Metallurgical Engineer and M.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering from the Universidad Industrial de Santander-UIS. Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain. He worked as a professor at the UIS (2001-2004). From 2005-2015, he worked as a full-time professor at the Universidad Tecnologica dePereira. He is currently a full-time professor at the Universidad del Atlántico. As a researcher, he is categorized as a Senior Researcher (IS) and since 2013 has directed the CONFORMAT Research Group associated with the Mechanical Engineering program of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Atlántico. He is the author of nine books related to the areas of materials and tribology, and has published several articles related to Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, especially on topics related to severe plastic deformation. His areas of research are related to severe plastic deformation, electrochemistry and the environment, physical metallurgy, heat treatments, and advanced materials.