Team

Group Leader

Alejandro Reyes

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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

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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

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M.Sc. Student, Biological Sciences—Microbiology [co-advised Yulieth Upegui] (started 2024)

• B.Sc. in Biochemistry, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá

Christy Plaza

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M.Sc. Student, Computational Biology (started 2024)

• B.Sc. in Industrial Microbiology, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá

Nicolás Forero Pineda

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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

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PhD Student, Biological Sciences (started 2025)

• M.Sc. - Microbial Ecology, Dalhousie University
• B.Sc. in Biology, Universidad Icesi, Cali

Ana Sofía Villa

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M.Sc. Student, Computational Biology (started 2025)

• B.Sc. in Microbiology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá

Sebastián Chinchilla

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M.Sc. Student, Computational Biology (started 2025)

• B.Sc. in Microbiology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá
• B.Sc. in Biology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá

Silvia Rodríguez Otalora

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B.Sc. Student, Biology (started 2023)

 


Past members

Nathalia A. Portilla - - - -

M.Sc. [co-advised Jorge Duitama] (2020–2024)

→ Lab Manager @ University of Florida

María Fernanda Peña-Valencia -

M.Sc. [co-advised Diego Jiménez] (2022–2024)

→ Junior Researcher @ Center for Sustainable Development Goals for Latin America and the Caribbean, Universidad de los Andes

Luisa Sacristán - - -

M.Sc. (2021–2024)

→ PhD Student @ University College Dublin

Juanita Puentes - -

B.Sc. (2023–2024)

→ PhD Student @ Universidad de los Andes

Joshua M. Kirsch - -

Visiting PhD Student (2024)

→ Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Irene Blanco -

B.Sc. (2022–2024)

→ M.Sc. Student @ Michigan State University

Alejandro Castellanos - - - - - -

B.Sc. [co-advised Leda Restrepo] & M.Sc. [co-advised Maryam Chaib De Mares & Andrés Quiñones] (2018–2024)

→ PhD Student @ VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology

E. Mauricio Rico Sierra - - -

M.Sc. [co-advised Ángela María Vargas Berdugo] (2020–2023)

→ Research Assistant @ AGROSAVIA—Centro de Investigación Nataima

Maryam Chaib De Mares - - - - -

Postdoc (2019–2023)

→ Assistant Professor @ Universidad Nacional de Colombia

María Alejandra Ulloa - -

B.Sc. [co-advised Ángela V. Serrano-Peña] (2020–2023)

→ M.Sc. Student @ KTH | Stockholm University | Karolinska Institute

Juan Pablo Londoño -

B.Sc. [co-advised Jorge Duitama] (2022–2023)

→ M.Sc. Student @ KAUST

Felipe Sierra - - -

M.Sc. [co-advised Diego Jiménez] (2021–2023)

→ Research Assistant II @ Center for Sustainable Development Goals for Latin America and the Caribbean, Universidad de los Andes

Dayanne P. Chaparro -

M.Sc. [co-advised Diego Jiménez] (2022–2023)

→ Project Professional @ PSL Proanalisis

Nickole Villabona - - - -

B.Sc. (2018–2022)

→ PhD Student @ University of California, Irvine

María Antonia Madrid - - - - - -

B.Sc. (2020–2022)

→ M.Sc. & PhD Student @ KU Leuven

Luisa Arias

B.Sc [co-advised Maryam Chaib De Mares] (2020–2022)

→ M.Sc. Student @ Uniersidad de los Andes

Lorena Monserrate Maggi - - -

Visiting Masters Student (2022)

→ Researcher @ Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador - ESPOL

Leda Restrepo - -

PhD (2017–2022)

→ Postdoctoral Fellow @ Johns Hopkins University

Gamaliel López Leal - -

Postdoc (2019–2022)

→ Research Professor Associate @ Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos

Daniela Betancurt - - -

M.Sc. (2020–2022)

→ PhD Student @ The Pennsylvania State University

Ángela V. Serrano-Peña -

Postdoc (2019–2022)

→ Lead Bioinformatics Programmer @ Texas Children's Microbiome Center, Baylor College of Medicine

Andrés Sacré - -

M.Sc. (2019–2022)

→ Lead Data Engineer @ itelCX

Zaide K. Montes Ortiz - - -

B.Sc. & M.Sc. [co-advised Jorge Molina] (2015–2021)

→ PhD Student @ Lund University | nGICE Max Planck Center

Ruth Hernández -

PhD (2015–2021)

Luisa Matiz -

M.Sc. [co-advised Juan Anzola] (2018–2021)

→ PhD Student @ Hokkaido University

Luis A. Chica Cárdenas

B.Sc. & M.Sc. (2016–2021)

→ PhD Student @ Washington University in St. Louis

Laura Camelo Varela -

B.Sc. & M.Sc. (2017–2021)

→ PhD Student @ McGill University

Diego Martínez - -

B.Sc. (2019–2021)

→ Graduate Student @ Universidad de los Andes

Juan Sebastián Andrade -

B.Sc. & M.Sc. (2016–2020)

→ PhD Student @ Weill Cornell Medicine

Guillermo Rangel-Pineros - - -

Research Secondee (2018–2020)

→ Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Copenhagen

Carlos Moreno Ibargüen -

M.Sc. (2017–2020)

→ HPC Research Services Engineer @ Universidad de los Andes

Ángela S. García-Vega -

M.Sc. (2017–2020)

→ Research Associate @ AGROSAVIA

Viviana Clavijo -

PhD [co-advised Martha J. Vives] (2015–2019)

→ CTO @ SciPhage SAS

Laura M. Forero-Junco - - -

B.Sc. & M.Sc. (2014–2019)

→ PhD Student @ University of Copenhagen

Laura Avellaneda-Franco -

B.Sc & M.Sc. (2016–2019)

→ PhD Student @ Monash University

Juan Anzola - -

Postdoc (2017–2019)

→ Associate Professor @ Universidad Central

Cindy Pamela Ulloa Guerrero - -

M.Sc. [co-advised Carlos Alberto Jaramillo & María del Pilar Delgado] (2017–2019)

→ PhD Student @ Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster

Andrea Borbón - - -

M.Sc. (2013–2019)

→ PhD Student @ Max Planck Institute for Biology in Tübingen

Pablo Cárdenas - - - - - - -

B.Sc. (2015–2018)

→ Graduate Student @ MIT

Miguel Parra - -

Postdoc (2016–2018)

→ Research Lecturer in Immunology @ Universidad del Bosque

Mauricio Pacheco Montealegre -

M.Sc. [co-advised Alejandro Caro-Quintero] (2016–2018)

→ Research Lecturer in Bioinformatics @ Universidad del Bosque, Bogotá

Liliane S.O. Kashiwabara - -

Visiting PhD Student (2017–2018)

→ PhD Stdent @ Universidade de São Paulo

Jorge Díaz -

M.Sc. (2016–2018)

→ Computational Biology Unit Coordinator | PhD Student @ BioTecGen S.A.S. | Universidad de los Andes

David O. Botero - -

Ph.D. [co-advised Silvia Restrepo] (2013–2018)

→ Research Associate I @ Cenipalma

Eduardo Posada -

M.Sc. (2016–2018)

→ Public Policy Master's Student @ Hertie School

Camila Martinez - - -

B.Sc. & M.Sc. (2014–2018)

→ Lead Research Assistant in Bioinformatics & Data Expert @ Cenicaña

Aurelia Ayala Usma - - - - -

M.Sc. [co-advised Silvia Restrepo] (2016–2018)

→ Data Scientist @ Bunny Studio

Laura N. González García - -

M.Sc. (2014–2017)

→ Coordinator of TI Core Facility | PhD Student @ Universidad de los Andes | Université de Montpellier

David Alzate -

M.Sc. (2014–2017)

→ SAP Senior Consultant @ Deloitte

J. Leonardo Moreno-Gallego - - -

M.Sc. (2014–2016)

→ PhD Student @ Max Planck Institute for Biology in Tübingen

Guillermo Luque - -

M.Sc. (2014–2016)

→ PhD Student @ Max Planck Institute for Biology in Tübingen

Catalina Ramirez Portilla - - -

M.Sc. [co-advised J. Armando Sánchez] (2012–2015)

→ PhD Student @ Université libre de Bruxelles | Justus Leibig University Giessen