Metallurgical Engineer – Industrial University of Santander, Colombia (UIS, 2002); Ph.D. in Materials Engineering – University of the Basque Country, Spain (UPV, 2011). Areas of interest include physical metallurgy, failure analysis, and polymer matrix composite materials. Full-time faculty member at the University of Pamplona since 2012, currently ranked as an associate professor. Instructor for the courses Engineering Materials I and II and Manufacturing Processes. Teaches elective courses in the graduate programs of Environmental Engineering and Industrial Engineering at the University of Pamplona. Member of the Mechanical Engineering Research Group at the University of Pamplona (GIMUP), classified as category A and recognized as a Senior Researcher by Colciencias, according to the terms of Reference of Call 957 of 2024. Director of the research seedbed in Materials and Manufacturing Processes. Peer reviewer for the National Science, Technology, and Innovation System (SNCTeI) of Colciencias. Research areas include mechanical characterization of polymer matrix composites reinforced with natural fibers, utilization of agro-industrial waste for various applications, and the fabrication of biocomposite materials via Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D printing. Author of scientific articles in the aforementioned fields published in databases such as ScienceDirect and Springer. Currently, a patent is pending registration: Method for Obtaining a Polymeric Emulsion, with registrat