B.Sc. from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santa Fe de Bogota (1980-1988).

M.Sc,Ph.D Imperial College of Science & Technology and Medicine from the University of London.

• Mexican archaeologist Jorge R. Acosta excavated at most of the greatest sites in Mexico including Palenque, Monte Alban, Tula, and Teotihuacan.

• Perhaps best known for his work with ethnologist Wigberto Jimenez Moreno, establishing Tula as Sahagun's capital of the Toltec culture.