Marco Rito-Palomares, Ph.D., is Dean of Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at TecSalud, as well as Dean of Research and Graduate Studies and leader of the Bioengineering and Regenerative Medicine Research Group at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences of Tecnológico de Monterrey. His expertise is focused on the development of bioengineering strategies for the predictive design of bioseparation systems that can be used for the recovery and purification of high-value biomolecules. His current research effort is focused on the development of bioengineering strategies for stem-cell-based bioprocesses and early detection technologies.