EDUCATION

Xavierian University        Master in Science Candidate on Rural Economic Development 2007 – 2010 Bogota DC-Colombia

George Washington University    Higher Studies in Political Management and Governanza Rosario University 2005 Bogota DC-Washington DC

Gadsden State Community College      12 months A.A. (Free Courses Science-Premedical School) 2000 – 2001             -Medical Terminology, Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, Gadsden, Alabama, USA        Biology, Anatomy, and Immunology among others classes-

Alabama Language Institute    English as a Second Language Diploma. 1999-2000 Gadsden, Alabama, USA La Salle University         Veterinary Surgeon. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 1993 - 1999 Bogotá DC

National Pedagogic Institute    High School Degree with Science Emphases 1987 – 1992 Bogotá DC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Xavierian University Institute of Bioethics. Lecturers & Research on the fields of Bioethics and Animal May 2008 – Present Health and Welfare, Immunology, Virology, Rural and Territory Bogota DC  Development, Food Security and Climate Change. Lecturer-Researcher

    Chief Veterinary Consultant: Advisory on Animal Disease Management as well as: •    Epizootic and Zoonotic Management/Prevention. •    Sanitary, Productive and Prophylactic Education for Cattle breeders. •    Member of Normande Zootechnical Committee for National Genetic Improvement. •    Zootechnical Judge. •    Sporadic same labor and contributions for the Colombian Swiss Brown Cattle Association and Thoroughbred Horse Association.

Compromiso Corporation    Planning on Rural Development Strategies for Countrymen Oct 2005 – April 2008     at Santander, Cundinamarca and Boyacá Provinces: Creation Bucaramanga - Bogota DC    and Assessment of Plans on Food Security; Farm Animal Rural Development Planner     Breeding & Welfare; Peasant-Agriculture Economics. Recovery of Ancestral Knowledge and enhancement of Local Systems and species in Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. Extensionist.

Colombian National Cancerology Institute / National Health Institute        Research Training associated to the Immunology Group. 1998-1999            Scientific Working on Leukemias, Hematology, Lab Diagnosis. Bogotá DC            Immunotherapy and Immune-prophylaxis Immunology Assistant Researcher

Isbell Animal Clinic Oct 1999-Dic 2001 Veterinary Internship. Mixed Animal Practice. Internal and Alabama. USA  Surgical Medicine, Vet Assistant. Pet and Farm Animal Medicine. Veterinarian Intern

Large Animal Practice    Private Bovine Practitioner. Own Practice (Internal Medicine). Jan 1997 – Present.    Vet Assistant, Dr. Alejandro Rey. Equine Practice at Country Club from Bogota DC. Vet Assistant, Dr. Ricardo Benincore. Private Veterinary Practice.

Small Animal Clinical Practice    Assistant & Veterinary Surgeon, Small Animal Clinician: 1997 - 1998                                                    Veterinary Medical Center “Dr. Rafael Nieto” 1998-1999    Faca Animal Hospital “Dr. Cesar Ayala” Bogotá DC / Faca (C/marca Province)           Private Veterinary Practice.

Another Academic Work

HIV-Papilloma Virus Research Group    Comparative Medicine Researcher. Vet Scientist in charge of Sep 1998 – Present     Animal Experimentation: AIDS/HIV Investigations Dr. Diego De la Bogota DC    Torre MD, Roberto de Zubiría MD. Veterinary Researcher    Colombian Medical Association Andean Community of Nations / Spanish Agency for International Cooperation            Advisory and Developing Educational Plan Nov 2008 – Apr 2009           “Explaining Human Development & Climate Change to University Bogotá DC             Pregrade Students. Axiological variation” Climate Change / Bioethicist Consultant    Video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wihb7rudZU Script writer, Producer and Voice Over. FAO Colombia         Invited Member FAO Colombian Active Observatory 2009             on Food Security Bogotá DC Advisor

Institute for Bioethical Studies (ICEB)     Scholar for the study of Ethical Colombian Medical Association.     And Bioethical issues in Medicine. 2009-Present Bogotá DC. Active Member

Biomimetics Laboratory         Research Consultant and Anesthesiologist of Rodents. Institute of Biotechnology        Titanium Implants in osteosynthesis for maxillofacial & Colombian National University     orthopedic surgery; Fresh Plasma and Sodium alginate as Bogotá DC            lab reactives to preserve human fibroblasts; Genetic control on 2008             laboratory rodents (Strains: Wistar, BALB/c & C57BL/6)

Member of Editorial Boards        - Journal ”Bioethics’ Selections”, Colombian National Center of 2009-Present.            Bioethics (CENALBE). Bogotá DC            - Odontology Journal ”Universitas Odontologica” - Universitary Newspaper ”Entre Lineas” - Universitary Magazine ”Perspectives”.

Member & Collaborator Of Other Scientific Groups        - Cancer Research Institute (CRI), New York - USA. 1999-Present            - National Panel for Environment [President-Founder], Bogotá DC - Colombian Veterinary and Zootechnical Association (ACOVEZ) - International Team for Climate Change-Adaptation & Mitigation. - Ethics and Investigation Committee at Institute of Bioethics. - Member International Workshop. Colombian Intersector Governmental Commission on Bioethics. Coordinated by UNESCO (2008) and Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Theses Director         - Bioethics Master of Science Programme. Xavierian University. -    2009 - Present         - Political Science Pregrade Programme. Xavierian University. Bogotá DC

Academic Events Organization     - Meeting Bioethics Perspective on Food Security and Biopolitical 2008 - Present        Action (2008). Chairman. - Andean Countries Challenges on Regional Security (2008). Organizer and Speaker. Xavierian University - Venezuelan Central University. - Congress Animal Bioethics, Etology and Animal Welfare (2009). Organizer and Keynote Speaker. - Third National Seminar on Humanism and Bioethics “Death in History and Science”. Keynote Speaker, Conference name: “Anamnesis: Integrality Theory through the realms of Death while searching for the Truth” (2009) - Conference “Cultural Diversity and Informed Consent in Bioethics” Secretary of Health (2009). Bogotá City Government. Key Note Speaker. - Conference “Ethics Committee” Homeopathic Institute School Luis G. Páez (2009). Bogotá DC. Speaker. - Founder of The Monthly Bioethics Movie Forum (Discussion regarding special films) - Methods and Counter-Methods in Scientific Research based on Paul Feyerabend’s work. (2009). Conference at the Institute of Bioethics. Xavierian University. -Defining Tools in Climate Change Adaptation (2009). Ministries of Environment and Agriculture. - Animal Bioethics and its Clinical Relevance (2009). Conference at the Colombian Medical Association. -  Gaston Bachelard’s Corpuscle Theory understanding Papilloma Uterine Cancer Research as Epistemological Example (2010). Conference at the Institute of Bioethics. Xavierian University. -

Complementary Education •    International Congress on Clinical Bioethics (2010). Also Speaker. Conference: Clinical Bioethics for Latino America and the Caribbean Countries. University of Pennsylvania at Edimboro. USA. •    Climate Change and Livestock (2010). Secretary of Agriculture. Federal Government of Cundinamarca Province. Bogota, Colombia. •    Social Territory Planning (2010) Also Speaker, conference: Inverse RurUrbanization by Childhood adoption of trees. Earth Medicine against Climate Change in Bogotá, Colombia. •    Protected Ecological Areas, Colombian National Parks Reservoirs (2010). Maloka Science thematic Park. Bogota, Colombia. •    Climate Change (CC) - Mitigation and Adaptation Course (2010). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute – Swedish International Development Agency. European Union Strategy Plan to Face Worldwide CC. At Stockholm & Norrköping. Selected as one of the 50 fellowships from all the five continents for developing local projects on fighting CC. •    A Field for the Rural Fields: National Public Agenda Building on Peasant Economy –Seminar- (2009). Faculty of Rural and Environmental Studies. Xavierian University. •    First International Congress on Retrovirology (2009). Montpellier, France. Also Poster Presentation. •    XVII Worldwide AIDS Conference Mexico DF (2008). Bogotá Table. Bogotá City Government-Health Secretary (Panel Participant & Official Translator from English Language for City Officers). •    International UNESCO Workshop on Government and Bioethics (2008). Bogotá DC. •    International Congress of Bioethics (2008). Cenalbe – Institute of Bioethics. Bogotá DC •    Bioethics and Sexuality Conference (2008). Institute of Bioethics - Mexican Expert Dr. Jorge Alvarez. •    International Seminar. Rural Territories Development at the XXI Century (2007). Xavierian University. Bogotá, Colombia. •    Cancer Immunotherapy Symposia (2006). Cancer Research Institute. NY, USA. •    PCR and Other Methods in Molecular Biology (2005). CorpoGen Corp. Bogota DC. •    Cancer Vaccines Symposia (2004). Cancer Research Institute. NY, USA. •    American Society for Microbiology. ASM International Professorship. Immunology Advanced Courses on Infectious Diseases. (2003). Taught by Dr. David McMurray PhD, Reagent Professor at Texas A & M University. •    Molecular and Cellular Biology. (2003). Universidad Del Bosque. Faculty of Medicine. Molecular Biology Laboratory. Bogotá, Colombia. •    Leukemias: Blood profile, peripheric and bone marrow smears and their clinical significance. (2003). Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Faculty of Science. Bogotá, Colombia. •    Animal Assisted Therapy: Techniques and Procedures. (2002). By Dr. Teo Mariscal: Bocalán Foundation from Barcelona, Spain. Bogota, Colombia. •    Rational Horse’s Break In Seminar. (2002). By Horse behavior specialist Dr.Martin Hardoy (Speaker in Animal Planet and Discovery Channel) from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bogotá, Colombia. •    Virbac’s Seminars: Dermatology and Small Animal Dentistry. (2001). Atlanta, USA. •    Central Veterinary Conference (2001). Kansas City, USA. Including Wet Labs with Dr. J. Borjab and Dr. C. Norsworthy •    Jefferson County Veterinary Association Congress (2001). Equine and Small Animal Internal Medicine. Birmingham, USA. •    Lymulus Amebocyte Assay. Lipopolysaccharide detection. (1998) Conferences at the National Health Institute. Bogotá, Colombia. •    Molecular Biology Principles (1998). Corpogen Conferences. Bogotá, Colombia. •    Applied Molecular Biology (1997). Del Rosario University. Faculty of Medicine. Bogotá, Colombia. •    Colombian Livestock in the XXI century. (1997). Agroexpo. Bogotá, Colombia. •    Equine Internal Medicine Symposium. (1996). National University. Bogotá, Colombia. •    Computers and Software in Agriculture fields. (1995). La Salle University. Bogotá, Colombia.

Languages

English             Spoken, written and reading proficiency French             Reading (75%) Spoken (50%) German            Reading (50%)

Publications

1.    Vesicular Stomatitis: A Mouth-and Foot Disease False Alarm of Serious Consequences. (2003). AsoNormande Magazine. No.39. Bogotá, Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192 2.    Dystocia or Difficult Parturition in Bovines. (2003). AsoNormande Journal. No. 40. Bogotá, Colombia.  ISSN: 0121-2192 3.    Leptospirosis: A delicate animal disease that affects humans. (2003). AsoNormande Journal. No. 42. Bogotá, Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192 4.    Retroviral Infections in Dairy Cattle. (2003). Swiss-Brown Association Journal. No. 68. Bogotá, Colombia. ISSN:0122-6177 5.    Considerations about Infectious Bovine Abortion. (2004). Swiss-Brown Association Journal. No. 69. Bogotá, Colombia. ISSN:0122-6177 6.    Thoughts relevant to Pre-purchase Tests for Thoroughbred horses. (2004). Haras (Thoroughbred) Journal. Bogotá, Colombia. ISSN: 0122-9125. 7.    Understanding Mad Cow Disease: Biological Notions on Prion diseases (2004): AsoNormande Journal. Bogotá. Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192 8.    Understanding Mad Cow Disease: Historical Notions on Spongiform Encephalopathy. (2004). Swiss Brown Journal. Bogotá, Colombia. ISSN:0122-6177 9.    Aryepiglottic Fold Entrapment and its Differential Diagnosis: A case report. (2004). Haras Journal. Bogotá, Colombia. ISSN: 0122-9125. 10.    Colombian Bovine Rabies New Epidemiological Peak. First Part (2004). AsoNormande Journal. No.45. ISSN: 0121-2192 11.    Colombian Bovine Rabies New Epidemiological Peak. Second Part (2005). AsoNormande Journal. No.46. ISSN: 0121-2192 12.    Agroeconomics: Observations on Recent Rural Economy Data (2005). AsoNormande Journal. No. 50. Bogota, Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192 13.    Retrospective insight into Colombian Agroeconomy (2005). Carare Journal on Rural Development. Bucaramanga, Colombia. ISSN: 1657-4877. 14.    On Brucellosis, Contagious Abortion, Bang’s Disease, Mediterranean Fever or Malta Disease (2005). Swiss Brown Journal. Bogota, Colombia. ISSN:0122-6177 15.    Downer Cow Syndrome Clinical Approach (2006). AsoNormande Journal. No. 51. Bogota, Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192. 16.    Transpositional Immunity: Immunotherapy against BVL (2006). International Cancer Immunotherapy Symposia Series. Cancer Research Institute. New York City, USA. 17.    What Does the Word Rural Symbolize? (2006). AsoNormande Journal. No. 51. Bogota, Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192. 18.    Fat Distribution in Bovine Beef (2006). AsoNormande Journal. No.52. Bogota, Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192. 19.    Ecosystems and Socioeconomic Importance of Livestock Numbers in Colombian Agriculture (2006). AsoNormande Journal. No.53. Bogota, Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192. 20.    Rural Employment in Colombia. Uncertain Future? (2007) AsoNormande Journal. No. 56. Bogota, Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192. 21.    Historical Elements in Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (2008). AsoNormande Journal. No. 59. Bogota, Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192 22.    Analyses of the Dairy Productive Chain. Part 1. (2008). AsoNormande Journal. No. 60. Bogota, Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192 23.    Analyses of the Dairy Productive Chain. Part 2. (2008). AsoNormande Journal. No. 61. Bogota, Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192 24.    First Essay on Theory of Integrality and Vitalism: Territorial Genesis (2008). Book Chapter currently used in MSc. and PhD program on Territory and Rural Development. University of Sao Paulo, Brasil. http://www4.fct.unesp.br/nivaldo/niv%20Javeriana%202008.pdf 25.    Customs and AIDS (2008). El Tiempo. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-4695631 26.    Culture, Bioethics, Climate Change and Livestock (2008). AsoNormande Journal. No. 62. Bogota, Colombia. ISSN: 0121-2192 27.    Food Security: A Social Amendment (2008). UNNewspaper. No. 116. http://historico.unperiodico.unal.edu.co/Ediciones/116/6.html 28.    Overall Situation on Colombian Food Security (2008). Bioethics Bulletin. No. 19. Institute of Bioethics. Xavierian University. 29.    Baseline Overview Regarding Clinical Animal Bioethics and Introduction of the Term Zooethics. Veterinary Medicine Journal (2009) [Revista de Medicina Veterinaria]. No. 17. ISSN: 0122-9354. 30.    Blue Tongue Disease in Ruminants (2008). AsoNormande Journal. No. 64. ISSN 0121-2192 31.    Animal Bioethics and some of its Authors (2009). Anamnesis, Clinical Bioethics and Medicine Philosophy (2): 25-30. http://www.javeriana.edu.co/bioetica/Anamnesis/Anam_2.pdf 32.    Transpositional Immunity: Immunotherapeutical Approach against Bovine Leukemia Virus (2009). Retrovirology. 6 (2): P78.  http://www.retrovirology.com/supplements/6/S2/?page=7 33.    Family Ruptures at the Heart of Families is creating a Social Mayhem. Javeriana Magazine. 48 (1251): 8-11. http://www.javeriana.edu.co/boletin/revista_mensual/hoy_septiembre_09.pdf ISSN : 0121-6023. 34.    AH1N1: A Virus in Incomparable Times? Journal of the Colombian Veterinary and Zootechnical Association 39 (1): 22-26. ISSN 0120-1530. http://www.acovez.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=123&Itemid=1 35.    Bovine Reproduction and Nature Ethics (2009). AsoNormande Journal. No. 67. Octubre 2009. ISSN 0121-2192 36.    Presentation of the Word Bioethics, of the Bioethical Imperative and the Notion Biopsychology by Fritz Jahr in 1929 (2009). Bioethi http://www.saocamilo-sp.br/pdf/bioethikos/71/158-170.pdfkos. 3(2):158-170  http://www.saocamilo-sp.br/pdf/bioethikos/71/158-170.pdf 37.    Translation Fritz Jahr’s Articles on Bioethics (2009). Latino American Journal on Bioethics. Colombian Military University. 9(2): 92-105. http://www.umng.edu.co/www/resources/Roa%20R..pdf 38.    Haiti: An Alert to the Predatory Development World (2010). UNNewspaper. No.130. http://www.unperiodico.unal.edu.co/dper/article/haiti-una-alerta-al-predador-mundo-del-desarrollo/ 39.    Meaning of Pets from a Clinical Bioethics Perspective: Kyron rescuing his friends (2010). Anamnesis, Clinical Bioethics and Medicine Philosophy (3): 24-32. ISSN: 2011-1258.

Observations

•    Member of the Colombian Veterinary and Zootechnical Association. •    Member Research & Ethics Group. Institute of Bioethics. Xavierian University. •    Member Bogota District Work Group on HIV & AIDS Public Policies. •    President National Environmental Panel for Food Security and Climate Change •    Columnist of National University Newspaper. •    Radiobroadcast Political Commentator. •    Producer Cristovisión National TV Channel and Invited Expert Consultant in Animal and Ecological Topics. •    Chief of Campaign at Bogota, Colombia (2006). Senator Juan Manuel Galán, currently in Office.

References

•    Dr. David N. McMurray. Ph.D. Phone: (979) 845-1313 (College Station, Texas, USA). mcmurray@medicine.tamhsc.edu •    Dr. James Isbell. DVM. Phone: (256) 546-4681 or 547-1127 (Alabama, USA). TandJIsbel@bellsouth.net •    Dr. Pierre Raymond. PhD.  French citizen. (571) 5619159 (Bogota, Col) praymond777@yahoo.ca •    Dr. Audrey Calderon. DVM. Veterinary Ophtalmologist. (571) 2266237 audreycalderon@gmail.com •    Dr. James Drane. Head Drane Institute of Bioethics. University of Pennsylvania. jdrane@edimboro.edu •    Dr. Gilberto Cely. Former Director Institute of Bioethics (2008-2010) at Xavierian University. gcely@javeriana.edu.co , gcely670@gmail.com . •    Dr. Bertha Gomez. MD. UNAIDS - World Health Organization Advisor. berthaiss2001@yahoo.com •    Dr. Ricardo Luque MD. MSc. Officer of the Colombian Ministry of Health. AIDS Consultant and Sexually Transmitted Disease, National Public Policies Designer. rluque59@gmail.com , rluque@minproteccionsocial.gov.co