José Martín Ruvalcaba-Gomez is a researcher at the National Center for Genetic Resources (INIFAP, Mexico). He is also a member of the National System of Researchers (Conacyt, México). He has a degree in agro-industrial engineering from the University of Guadalajara (2008), a Master's degree in applied biotechnology (2015), and a Doctorate in sciences in biotechnology (2020) from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN, México). He has authored and co-authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has participated in at least ten research projects mainly related to the safety of milk and raw-milk cheeses. His research interest is focused on describing the biotechnological and probiotic potential of microorganisms, including the isolation, characterization, preservation, and use of microbial genetic resources, through the use of both phenotyping and genotyping strategies, including the study of complex bacterial communities through methodologies based on high-throughput sequencing.