Aída M. Vasco-Palacios is a Colombian mycologist. She is a professor in the School of Microbiology at the Universidad de Antioquia UdeA (Medellín, Colombia), where she conducts research and teaches fundamental and applied mycology. She is broadly interested in the diversity, ecology, and systematics of tropical fungi. She completed her B.Sc. in Biology from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, and her M.Sc. in Botany and Mycology from the Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, in 2003 and 2007, respectively. Then, she finished her PhD as a candidate at the Fungal Biodiversity Centre CBS-KNAW and the Universidad de Antioquia in Colombia from 2010 to 2014. She is currently also exploring the potential use of this fungus. At present, she is the chairwoman of the Colombian Association of Mycology (ASCOLMIC) and part of the IUCN SSC Fungus Conservation Committee FUNCC.