CV

Awards and other marks of recognition

2023 Appointed computer scientist in residence at the Department of Chemical
Engineering, University of Florida

2022 Selected participant of the American Mathematical Society’s Mathematics Re-
search Communities 2022

2021 Nominated by the Max Planck Society for participation in the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (dedicated to Chemistry).

2021 Selected by the Max Planck Institute MiS to give a lecture for the evaluation
of the institute at the 2021’s MPG Scientific Advisory Board Meeting

2020 Selected to attend the Applied Category Theory Adjoint School 2020 at MIT, Boston, USA (16 students/researchers selected from 144 applicants)

2019 (April) cover of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A — Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

2018 (Dec) Visiting Scientist, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia

2018- Guest Scientist, Max Planck Institute for the Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

2017 PhD grant, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)

2017 Guest Scientist, Max Planck Institute for the Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

2017 Guest Scientist, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

2016 Guest Scientist, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

2016 Featured Article, Journal of Cheminformatics

2013 Excellence Thesis, Mathematics Department, University of Pamplona, Pamplona, Colombia

2010 Laureate Thesis, Chemistry Department, University of Pamplona, Pamplona, Colombia

Research Experience in Groups and Institutes

2024 June Guest Scientist
Medellin University
Medellin, Colombia

2023- Postdoc Associate
Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering
University of Florida
Gainesville FL, USA

2018-2022 Guest Scientist
Max Planck Institute for the Mathematics in the Sciences
Leipzig, Germany

2017 (Feb-Apr) Guest Scientist
Max Planck Institute for the Mathematics in the Sciences
Leipzig, Germany

2016 (Aug-Oct) Guest Scientist
Bioinformatics Group
Leipzig University
Leipzig, Germany

2010- Researcher
Laboratorio de química teórica
Pamplona University
Pamplona, Colombia

2012-2013 Researcher
Biomathematics Group
Fundación Instituto de Inmunología de Colombia – FIDIC
Bogota, Colombia

2012 Editorial Staff
Interdisciplinary research institute
Pamplona University
Bogota, Colombia

2005-2006 Researcher
Grupo de Investigación en Transporte Molecular – GITRAM
Pamplona University
Pamplona, Colombia

Refereeing and external examining

2024 Expert Evaluator – Selection of DAAD STEM Scholarship Holders 2024

2024 Reviewer for Concurso Nacional Otto de Greiff

2023 Reviewer for Computational Biology and Chemistry

2023 Reviewer for Logics in Computer Science (LICS 2023)

2021 Reviewer for Theory in Biosciences

2021 Reviewer for Ingeniería y Ciencia

2014 Reviewer of a chapter of Advances in Mathematical Chemistry Vol. 2, Elsevier.

2014 Reviewer of a BSc Thesis in Mathematics
For: Mathematics Department, Pamplona University

2013 Reviewer of a BSc Thesis in Mathematics
For: Mathematics Department, Pamplona University

Professional Affiliations

2020- Student member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
2019- Member of the Colombian Association for the Advancement of Science (ACAC)
2019- Member of the Colombian Mathematical Society (SCM)
2018- Member of the Complex Systems Society (CSS)
2013-2014 Member of the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL)

Outreach activities

2023 Panelist for the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) virtual seminar:
Herramientas y testimonios para investigar en Alemania a nivel doctoral
2022 Panelist for the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) virtual seminar: Testimonios de becarios de Doctorado
2022 Invited to present my research Chemical Space Exploration at the Science
Market organized by the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians
(GDNÄ)

Media coverage (selected)

2022 By Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
A press release about my participation in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings:
Wilmer Leal meets Nobel laureates
2022 By Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
A press release about my thesis defense: Congratulations to Wilmer Leal!
His exploration of the chemical space has earned him the highest honor than
can be achieved for a Ph.D. thesis – summa cum laude
2019 By Chemical & Engineering News (American Chemical Society)
The following article features one of our papers:
Chemists discovered new compounds at an exponential rate over the past
two centuries, by Sam Lemonick (C&EN associate editor)
2019 By Springer Professional
The following article features one of our papers:
Die verborgene Struktur des Periodensystems [The hidden structure of the
periodic table ], by Dieter Beste.
2019 By Der Standard
The following article features one of our papers:
Neue chemische Substanzen werden mit überraschender Regelmäßigkeit
entdeckt [New chemical substances are discovered with surprising regulaity]
2019 By Max Planck Society
The following article features one of our papers:
The hidden structure of the periodic system
2019 By Chemistry World
The following article features one of our papers:
Hopes raised of a ‘super-table’ to end periodic table disputes, by Philip Ball
(Former editor of Nature).

Organized events

2010 Pamplona University: 50th anniversary celebration with Mathematical Chemistry
Co-organizer
Pamplona University, Colombia

2010 Introducción a la Filosofía de la Química
Co-organizer
Pamplona University, Colombia

Schools and Courses

2021

School
Mathematics Research Communities (MRC)
American Mathematical Society
New York, USA
Mentor: John Baez

2020

School (Feb-Jul)
Applied Category Theory Adjoint School 2020
MIT, Boston, USA.
Mentor: Valeria de Paiva

2019

Course (summer term)
Schemes and Sheaves – An introduction to modern algebraic geometry
Lecturer: Professor Dr. Juergen Jost
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Course (summer term)
Category theory and applications
Lecturer: Dr. Paolo Perrone
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Course (summer term)
Information and Complexity
Lecturer: Professor Dr. Juergen Jost
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Summer School
First School on Reaction Systems
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

2018

Course (summer term)
Geometric and topological methods of data analysis
Lecturer: Professor Dr. Juergen Jost
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Summer School
Network Science in the Humanities
Max Planck Institutes for Mathematics in the Sciences & for the History of Science. Leipzig, Germany

Spring School
4th Spring School Complex Networks: Theory, Methods, and Applications
Lake Como School of Advanced Studies, Como, Italy.