Team
Group Leader
Alejandro Reyes
Full Professor, Biological Sciences Department (started 2013)
• Ph.D. in Computational & Systems Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
• M.Sc. in Microbiology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá
• B.Sc. in Microbiology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá
Interests: Gut virome
Graduate Students
Camilo García-Botero
PhD Student, Biological Sciences (started 2023)
• M.Sc. in Biosciences, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín
• B.Sc. in Biology, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín
Interests: Phage genes discovery and classification
Andrés Felipe Cuellar Quimbaya
M.Sc. Student, Biological Sciences—Microbiology [co-advised Yulieth Upegui] (started 2024)
• B.Sc. in Biochemistry, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá
Nicolás Forero Pineda
M.Sc. Student, Computational Biology (started 2024)
• M.Sc. in Biological Sciences, Universidad Pedgógica Y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja
• B.Sc. in Biology, Universidad Pedgógica Y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja
Alejandra Soto
PhD Student, Biological Sciences (started 2025)
• M.Sc. - Microbial Ecology, Dalhousie University
• B.Sc. in Biology, Universidad Icesi, Cali
Past members
Maryam Chaib De Mares - - - - -
Postdoc (2019–2023)
→ Assistant Professor @ Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Luisa Arias
B.Sc [co-advised Maryam Chaib De Mares] (2020–2022)
→ M.Sc. Student @ Uniersidad de los Andes
Luis A. Chica Cárdenas
B.Sc. & M.Sc. (2016–2021)
→ PhD Student @ Washington University in St. Louis