Experience

Research and Industry

• Jul 2026–now
  AI Research Intern, Blue Wave AI Labs
  Replaced legacy bisection methods in CoreDesigner with custom gradient-descent schemes, for a more than 20-fold speedup and more robust convergence. Developing physics-based 1D-CNN time-series models for nuclear anomaly detection and processing pipelines built on RAG/LLM architectures.
• Fall 2025
  Graduate Data Science Researcher, The Data Mine, Purdue University
  Built a logistic regression model predicting insurance policy lapses from over 700,000 records, in collaboration with Lincoln Financial (out-of-sample AUC 0.88).
• Summer 2025
  Expert Contributor, Outlier
  Trained AI systems on mathematical reasoning, proofs, and algorithmic tasks.
• 2024–2025
  Research Assistant in Statistical Genetics, Purdue University
  Developed probabilistic and statistical models for GWAS-based analysis of trait distributions, with simulations and data analysis in Python. Supervisor: Fei Xue.
• Spring 2021
  UREP-C Research Scholar, Purdue University
  Surveyed recent progress on the Generalized Baues Conjecture under the direction of Manuel Rivera.
• Fall 2020
  Undergraduate Researcher, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  Combinatorial lattice paths and Experimental Number Theory, including computational experiments. Supervisors: R. Flórez, J. L. Ramírez, and V. Moll.
• 2018–2021
  Member, GICIS Research Group, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  Interdisciplinary research group in Neonatology and Pediatrics.

Teaching

• 2021–2026
  Teaching Assistant, Purdue University
  Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations for Engineering (Fall 2021, Spring 2022); Ordinary Differential Equations (Summer 2022); Multivariate Calculus (Fall 2022, Summer 2023, and Fall 2025 at the Indianapolis campus); Linear Algebra and Differential Equations (Spring 2023, Fall 2023); Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists I (Spring 2024, Fall 2024); Math Resource Room tutor for Applied Calculus I and II (Spring 2026).
• 2021–2024
  Instructor, AwesomeMath
  Algebra 2.5 (2021), Modular Arithmetic (2022, 2024), and Counting Strategies (2023).
• 2019–2021
  Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  Fundamentals of Mathematics (Spring 2019, 2020, and 2021); Vector Calculus and Ordinary Differential Equations (Fall 2019); mathematics tutoring (Fall 2020).
• 2017
  Trainer of the School Olympiad Team, Colegio Calasanz, Bogotá

Mathematical Olympiads

Since 2019 I have helped run Colombia’s national Mathematical Olympiads, organized by Universidad Antonio Nariño, and prepare the national teams for international competitions, contributing to the country’s best-ever results at the IMO (2021, 2026), IMC (2023), and CIIM (2025).

International Team Leadership

• 2026
  Deputy Leader of the Colombian Team, 67th IMO
  Shanghai, China
• 2025
  Leader of the Colombian Team, CIIM
  San José, Costa Rica
• 2023
  Leader of the Colombian Team, IMC
  Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
• 2021
  Deputy Leader of the Colombian Team, 62nd IMO
  Online
• 2020
  Deputy Leader of the Colombian Team, CMC
  Online

Competition Organization and Training

• 2022–2026
  Organizer, Colombian Mathematical Olympiad for University Students
  Propose problems, write official solutions and grading rubrics, proctor and grade exams, and present awards. Top participants are selected for Colombia’s international university teams.
• 2020–2023
  Trainer of the Colombian Olympiad Team
  Instructor at the national training camps (January 2020 and 2021; June 2020–2023).
• 2020–2021
  Organizer, Colombian Mathematical Olympiad
• 2019
  Organizer, Regional Mathematics Competition

Outreach

• 2019–2020
  Organizer, National Mathematics Week and National Mathematics Day
• 2018
  Founder, Máthema Student Group, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  Launched the department’s first student seminar, talks, and math film forums; edited the department’s first newspaper; offered free tutoring; and formed a team to train for Mathematical Olympiads.

Awards and Honors

International University Competitions

• 2021
  Bronze medal, Barcelona Mathematics Competition for University Students
• 2020
  Silver medal, Ibero-American Interuniversity Mathematics Competition
• 2020
  Bronze medal, Ibero-American Mathematical Olympiad for University Students
• 2020
  Honorable mention, Barcelona Mathematics Competition for University Students
• 2019
  Gold medal, Ibero-American Mathematical Olympiad for University Students
• 2019
  Silver medal, International Mathematics Competition for University Students
  Bulgaria
• 2018
  Bronze medal, Ibero-American Mathematical Olympiad for University Students

National Competitions

• 2019–2021
  Gold medal, Colombian Mathematical Olympiad for University Students
  2019, 2020, and 2021
• 2020
  Runner-up, 6th National Integration Contest
• 2019
  Winner, National Integration Contest
• 2015
  Gold medal, Colombian Mathematical Olympiad
• 2014
  Winner, Colombian Regional Mathematics Competition
• 2009
  Winner, Colombian Mathematical Olympiad for Junior Students

Scholarships and Academic Honors

• 2026
  Math Excellence Award, Purdue University
• 2026
  Graduate Summer Research Grant, Purdue University
• 2016–2021
  Honors Scholarship, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• 2015
  First place nationwide, Universidad Nacional Admission Exam