ABOUT ANDRÉS
At the age of 10, Andrés received an IBM PC and began learning programming. His enthusiasm for science and technology, inspired by figures like Carl Sagan, has been a constant throughout his life. He pursued his studies in Physics at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, graduating in 2001. His passion for particle physics led him to the University of Manchester, UK, where he completed an M.Sc. in 2002 and a Ph.D. in 2006.
During his Ph.D., Andrés worked on the ATLAS experiment at CERN and conducted research on physics for a prospective Linear Collider. Following his doctorate, he joined the University of Edinburgh as a Postdoctoral Researcher for two years, contributing to LHCb’s core software and developing analysis techniques for new physics searches.
Returning to Colombia, Andrés took a Postdoctoral Researcher role at Universidad de los Andes, where he spent the first two years based at CERN, working on the CMS experiment. His contributions included the commissioning and control of a cosmic ray trigger using Resistive Plate Chamber detectors and FPGA technology—essential for the CMS detector’s alignment, calibration, and result precision.
Back in Colombia, he continued collaborating with CMS while teaching and conducting research. In 2013, he joined Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, as a Guest Scientist, contributing to studies for the CMS detector’s trigger upgrades. Having been involved with both the ATLAS and CMS experiments that culminated in the 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson, Andrés gained extensive hands-on experience with cutting-edge detector technology.
Andrés also holds a degree in Software Construction from Universidad de los Andes, where he developed expertise in software project creation, management, and improvement, along with studies in software and business architecture. Most recently, he was selected to participate in the DS4A / Colombia Data Science program through a partnership between MinTIC and Correlation One, further expanding his skill set in data science.
After successfully completing the DS4A Colombia program, Andrés joined Correlation One’s engineering team as a Software Testing Engineer. Due to changes within the team, his role evolved, and he transitioned to working as a Software Engineer. He has now been with the team for three years.
With a deep passion for programming and electronics, Andrés has consistently made significant contributions to every team he has been a part of.
