Dr. Lifang Chen is currently a professor in the Department of Petroleum Chemical Engineering of the Superior School of Chemical Engineering and Extraction Industries at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico City. She obtained her PhD degree in Materials Sciences and Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-A (UAM-A) in 2007 and she was the winner the Excellent Doctoral Thesis Prize and obtained the title of outstanding doctoral student. Since 2008, Dr. Chen has been a Mexican National Researcher. She was working as a visiting investigator in the Mexican Petroleum Institute in 2014-2015. Dr. Chen is coauthor of 72 scientific articles, 33 extended papers in proceedings, and 90 presentations in the national and international congresses. Dr. Chen’s research interest focuses on functional materials, catalysis for petroleum refining, and catalysis for clean fuel production.