Public Engagement


In addition to our research, we are committed to sharing knowledge and engaging with the community in crop sciences. We organize and participate in workshops, webinars, and seminars, working with students, farmers, schools, and industry partners to promote crop improvement, sustainable farming practices, and agricultural education. Through these activities, we aim to connect scientific research with real-world applications and help people better understand how our work supports productive, resilient, and sustainable cropping systems.

Workshops, seminars, outreach activities, and community-building initiatives



🤖 2026 — Predicting metabolism-related genes with machine learning, AI for Predictive Applications in Agriculture, New Mexico State University.
🌱 2025 — Plant Genome Investigators, MSU Science Festival.
🤖 2024 — Introduction to Machine Learning, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Annual Science Meeting.
💻 2023 — Introduction to Machine Learning, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia.
🌍 2020–2022 — Genomic Selection Capacity Building, NaCRRI and CIAT-Uganda.
🧬 2021 — Quantitative Genetics, MSU Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement (Eastern Africa).
🔗 Workshop website
📊 2021 — Workshop Series on Data Analysis in Biology and Agriculture, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia.
🔗 Workshop website
🎓 2021 — Online Seminar Series on Phytopathology and Plant Breeding, Universidad de Nariño, Colombia.
🔗 Seminar series
📈 2021 — Data Visualization with R, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia.
🔗 Workshop website
💻 2021 — Introduction to R, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia.
🔗 Workshop website
🎤 2020 — Presenter, Graduate Studies: Do's and Don'ts, Caribbean Microbial Meeting.
🚀 2020 — Co-Founder, Community Platform for Agricultural Sciences (COMPASS).
🔗 COMPASS website
🌐 2020 — Ciencia en línea: impulsando el uso de plataformas para la divulgación, colaboración e inspiración científica, symposium, SOCOLEN.
🧬 2020 — Quantitative Genetics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia.
🔗 Workshop website
🌿 2019 — Co-Organizer, Phenomic Applications in Plant Breeding, Corteva-PBGB Symposium.