Gloria Soberón Chávez completed all her higher education studies at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), both at the undergraduate (1980) and graduate levels (MS-1983; PhD-1986). She started working as a researcher at UNAM in 1983. The high quality of her scientific work has been recognized by being appointed reviewer and editor of several specialized scientific journals. She is a full Professor (Investigador Titular C) at the Biomedical Research Institute (Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas), UNAM, since January 2003, where she continues working with the molecular genetics of P. aeruginosa. She is member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) Level 3. She is the author of around 100 publications, including more than 80 scientific papers in specialized journals, which have been cited more than 5000 times in the scientific literature. Her publications have an H index of 38, according to Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com.mx/citations?user=ZIHDrtIAAAAJ&hl=es&cstart). Gloria Soberón was director of the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM, from March 2007 till March 2011. From August 2011 till January 2013, she was the head of the Posgraduate Studies in UNAM, as Coordinadora de Estudios de Posgrado. She was Directora General de Vinculación (Vicepresident for Innovation and Technology Transfer) in UNAM, from February 4th 2014 till April 30th 2018.