• Researcher,  Penn State University
    • Insect and plant microbiomes.
    • Impacts of multiple stressors on thermal tolerance, behavior, and metabolims of Osmia corniforns, O. liganria, and Apis mellifera.  
    • Microbes under environmental extremes. 
    • Ecotoxicology of systemic pesticides. (March 2021-present)
  • Postdoctoral associate, Penn State University
    • Impacts of pathogen infection on thermal tolerance and behavior of prey and predator insects, Invasive species.
    • Integrated Pest Management Extension. (2019-Feb. 2021)
  • Graduate assistant researcher, Penn State University, Fulbright, University Park, PA. Virus mediates competition and facilitation in aphids. (2012-2016/2018)
  • Fellow researcher, FAO-UN-International Atomic Energy AgencyLaboratory of pest control. New Medfly Ceratitis capitata V9  and pheromones of  Bactrocera tryoni hybrids. (2017)
  • Visiting researcher, University of Sao Paulo, Evolutionary Physiology lab. (2014)
  • Researcher, Dow Agro Sciences, Bogota-Colombia. Insecticide evaluation in exotic passiflora orchards.  (Feb.-June 2011)
  • Researcher, University of Sao Paulo, Dept. of Physiology, Brazil. Thermal biology of Atelopus. July- Oct.
  • Researcher, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria, Corpoica, Colombia, Spodoptera frugiperda biology and biological control. (2010)
  • Researcher, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria, Corpoica, Colombia, The interaction between Bemisia tabaci- Encarsia formosa- Lecanicillium lecani Nov/09-Dec/2011
  • Visiting researcher, Biofabrica Moscamed, Brazil, Reproductive biology of Ceratitis capitata Viena 8. (June-July 2007)
  • Visiting researcher, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria-Embrapa, Brazil, Diachasmimorpha longicaudata biology. (June 2007)
  • Researcher, Institute of Biodiversity Research, Alexander Von Humboldt, Villa de Leyva, Colombia. Orthoptera, Sub-Orden Caelifera identification. (Dec. 2004)