Pamela Ruth Toledo Merma is a food engineer. She received her Master's degree in Food Science from the University of Chile in 2023. She worked as a research assistant in a scientific project at the Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University (2018-2020). In addition, she has been involved in two other scientific projects as a thesis researcher (2019-2023). Her research topics mainly include the following: recovery of bioactive compounds, evaluation of antioxidant properties, and qualitative and quantitative characterization of phytochemicals using chromatographic techniques.