Mauricio joined the GER in June 2023 as part of the Humboldt Internship Program. He is pursuing an Erasmus Master's Program in Excellence in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Tartu in Estonia and the University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1 in France. He did his Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering in Colombia. During the master's program, he is learning techniques of analysis involving electrochemistry and other processes. In the future, he hopes to pursue research involving energy storage, materials and electrochemistry.