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Unicauca has seven research groups in the category A1 established by Colciencias

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According to the results published by Colciencias, the Alma Mater has sixty one recognized research groups, of which seven were classified in Category A1, six in category A, thirteen in B, eighteen in Category C and eight more in the D.

According to the Vice-Rector of Research of the University of Cauca, Hugo Aldemar Cosme Vargas, those are very positive results for the institution, taking into account the increase in research groups that achieved the categories A1 and A.

"The increase in University research groups that ranked the highest category, represents the hard work that are doing our researchers in different disciplines of knowledge", said Mr. Cosme.

 

The following are the research groups of the University of Cauca that are recognized and classified up to date:

 

Group

Research Director

Classification

Efficient use of agro-industrial by-products, residues and wastes

Reinaldo Velasco

B

Legal anthropology , history and ethnology

Herinaldy Gómez

A

 

Molecular and environmental Biology and Cancer

Patricia Vélez

 

Science and technology of ceramic materials

Jorge Rodríguez

A1

Catalysis

Alfonso Ramírez

C

Tourism and regional development

Andrés Castrillón

D

Design, process and energy

Deyanira Muñoz

D

Low temperature physics

Gilberto Bolaños

C

Group R & D in new technologies in telecommunications

Pablo Jojoa

D

Agrochemicals

Isabel Bravo

B

Environmental studies group

Apolinar Figueroa

B

Comparative social studies group

Guillermo Ospina

A

Inland aquatic resources Study Group

Hildier Zamora

 

Plant biodiversity study Group

Diego Macías

C

Telematics Engineering

Juan Carlos Corrales

A1

Anthropos research group

 

Hugo Portela

B

Research group on genetic toxicology and cytogenetic

Luz Stella Hoyos

D

Reseach group in finance, economics and managment

Bernardo Javier Tobar

C

 

Regional models of competitiveness

Unicauca - CREPIC

C

Optics and Laser

Mario Patiño

C

Synthesis and reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry

Univalle – Unicaldas – Unicauca

A

Algebra , number theory and applications

Uniantioquia – Uninariño - Unicauca

A1

Centre for Studies in microbiology and parasitology

Luis Reinel Vásquez

C

Agricultural Nutrition

Nelson Vivas

C

 

Science education and cultural contexts

Gloria Castro

D

Warp

Deiber René Hurtado

C

Research Group on Rural Development

Luis Alfredo Londoño

 

Indigenous and multicultural study group

Borgia Enrico Acosta

D

Discrete Mathematics and Applications

Carlos Trujillo

B

Breastfeeding and complementary feeding

Mario Delgado

C

R & D information technology Group

Carlos Alberto Cobos Lozada

B

Antropacífico

Elizabeth Tabares

A1

Industrial Automatic

Carlos Rengifo

A

Literacy

Mary Edith Murillo

 

Philosophy and teaching philosophy

Unipedagógica – Uniantioquia – Unicauca - UIS

A

Accounting, society and development

Olver Quijano

B

Agro-industrial innovations with social impact

Ana de Dios Elizalde

 

Human body movement and quality of life

Héctor Mosquera

C

Materials and Nanotechnology

Wayner Rivera

B

Culture and Politics

José Rafael Rosero

B

Cultural communication studies

Alexander Buendía

C

Human communication and its disorders

Isabel Muñoz

 

Communication and Afro-Colombian ethnic education

Luis Evelio Álvarez

 

Linguistic, pedagogical and socio-cultural studies in southwestern Colombia

Tulio Rojas

D

Research Group on environmental risks

Martha Martínez

D

Latin-American Ethno botanical Group

Olga Sanabria

B

HIV AIDS Health education

Corporación lucha contra el sida – Unijaveriana sede Cali – Unicauca

B

Research and development in software engineering

Cesar Collazos

A1

Study group in geology, ecology and conservation

Giselle Zambrano

C

Biomolecular Sciences and Technology

for agro-industrial applications

Héctor Villada

 

Research group on prevention of infectious diseases

María Virginia Pinzón

C

Integrated systems in agricultural, forestry and aquaculture production

Iván Paz

 

Research Group in development and public policies

Mónica Sinisterra

C

Biotechnology, environmental quality and agri-food safety standards

 

Maité del Pilar Rada

A1

Kon-moción permanent seminar on human motor

Luis Guillermo Jaramillo

B

Functional spaces

Francisco Enríquez

B

Ethics, political philosophy and legality

Aristides Obando

D

Radio and wireless group

Víctor Quintero

C

 

Research Group on microscopy and image analysis

Gerardo Andrés Torres

C

Research group in dynamical systems, control and instrumentation

Germán Bacca

C

Phenomenology and Science

Juan Carlos Aguirre

A1

 

 

For more information, please contact:

Vicerrectoría Research

Phone: 8209900 , ext. 2630

Email: vri@unicauca.edu.co