BSc. In chemistry from the Universidad del Valle in 2006. In 2007, obtained a scholarship from the Fundacion Carolina to study a MSc. In the Universidad de Alcaláde Henares, Spain. Obtain his MSc. and PhD. degree in Crystallography and Crystallization in the Universidad Melendez Pelayo and the Instituto de Ciencias de los Materiales de Madrid. After a postdoctoral position in the Instituto de Fisica de Sao Carlos, Universidade de Sao Paulo, he joined to Universidad Santiago de Cali as full time professor and researcher in 2016.