Dr. Castaño is an analytical and computational biochemist specializing in multi-omics method development, quantitative proteomics, and molecular modeling of receptor–ligand interactions involved in different biomedical and environmental applications such as inflammation, neuroimmunology, pain signaling, bioprospecting, and enzyme discovery. He received his BSc and MSc from the National University of Colombia, and he graduated from his PhD at the University of Minnesota. He has worked as senior scientist and postdoctoral researcher at different institutions in Colombia, the United States, and Canada.