SERGIO CRISTANCHO MARULANDA
Sergio Cristancho is a psychologist from the Universidad de los Andes, has a master's degree and a PhD in Cultural and Environmental Psychology from the University of Illinois, in the United States. He has more than 16 years of experience in the academic field, especially stands out for his leadership in the field of research in different institutions such as the University of Antioquia, where he was Vice Chancellor for Research until his appointment to the ministry. He has been part of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation since April 2021 as Vice Minister of Knowledge, Innovation and Productivity, where he supports the design of mechanisms that allow financing the programs, projects and activities of Science, Technology and Innovation related to generation and use of knowledge, in addition to matters related to innovation that promote competitiveness in the country.
JUAN BISQUERT
Juan Bisquert is a professor of Applied Physics at Universitat Jaume I de Castelló. He is the director of the Institute of Advanced Materials, a research 
center of international reputation with vision of understanding and creation of materials, bringing scientific insight and producing advanced applications for a better future. He published 400 papers in research journals, and authored a series of books, summarized in the volume Physics of Solar Energy Conversion (CRC Press 2020) that establishes a general physical picture of solar energy devices. He has 39000 citations and h-index 98 (Clariviate). He is Executive Editor for Europe of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. He has been distinguished in the list of Highly Cited Researchers from 2014 to 2020. Bisquert is the president of Fundació Scito. He created nanoGe Conferences and the literary magazine Descriu. He wrote a novel of speculative fiction, “La Conjectura Canamel”. The research activity of Juan Bisquert has been focused on materials and devices for production and storage of clean energies, in particular photovoltaic devices, based on nanostructured metal oxides, semiconductor quantum dots, organic and hybrid semiconductors, and related applications such as luminescence. The main contribution of Bisquert is the application of measurement techniques and physical modeling in several areas of energy devices providing insight to processes of electronic charge transfer, carrier transport, chemical reaction, etc., especially in the field of impedance spectroscopy. Recently the research field has been largely influenced by hybrid metal halide perovskites, a new class of photovoltaic materials and devices that show excellent performance and radically new semiconductor properties. Unraveling the mechanisms of perovskite solar cells has established scientific work of high impact by Bisquert and coworkers in the last few years.
MARIO ALBERTO RIOS MESIAS
Electrical Engineer from Universidad de los Andes (1991), Master in Electrical Engineering Universidad de los Andes (1992), Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble in France (1998) and Doctor in Engineering from the Universidad de los Andes (1998). He worked as consulting engineer in Consultoria Colombiana S.A (ConCol) from 1991 to 1995 (Design Engineer) and from 1999 to 2005 as Project Manager. Between 1998 and 1999, he worked as an associate researcher at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom (formerly UMIST). In July 2005, he joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the Universidad de los Andes, where he is currently a Full Professor (since April 2014). His areas of research are: control and stability of power systems, reliability and planning of transmission systems, transmission systems. Currently, he is carrying out research on large-scale renewable energy integration in transmission systems; as well as, HVDC transmission systems, including studies and applications of MTDC and HVDC Grids.
JAMES GARZÓN REAL
James Garzón Real, candidate for a PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of Wuppertal and a Master's Degree in Electrical Power Systems - Renewable Energies from the University of Magdeburg, Germany. Electrical Engineer from the Julio Garavito Colombian School of Engineering and Electronics Technologist from the Francisco José de Caldas District University. Expert in various topics of electrical and energy engineering, among them, in the integration of renewable energies in electrical power systems and in other energy sectors through the production and use of green hydrogen; additionally in intelligent distribution networks, integration of electric vehicles, energy storage systems with batteries, energy markets, among others. International research experience in a leadership position and as a consultant in the various areas of his expertise. Professor at the Colombian School of Engineering.