Teaching

Teaching goes beyond what occurs within the constraints of a given space — the classroom, the lab, the group meeting — and takes place on longer timeframes than the shared time of a course. My approach is built on three commitments: helping students take charge of their learning process, developing professional skills that travel beyond the course content, and cultivating academic rigor alongside a sense of social responsibility.

In practice, this means designing curricula where objectives, activities, and outcomes are explicitly aligned; using active learning strategies that put students at the center; and creating space in classes, group meetings, and one-on-one mentoring where students can propose new ideas, challenge existing ones, and develop as researchers and as people.

University of Colorado Boulder

Assistant Professor, CEAE · Starting Fall 2026

Rice University

Co-instructor — CEVE 562: Infrastructure Resilience to Multiple Hazards Fall 2025, Houston, TX

Guest Lecturer — CEVE 325: Structural Analysis Fall 2024, Houston, TX

Co-leader — Resilience Seminar, Gulf Scholars Program at Rice (GSP@RICE) Fall 2022, Houston, TX

Developed the syllabus and co-organized seminar sessions, co-curricular activities, and assignments for the cohort’s resilience seminar. Engaged students in finding future pathways and acting as change agents in their communities.

Universidad de los Andes

Full-time Lecturer and Researcher · School of Engineering Bogotá, Colombia, 2017–2020

Taught undergraduate courses across the structural engineering curriculum while contributing to pedagogical innovation and research. Guided 17 undergraduate senior research projects and contributed to national-scale seismic risk projects for schools, bridges, and critical infrastructure in partnership with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).

Received the Innovative Teacher Recognition (2019) for implementing student-centered strategies and contributing to active learning reform.