), en el paquete computacional LOWDIN. Adviser: Prof. Dr. Andrés Reyes.