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