César Antonio Figueroa Chacón, a postgraduate student at the Instituto Tecnológico de Tuxtla Gutiérrez (ITTG), is currently studying for a PhD degree in Food Science and Biotechnology. He has a Master´s degree of Science in Biochemical Engineering awarded by the ITTG in 2018. He taught at state universities for 6 years, during which he studied topics related to the area of food preservation and processing. Today, his postgraduate work focuses on alternative sources of anti-fungal compounds and the biological control of plant diseases. He is recognized by the National Association of Engineering Faculties and Schools (ANFEI) as the best graduate of the Biochemical Engineering career.