Santiago is originally from Bogota Colombia.
He studied at Colegio San Carlos and pursued a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Universidad de los Andes. Following that he continued his graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he obtained a Master's and Ph.D. in Mathematics with a focus on Mathematical Logic and Asymptotic Differential Equations.
He worked teaching at Illinois Wesleyan University, and then worked for the University of Illinois. FOllowing this he joined Wolfram Research, creators of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha, and is currently teaching the Mathematical Thinking Course for Kibo.
Doctoral
2013-2018
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Postgraduate
2011-2013
Master of Science - MS, Mathematics 2011 - 2013
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Junior Software Developer
Wolfram
2022-2022
Sales Engineer
Wolfram
2019-2022
Academic Key Account Manager
Wolfram
2019-2022
Teaching Associate in Mathematics
University of Illinois Laboratory High School
2018-2018
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Illinois Wesleyan University
2017-2018
Research Assistant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016-2017
Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014-2015
UC Berkeley
Visiting Student Researcher
2014-2014
150h