Appointments

• May. 2014–Jan. 2016: Director for Science, Bogotá Botanical Garden (http://goo.gl/71mv6n). The Scientific Division had 96 scientists and 137 trained technicians and gardeners. I led 73 research projects, with an operation budget for 2015 of $ USD 4.5 million (http://jbb.gov.co/jardin/institucional-inicio). I also led the design and construction of new labs, new greenhouses for research and exhibition, and a new herbarium.
• Sep. 2013–Aug. 2014: Post-doctoral Researcher under the supervision of Dr. Vicki Funk, Botany Dept., National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Project: Extinction risk in Andean Plants: a tale of three clades.
• Sep. 2012–Aug. 2013: Post-doctoral Researcher under the supervision of Dr. Vicki Funk, Botany Dept., National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Project: Investigating the directional species turnover and non-directional species variation along latitudinal, longitudinal and elevation gradients in the Guiana Shield (BDG Program).
• Jun. –Aug. 2012: Post-doctoral Researcher under the supervision of Dr. Jack Kennell, Biology Dept., Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO. Project: Mechanisms of fungal mitochondrial genome modifications and adaptation revealed in a horizontally acquired region.
• Jul. 2011–May 2012: Graduate Research Assistant, Biology Dept., Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO. Advisor: Dr. Janet C. Barber. Project: Developing a bioinformatics approach to improve the broader impacts of an NSF proposal investigating Macaronesian Sideritis L.
• Jul. 2010–May 2011: Graduate Research Assistant, Biology Dept., Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO. Advisor: Dr. Janet C. Barber. Project: Developing amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) as a tool for reconstructing phylogenetic relationships within Macaronesian Sideritis L.
• Jul. 2009–May 2010: Graduate Research Assistant, Biology Dept., Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO. Advisor: Dr. Janet C. Barber. Project: Inferring phylogenetic relationships within the Espeletia complex (Asteraceae) based on Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms (AFLPs) data.
• Jul. 2008–May 2009: Graduate Research Assistant, Biology Dept., Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO. Advisor: Dr. Janet C. Barber. Project: Chromosomal evolution in Macaronesian Sideritis L. (Lamiaceae).
• Jul. 2007–May 2008: Graduate Research Assistant, Biology Dept., Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO. Advisor: Dr. Janet C. Barber. Project: Origin and evolution of Ludwigia (Onagraceae).
• Jul. 2006–May 2007: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Biology Dept., Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO.
• Jan. 2004–Jul. 2004: Researcher consultant, Environment Department of Bogotá (currently SDA), Bogotá, Colombia.
• Jan. 2003–Dec. 2003: Researcher consultant, Biosistemas Ltda., Bogotá, Colombia.
• Jan. 2001–2006: Full time Instructor (non-doctoral teacher), Director of the Herbarium HPUJ, Biology Dept., Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
• Jan. 2000–Dec. 2001: Researcher consultant, Ecosystems Department, Bogotá Aqueduct and Sewer System Office, Bogotá, Colombia.
• Jan. 1999–Dec. 2001: Adjunct Instructor (non-doctoral teacher), Universidad Piloto de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
• Aug. 1997–Nov. 1999: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Jardín Botánico de Bogotá “José Celestino Mutis”.