I am a Geologist from the University de Caldas (Colombia), MSc in Geology and Geochemistry from the Universidade Federal do Pará (Brazil). My main interests are the distribution of fossil and recent ostracods of the Neotropics, both in continental and marine environments, and their response to geological or climatic changes, but also on some other aspects of Colombian geological evolution. I belong to the ostracods group and the Scientific Committee of the Institute since 2016 and I direct the Calcareous Microfossils Research Group of the Institute since 2017. I have also taught several subjects related to Stratigraphy and Historical Geology from 2016 to 2019 in the Department of Geological Sciences at the Universidad de Caldas.