He completed his undergraduate degree in Ecology at the Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá- Colombia) between 1997 and 2002. He did his PhD in Biological Sciences in Mexico at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) on "Edge and matrix effects in tropical rainforest herpetofauna and their relationship with environmental and structural gradients of the microhabitat" (2002-2007). He has postdoctoral experience in the Museum of Zoology of the Department of Evolutionary Biology - Faculty of Sciences (UNAM) in the use of species distribution models to evaluate the efficiency of natural protected areas and prioritize area networks for biodiversity conservation. He was a staff member of the NGO Conservation International - Colombia in the position of Coordinator of Ecosystem Services (2009-2011). Since May 2011 he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Territory, Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Bogotá, Colombia. During the period March 2012 to May 2015 he was the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Ecology at the same university. He is the chair for Colombia of the IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group and is part of the Group on Earth Observations (GEOBON) in working groups on community composition, functional traits and ecosystem services. He was a member of the board of directors of the Colombian Association of Herpetology.