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. This year, he participated in IDDS International Development Design Summit in Colombia, initiative created by MIT D-Lab to co-design low-cost solutions to challenges faced by people living in poverty around the world. That same year, he was a finalist in the Disrupton Amazonia contest at UTEC, where he built a prototype of mobile laboratory to collect plastic from the Amazon River and transform it into useful products. In 2019, Diego was selected to participate in IAP-MIT Design Technologies for Coffee Production in Colombia. They designed new technologies for agriculture with a team of students from Harvard and MIT and coffee growers. Continuing his local innovation work with communities Diego was certified as Trainer of Trainers CCB in Brasilia dictated by Amy Smith (Founding Director of MIT D-Lab). Also, he lead a STEAM educational project for children in Lis country to promote creativity and innovation. <br>
During 2020, he developed a project on biomaterials from mushroom mycelium where he built a homemade incubator for the production of mycelium pieces as a sustainable alternative to polystyrene foam. In 2021, he participated in iGEM Global Synthetic Biology competition where he won the gold medal in the competition and was responsible for the construction and design of a low-cost Bioreactor. In 2022, Diego was selected as a member of the first cohort of the iGEM Youth Biodiversity Leadership Program and one of six iGEM delegates to attend the United Nations Biodiversity Conference COP15 in Montreal, Canada. Additionally, he was recently selected as a judge for the iGEM Global Competition held in October in Paris. <br>
He currently works in the Synthetic Biology and Tissue Engineering laboratory at the UTEC University of Engineering and Technology, where he develops a system for editing and regeneration of the CRISPR-cas9 gene in Nicotiana species. He works on in vitro plant cultivation, molecular techniques, construction and evaluation of plasmids, genetic transformation, etc. His goal in the coming years is to generate a positive impact on the lives of many people and the planet through biotechnology, as well as bring science and entrepreneurship opportunities for more people in Latin America and Peru.