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Awards

February 2022 Meritorious Doctoral Thesis Distinction

July 2016 Doctoral scholarship award - “Fundación CeiBA”, Colombia.

November 2007 Honorable Distinction

April 2006 Young Researchers Award

August 2006 Young Researchers Award II

July 2002 Honorable Distinction for Academic Excellence

September 2019 Tribute received - The Personage10
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
Research, Innovation & Industry Corporation - In3

Degrees:

2021
Doctorate     Engineering sciences
Distinction of Meritorious Doctoral Thesis Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2015
Master     Engineering sciences
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2008
Undergraduate     Engineering sciences
Universidad de Narino

Publications resulting from Research
1. Analysis of the performance and products in the torrefaction of sugarcane bagasse with different particle sizes. https://doi.org/10.1080/17597269.2022.2146250

2. Analysis of cocoa particle roasting process in a μ-reactor. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2022.111102

3. Physicochemical Phenomena in the Roasting of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.). DOI: 10.1007/s12393-021-09301-z

4. Kinetic Studies on Cocoa Roasting Including Volatile Characterization. ttps://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.1c00481

5. Roasting impact on the chemical and physical structure of Criollo cocoa variety (Theobroma cacao L). https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpe.13400

6. Spray drying of sisal liquids extracts (Furcraea spp.): Overall performance of the drying process. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2017.08.005

7. Spray drying of Furcraea spp extracts and evaluation of their fungistatic ability on M. Roreri and P. Palmivora. Vitaethis link is disabled, 2016, 23, pp. S590–S594.

8. Sapogenins Quantification of Fresh and Fermented Juice of Fique (Furcraea gigantean) by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC-PDA). http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-07642012000300009

9. La Biomasa del Fique su potencial Industrial, biocida y biocombustible (Fique biomass: industrial, biocide and biofuel potential). ISBN: 978-958-53355-0-9

10. Fungicide from sisal juice (Furcraea spp.) and evaluation of its effectiveness on the drop (Phytopthora infestans) in the potato crop (Solanum tuberosum). https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=7849051

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PYRO 2022 23rd International Conference on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
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2025
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Summit Nariño Innova 2021" Colombia.
2025
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Anniversary of “Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga
2025
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33 EFFoST International Conference 2019 Sustainable Food Systems – Performed by Connecting
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XII edition of CIBIA, Iberoamerican Congress of Food Engineering “Challenging Food Engineering as a Driver Towards Sustainable Food Processing
2025
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CINCIA International Congress of Industry Conservation Process Engineering
2025
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PYRO 2022 23rd International Conference on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
2025
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Escuela de Verano Roberto Zarama
2025
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"Summit Nariño Innova 2021" Colombia
2025
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Workshop III: Polygeneration
2025
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Anniversary of “Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga
2025
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33 EFFoST International Conference 2019 Sustainable Food Systems – Performed by Connecting
2025
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XII edition of CIBIA, Iberoamerican Congress of Food Engineering “Challenging Food Engineering as a Driver Towards Sustainable Food Processing”
2025
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VI Latin American Congress of Agricultural Engineering
2025
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XII Colombian Congress of Phytochemistry
2025
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XIX Latin American Congress of Chemistry, CLAQ 2010.
2025
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