Dr. Lourdes Villa Tanaca obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Bacteriology and Parasitology at the National School of Biological Sciences, I.P.N. She obtained a Master's of Science in Microbiology at the National School of Biological Sciences, I.P.N. and doctorate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Oviedo, City of Oviedo, Spain. She also completed a postdoctoral stay at the Institute of Cellular Physiology of the UNAM. She is currently a full professor at the National School of Biological Sciences, I.P.N. and is assigned to the General Microbiology Laboratory. She has taught various courses such as general microbiology, microbial genetics and postgraduate molecular microbiology, among others. She has been included in 78 international publications and has 1048 citations in Scopus. She has presented more than 200 papers at national conferences and more than 50 at international conferences. She has given conferences and participated in round tables and symposiums, and has also been the recipient of several recognitions granted by the IPN. Her line of research focuses on the search for new antifungals (natural and synthetic) and molecular targets in Candida spp., the phylogeny of Candida auris and Candida haemulonii complex, whole genome analysis and transcriptomics. She is also interested in the role of wall and vacuolar proteases of Candida spp, Ustilago maydis in stress conditions, infection processes and autophagy.