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Personal profile
Physician and researcher focused on lifestyle medicine, sleep science, chronobiology, and integrative physiology. His work explores the interaction between biological systems, human behavior, and physical and mental performance, with particular interest in the relationship between sleep, the autonomic nervous system, and cardiorespiratory and mental health. He combines clinical practice, teaching, and applied research to develop preventive and translational approaches aimed at optimizing health and human performance.
He has participated in projects related to sleep medicine, physiological monitoring, cardiovascular health, and biomarkers, integrating clinical analysis and accessible technologies for real-world research settings. He also maintains academic interests in philosophy of mind and the conceptual foundations of contemporary medicine.
Education
PhD, Philosophical Doctor, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
01 Apr 2017 → 16 Jul 2024
Award Date: 29 Nov 2024
Master, Master en Neurociencias y Biología del Comportamiento Animal y Humano, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
16 Jan 2007 → 15 Dec 2007
Award Date: 15 Dec 2007
Master, Master in Physiology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
01 Feb 2003 → 30 Nov 2006
Award Date: 29 Mar 2007
Bachelor, Medical Doctor, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Award Date: 01 Jul 2000
Category in the National Science System 2024
- Non classified
Associated academic programs - Bogotá
- Bioengineering
- Doctorate in Biological Sciences
- Doctorate in Neuroscience
- Master's Degree in Bioengineering
- Master's Degree in Biological Sciences
- Medicine
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Circadian Activity Disruption in Cardiac Remodeling Patients Underlies Autonomic Dysfunction in Heart Failure
Buitrago-Ricaurte, N., Riveros, A. J., González Niño, R., Otero, L., Meléndez, J. D. & Riveros-Rivera, A., May 2026, In: Biomedicines. 14, 5, 1054.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Age and sex affect circadian patterns of cardiac autonomic function
Buitrago-Ricaurte, N., Riveros-Rivera, A. & Riveros, A. J., 29 Sep 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, p. 33677 12 p., 33677.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Autonomic and endocrine consequences of a daytime napping at simulated altitude on healthy lowlanders
Riveros-Rivera, A., 29 Nov 2024, Berlín: Refubium - Freie Universität Berlin Repository. 60 p.Research output: Thesis › Thesis doctorate
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Peripheral skin cooling during hyper-gravity: hemodynamic reactions
Kagelmann, N., Janke, D., Maggioni, M. A., Gunga, H. C., Riveros-Rivera, A., Genov, M., Noppe, A., Habazettl, H., Bothe, T. L., Nordine, M., Castiglioni, P. & Opatz, O., 15 May 2023, In: Frontiers in Physiology. 14, 12 p., 1173171.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Hypoxia Differentially Affects Healthy Men and Women During a Daytime Nap With a Dose-Response Relationship: a Randomized, Cross-Over Pilot Study
Riveros-Rivera, A., Penzel, T., Gunga, H. C., Opatz, O., Paul, F., Klug, L., Boschmann, M. & Mähler, A., 24 May 2022, In: Frontiers in Physiology. 13, 899636.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Scopus citations
Projects
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Interpretation of sensory unimodal and multimodal signals by bees.
Zarante Montoya, I. M. (PI), Riveros Rivera, A. N. (CoI) & Riveros Rivera, A. J. (CoI)
01/03/15 → 01/06/17
Project: Research
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Efectos de la estimulación cerebral profunda (DBS) sobre la ejecución de pruebas de función ejecutiva en pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson
Gomez Rojas, J. D. (PI), Acevedo Gonzalez, J. C. (CoI), Martínez Martínez, A. M. (CoI), Riveros Rivera, A. N. (CoI), Riveros Rivera, A. J. (CoI) & Acevedo Triana, C. A. (CoPI)
01/12/14 → 30/11/15
Project: Research
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Evaluación del Potencial Pronostico de la variabilidad de la frecuencia cardiaca para pacientes con spsis en la unidad de cuidado intensivo del Hospital Universitario San Ignacio.
Fernandez Sanchez, M. J. (PI), Riveros Rivera, A. N. (CoI) & Sanabria Rodriguez, O. O. (CoI)
01/10/12 → 30/07/14
Project: Research
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Prizes
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3er puesto Trabajo de Investigación
Riveros Rivera, A. N. (Recipient) & Buitrago, N. (Recipient), 14 Aug 2024
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Thesis
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Comparación del efecto neuromuscular del veneno de las serpientes coral micrurus dissoleucus y micrurus mipartitus
Riveros-Rivera, A. (Supervisor) & Renjifo, C. (Author), Feb 2026Student thesis: Undergraduate thesis
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COMPARACIÓN DEL EFECTO NEUROMUSCULAR DEL VENENO DE LAS SERPIENTES CORAL MICRURUS DISSOLEUCUS Y MICRURUS MIPARTITUS
Riveros-Rivera, A. (Supervisor) & Renjifo, C. (Author), Feb 2009Student thesis: Undergraduate thesis