Irineo Torres-Pacheco is an Agronomist Engineer from Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. He has a Master's Degree in Plant Biology and a Ph.D. in Plant Biotechnology from the Department of Genetic Engineering, CINVESTAV, Mexico. He was a researcher for 28 years at the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias of Mexico, where he was also the National Coordinator for Vegetable and Biotechnology Research and Director of the Research Center of the Mexico Central Region. He is a Member of the Advisory Council of the Interministerial Commission on Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms in Mexico and a member of the Health and Nutrition Expert Advisory Committee Pulse Canada. He has published in international indexed journals, and published over 50 articles. Currently, he is a member of the Biotechnology Committee of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and a researcher professor at the School of Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro and an invited advisor professor at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.