Experience

Sharing Nature's Genius

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Biomimicry Researcher

  • May 2021 - Present

  Researcher, consultant and designer for Microsoft's biomimicry exploration on nature's fluid flow strategies for system's optimization and bio-inspired engineering innovation program to build low-impact data centers. Biomimicry researcher and curator of the 'Sharing Nature's Genius' database for business consulting on sustainable innovation technologies and resources based on nature-inspired solutions for regenerative design. Researcher, consultant and designer for Microsoft's biomimicry exploration on nature's fluid flow strategies for system's optimization and bio-inspired engineering innovation program to build low-impact data centers. Biomimicry researcher and curator of the 'Sharing Nature's Genius' database for business consulting on sustainable innovation technologies and resources based on nature-inspired solutions for regenerative design.



Biomimesis Caribe

• Colombia
• Professional Training and Coaching

• Head of Biology | Biomimicry educator

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Science Coordinator: Biomimicry professor and researcher. Science Coordinator: Biomimicry professor and researcher.



Biodesign Challenge

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Google Hardware + Mars Wrigley | Biodesign Researcher

  • Aug 2021 - Dec 2022

  GOOGLE HARDWARE DESIGN STUDIO | BIODESIGN SPRINT 2021 Innovation project that seeks to reimagine how biotechnology could be integrated into consumer electronics to create a more sustainable future. - Project developer of 'BIT/ALGATECH': This project replaced the plastic components of Google hardware devices with algae-based bioplastics. MARS WRIGLEY | BIODESIGN SPRINT 2022 Design exploration that asks for new ways to foster the physical, emotional, and social wellbeing of people with food systems that also support the health of the environment. - Project developer of 'Better Call Soil': This project proposes an open source biodesign manual to create soil in the form of living textiles (bio-threads) to grow food. Show less



Atarraya Uniandes

• Colombia
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Science Coordinator

  • Mar 2020 - Oct 2022

  Science Coordination, Biomimicry researcher and teacher on the Biomimicry in Schools 2021-2022 project through the sponsorship of Siemens-Stiftung Foundation and Ternium to the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Universidad de los Andes for the training of teachers in Chile, Mexico and Colombia. Science Coordination, Biomimicry researcher and teacher on the Biomimicry in Schools 2021-2022 project through the sponsorship of Siemens-Stiftung Foundation and Ternium to the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Universidad de los Andes for the training of teachers in Chile, Mexico and Colombia.



WUR Student Challenges

• Netherlands
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Urban Greenhouse Challenge | Biomimicry expert

  • Nov 2021 - Jul 2022

  Biodesign-Biomimicry expert, architecture and biology consultant. Part of the top 10 semifinalist team Agrolab in the Urban Greenhouse Challenge #3 with the project 'Bumblebee Nest Food Hub'. The Bumblebee Nest Food Hub is a place designed to be the food sovereignty center of the Ward 7 community in Washington D. C. where we fight food apartheid using biomimetic designs to assemble education, collective memory and circular agri-food systems operating both as an ecosystem and a cooperative society. The Nest mimics the place that the native critically endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee calls home; where it produces its food for winter and takes care of the young and the elderly. Fighting food apartheid using biomimetic designs to assemble education, collective memory and circular agri-food systems operating both as an ecosystem and a cooperative society. Show less



Universidad de los Andes - Colombia

• Colombia
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Laboratory Research Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Oct 2021

  Botany class and plant physiology class teacher assistant. Biodesign, Biomimicry and Ethnobiology researcher. Botany class and plant physiology class teacher assistant. Biodesign, Biomimicry and Ethnobiology researcher.



ICBF

• Ireland
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Innovation Consultant

  • Mar 2021 - Aug 2021

  Development and creation of methodological guides for the project "Opportunities in Territorial Realities" of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare ICBF. Creation of applied guides about: Scientific skills, identification of social challenges and possible solutions, Social, digital and cultural Megatrends, Sexual and reproductive rights, Prevention of adolescent pregnancy, Life project, Diversity, Emotional identification, Social challenges associated with youth , Role of adolescents and young people in today's society, Communication skills, Negotiation, leadership and teamwork, Sectors of the economy, Education and entrepreneurship, Management of challenges, Community participation, Personal Finance Laboratory, The art of failure, Mechanisms of construction or consolidation of community risk prevention networks, Creativity and Digital Innovation. Show less



Quora

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Science Writer

  • Oct 2016 - Jan 2021

  Featured writer for science content | Quora in Spanish. Featured writer for science content | Quora in Spanish.



Corporación Maloka

• Colombia
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Designer

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2020

  Product design and scientific consulting for the Maloka science museum store. Design and marketing on educational experiments and STEAM toys. Consulting services for social and educational organizations. Product design and scientific consulting for the Maloka science museum store. Design and marketing on educational experiments and STEAM toys. Consulting services for social and educational organizations.