Edgar A. Rodríguez-Negrete is currently a member of the National System of Level I Researchers. Edgar A. Rodríguez Negrete graduated in Chemistry and pharmaceutical Biology from the University of Guanajuato and received a Master of Science (Experimental Biology) degree from the Research Institute in Experimental Biology (IIBE) of the University of Guanajuato. He is a Doctor of Science (Plant Biotechnology) from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN) Unit, Postdoctoral degree from the Institute of Mediterranean Subtropical Horticulture (IHSM)-University of Malaga, Spain. Edgar A. Rodríguez Negrete’s research interests include the study of RNA-mediated Gene Silencing (Gene Silencing) as a defense mechanism against phytopathogenic viruses, the study of epigenetic modifications induced during plant–virus interaction, development of viral gene-silencing vectors, development of tools for isolation and generation of infective clones of phytopathogenic viruses, virus–plant interaction study.