Elementary particle theoretical physicist. Former professor of Mathematical Methods of Physics at the Universities of Rome and Calabria. Co-founder and Director (now Emeritus) of the International Physics Center of Bogota. John Wheatley Award  and Joseph Burton Forum Award of the American Physical Society, and Abdus Salam Spirit Award of the International Center for Theoretical Physics "Abdus Salam". Honorary member of the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences. Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science. Fellow of the American Physical Society. Former UNESCO Representative to Islamic Republic of Iran and Director of Tehran Office. Doctor Honoris Causa of the Ricardo Palma University of Lima, Consultant to the Governments of Guatemala and the Dominican Republic and to UNESCO, CSUCA, ICTP and other national and international organizations. Author of some four hundred publications on Science Policy, Theoretical Physics and Science Education. Chair of the Executive Committee of the Great Caribbean Light Source Initiative, LAMISTAD.