COLFUTURO Yearbook Selection 2026

Basic Sciences Bernardo Uribe Jongbloed Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics Universidad del Norte Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States), where he completed his doctoral dissertation titled *Twisted K-theory and Orbifold Cohomology of the Symmetric Product* under the supervision of Alejandro Ádem, Master’s degree in Mathematics from the same institution. Mathematician from Universidad de los Andes. Jhon Jairo Rojas Camargo Full Professor Universidad de Antioquia COLFUTURO recipient, 2004. Ph.D. in Pharmacy with an emphasis on Physical and Pharmaceutical Pharmacy from the University of Iowa (United States). Pharmaceutical chemist from Universidad de Antioquia. Leonardo Trujillo Oyola Full Professor in the Department of Statistics Universidad Nacional de Colombia COLFUTURO recipient, 2003. Ph.D. in Social Statistics from the University of Southampton (United Kingdom). Master’s degree in Statistics and statistician from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá campus). Natali Ortiz Perea Biologist -- Independent COLFUTURO recipient, 2016. Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Reading (United Kingdom) and M.S. in Environmental Health from the School of Engineering at Universidad El Bosque. Biologist from Universidad de los Andes. Rolf Grieseler Director of Academic Operations Pontificia Universidad Católica de Peru Ph.D. in Materials Science Engineering and Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science Engineering from Technische Universität Ilmenau (Germany). Victoria Andrea Barrera Zambrano Technical Advisor for the Global Biodiversity Project German Government’s Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ- Colombia) COLFUTURO 2007 recipient. Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Newcastle (United Kingdom). Master’s degree in Biological Sciences and biologist fromUniversidad de los Andes. COLFUTURO 36