Ph.D. in Economics from the Universidad del Norte (Colombia). He is professor at the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, Universidad de Pamplona (Colombia). He has 15 years of experience in research about environmental economics, regional and local development, urban economics, tourism, and demographics. His lines of research are urban tourism, complexity and economy, computational economics, environmental and economy, and econometric, with participation in academic events, articles, conferences, and international academic networks.