Growing up in a family involved in food production, my passion for problem-solving fueled my interests, education and life’s work in food science and technology.
Seeking new challenges, I pioneered the field of “Food Waste Recovery” with the ultimate goal of inspiring other like-minded professionals and contributing to a more sustainable future.
My work style is primarily creative and collaborative, with a strong focus on open innovation. I enjoy researching, teaching, and lecturing, while providing leading-edge advising and consulting services to industry, agencies and organizations worldwide.
PhD in Industrial Engineering, Food Industry Engineer, and MBA from Centrum Business School. With 20 years of professional experience in academia and industry. Passion for innovation, management of engineering, technology, and business programs: creation and improvement of academic quality, creation of curricula based on international standards, implementation of research and development strategies, internationalization, entrepreneurship, and sustainability. Full Professor-Associate and undergraduate and graduate researcher. Certified by CONCYTEC as a Renacyt N-IV Researcher. Editor of national and international scientific journals.
Management of research and innovation centers and projects, academia-business-government relations. Scale-up of new processes and technologies at the industrial level, innovation of new products to improve people’s health. In the industrial business field, I have business and strategic vision, analytical skills, and project management skills.
