Francinie Murillo-Vega is a professor at the Escuela de Biología and a researcher at the Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología (CIB) at the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC), where she has worked since 2015. She holds bachelor's and licentiate degrees in Biotechnology Engineering from TEC and a master's degree in Food Science and Technology at Universidad de Costa Rica. She has participated in more than 25 research projects on microalgae biotechnology, functional foods, biofertilizers, and circular aquaculture. She is a member of the RENUWAL-CYTED network and co-founded Algabiotica S.A. (2020), a company developing microalgae-based biostimulants. Francinie-Patricia Murillo-Vega is a professor at the Escuela de Biología and a researcher at the Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología (CIB) at the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC), where she has worked since 2015. She holds both bachelor's and licentiate degrees in Biotechnology Engineering from TEC and a master's degree in Food Science and Technology from the Universidad de Costa Rica. She has participated in over 25 research projects focused on microalgae biotechnology, functional foods, biofertilizers, and circular aquaculture. She is also a member of the RENUWAL-CYTED network and co-founded Algabiotica S.A., a company that develops microalgae-based biostimulants. She was awarded the 2023 GRIDX grant for AlgaFeed (microalgae feed for aquaculture).