2024: Assistant professor, Dept. of Biology. San Francisco State University.

July 2023-Jan.2024: Postdoctoral scholar, Crandall lab/Rajotte. Dept. Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Penn State University. Insects (Drosophila melanogaster, D. suzukii), soil and Sahara dust microbial diversity

2021-2023: Postdoctoral scholar, Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Managment Program, Rajotte. Dept. Entomology. Penn State University. Impacts of multiple stressors on microbiome, physiology, and fitness of solitary bees, predator and herbivore insects

2019-2021: Postdoctoral scholar, Rajotte Lab. Dept. Entomology. Penn State University. Dispersal patterns of Spotted lanternfly.

2017: Fellow researcher, FAO-UN-International Atomic Energy Agency, Laboratory of pest control, Development of a new strain of Ceratitis capitata for the Sterile insect technique

2012-2018: Graduate research assistant, Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D.

2011-2016: Fellow, Colciencias-Fulbright doctoral Scholarship

2010: Researcher, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria

2008-2009: Researcher,  Corporación Colombiana de Investigación. Universidad Nacional de Colombia BSc. 2010 honor's thesis.

2007: Fellow, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria

2004: Fellow, Institute of Biodiversity Research, Alexander Von Humboldt, Villa de Leyva, Colombia.