Olga Rivas-Solano is a full professor at the Escuela de Biología and a researcher at the Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología (CIB), Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC). She holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences (2024) and an MSc in Microbiology with an emphasis in Bacteriology and Molecular Biology (2010), both from Universidad de Costa Rica, and a bachelor's degree in Biotechnology Engineering from TEC (2002). She teaches applied microbiology and bacteriology. Her publications address the genetic regulation of virulence in Brucella abortus and the phenotypic and genomic characterization of Listeria spp. Her current interests include microbial systems for environmental and productive applications.