Dr. Roberto Parra Saldívar is a research professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey. He has a PhD in Biotechnology from the University of Cranfield, United Kingdom, and a post-doctorate from the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom. He was a visiting professor at MIT in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Langer and at Harvard University. He belongs to the National System of Researchers (SNI Level 3) and to the Mexican Academy of Sciences.