2008-2016, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA, PHD: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & POLITICAL STUDIES; 1997-2000, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA, MAGISTER: POLITICAL STUDIES ; 1991-1996, JAVERIANA UNIVERSITY, UNDERGRADUATE: SOCIAL COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM;

2005-2018 (CURRENTLY), NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR; 2007-2015, CHINA STUDIES CENTER, ACADEMIC DIRECTOR; 2006-2007, NATIONAL U. OF COLOMBIA, OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, DIRECTOR; 2000-2006, NATIONAL U. OF COLOMBIA, OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, ADVISOR; 1996-1999, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA, INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL STUDIES & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS , PUBLISHER; 

- Chapter one: "The Confucian discourse on Chinese politics" in the book: Viaje al Centro. El XIX Congreso del Partido Comnunista Chino (Journey to the Center. The XIX Congress of the Chinese Communist Party), eds. Bellaterra, Barcelona, October 2017.

- Lecture "Fourth industrial revolution and its impact on urban life. The role of China". VII RIBEI CONFERENCE, IBEROAMERICAN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES NETWORK, Buenos Aires, September 25-27, 2017.

-“Foreseeing 19th National Congress of CPC – Perception and Expectation from the Spanish Speaking Scholars", invitation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China, March 20 to March 30, 2017, Shanghai-Taiyuan-Beijing. 

- Lecture: "The role of Chinese organizations in Colombia", within the International Seminar "Organizations of Chinese immigrants in Latin America" Princeton University & University of Pittsburgh. Event held in Mexico National & Autonomus University (UNAM),  Center for China & Mexico Studies, May 11 and 12, 2015. The article was published in Revista Migración y Desarrollo, volumen 14, # 26, Primer Semestre de 2016. ISSN: 1870-7599. Universidad de Zacatecas.  

- Lecture: "How does Confucianism resonate in China's International Relations with Latin America?", Paper presented at the International Symposium "2565th Anniversary of Confucius and V Congress of the International Confucian Studies Association", UNESCO-ICA (International Confucian Association), 23 a September 29, 2014, Beijing. My lecture was published in the book: The International Conference In Commemorating 2565th Anniversary Of Confucius & The 5th Congress of the International Confucian Association, UNESCO-ICA (International Confucian Association), University of Foreign Studies of Beijing, National Center for Research on Sinology Overseas and the Institute of Foreign Affairs of China. Beijing, September 2014.

- "China and its relationship with Latin America. An approach from soft power ", chapter of the book Latin America and the Caribbean -China. Political and International Relations, China-Mexico Studies Center, National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM, September 2013.

- Chapter: "The China-Latin America relationship in the business world" chapter of the book China-Latin America: How to go beyond 2020?, book edited by the Center for Latin American Studies on China (CELC), Andrés Bello University, Santiago of Chile, December 2012.

- Chapter: "Latin America seen by the Chinese media" in the book The Latin American Pacific, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Pontifica Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, August 2012.

- Article: "Approaches to the roots of China's rise in the international context of the beginning of the 21st century", in Jiexi Zhongguo. Latin American Analysis and Thought about China, Ed Observatory of China Policy, 42 Baiona (Pontevedra), Spain, 2011.

Visiting professor:

-Visiting Professor Shanxi University of Communication, Taiyuan, provincia de Shanxi (China), marzo 2017-febrero 2020.

-Visiting Scholar en Nanyang Technological University, Singapur, junio de 2016.

-Visiting Scholar en el Instituto de América Latina de la Academia de Ciencias Sociales de China, Beijing, 2011.

Academic Networks:

•Head of Asia - Latin America Academic Network, National University of Colombia, since 2015.

• Member of Board International Confucian Association ICA, Beijing, since 2014.

• Permanent Member of the Academic Council of the International Symposium on Chinese Politics (annual), Barcelona, since March 2013.

• Member of the Ibero-American Network of International Studies RIBEI, since 2013.

• Founding Member of the Academic Network of Latin America and the Caribbean on China (Network ALC-CHINA), 2012 -...

• Member of the Iberoamerican Network of Sinology RIBSI, since 2008.

Other works: 

- "China and the United States: two competing powers during the presidency of Donald Trump", newspaper El Espectador, January 20, 2017. http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/elmundo/china-y-estados-unidos- two-powers-competence-durant-article-675592

- "The reasons for the triumph of Donald Trump", newspaper El Espectador, November 15, 2016. http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/elmundo/razones-del-triunfo-de-donald-trump-articulo-665586