Wildeman Zapata Research Professor at Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Grupo Infettare and Grupo Inmunovirología, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Medellin, Colombia. He is working in the field of HIV/AIDS research, and He is focused on unraveling the mechanisms of natural resistance to HIV, discovering how some individuals possess an immunogenetic predisposition that makes them less susceptible to HIV infection. In addition, Dr. Zapata is working on developing antiviral therapies for HIV by studying the antiviral activity of several compounds with natural product origins.