Experience

Professor (Systems Engineering)

Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

Research on AI-assisted programming education and learning analytics. Teaching Databases and Advanced Databases.

Researcher

Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz

Research in educational technology and learning analytics. Developed Konrad Think-Pair-Share, an AI-enhanced collaborative learning platform.

Predoctoral Researcher and Lecturer

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Doctoral research in the TIDE group on learning analytics, computer-supported collaborative learning and social media literacy; researcher in the COURAGE project. Taught Interactive Systems, Introduction to ICT and supervised bachelor’s final projects.

Assistant Professor

Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB)

Taught Programming Fundamentals, Computer Programming, Theory of Computation and Mobile Development, and Mobile Applications Development in the Master’s in Advanced Technologies for Software Development. Director of the PRISMA research group and coordinator of the SeMovil research seedbed.

Lecturer

Unisangil

Software Engineering and Programming Paradigms; coordinator of the AMR (Applied Mobile Research) research seedbed.

Teaching Assistant

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Computer Programming for the Systems and Computing Engineering undergraduate programme (master’s teaching assistantship).

Education

PhD in Information and Communication Technologies

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (TIDE research group)

Thesis: Motivation-Driven Mechanics in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Scripts.

MEng in Systems and Computer Engineering

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Thesis: Realidad aumentada para entornos educativos y colaborativos (Augmented reality for educational and collaborative environments), advised by Jonatan Gómez Perdomo, PhD. Includes an international exchange at Politecnico di Milano (Italy).

BSc in Systems Engineering

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Awards & Recognition
Predoctoral Research Contract
Universitat Pompeu Fabra ∙ 2019
Funded PhD position (teaching and research), including work in the COURAGE project.
Nominee, Reloj Solar award for best postgraduate teacher
Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga ∙ 2019
Nominee, Reloj Solar award for best teacher
Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga ∙ 2016
International exchange scholarship (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Universidad Nacional de Colombia ∙ 2012
Teaching assistantship scholarship (master’s studies)
Universidad Nacional de Colombia ∙ 2011
Junior Researcher
Minciencias (Colombia) ∙ Present
Recognised as Junior Researcher in the national researcher recognition scheme.
Languages
100%
Spanish Native
80%
English C1 (IELTS)
60%
Italian B1