He obtained his phD in chemistry in Bologna (Italy) after a stay as a researcher at the PArque de Investigación Biomédica in Barcelona (Spain), he got a permanent place at the University of Bologna (Italy).

In 2014 he moved to Bogotá (Colombia), where he is currently an associate professor at the local Universidad de los Andes and principal investigator of the Bio-organic Computing Group Bogotá (COBO).

Marcia Castillo is a doctoral student and researcher in chemistry at the Andes University. Her current research projects focus on machine learning for drug discovery. This topic has played an important role in the identification of novel drugs against cancer.  She has a M.S degree in Chemistry from the Andes University; there, she studied the interaction of biochemical systems with computational methods, primarily on issues related to gold nanoparticles and proteins. Before the Andes University, she earned her undergraduate of Chemistry from Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia. She has worked as a researcher in computational chemistry at Computational Bio-Organic Chemistry research group. In addition, she has taught chemistry, physicochemical and organic chemistry for 3 years at the Andes University. Marcia has shared her academic projects in different scientific events since 2017 and in a publication about functional foods. Her academic interests include drug discovery, drug repositioning and rational design of gold nanoparticles with biochemical application.

Project: "Search for new pharmacological targets from the specific metabolites Casearvestrin A, B and C using the Reverse Virtual Screening technique."

Study of biological systems of interest such as proteins and phospholipid membranes through their molecular interactions, with applications in protein folding.

Julian Adolfo Acosta Angulo, 26, is pursuing a master's degree in chemistry at the Universidad de los Andes while working on a research project with the COBO research group. The project focuses on developing new drugs to treat HIV. Julian completed his undergraduate degree at the Universidad Distrital. You can contact him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..