César R. Balcázar-Zumaeta is a PhD candidate in Agricultural Sciences from Universidad Nacional de Piura. Agroindustrial Engineer with a master's degree in Public Management from the Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas. Ordinary Assistant Professor (T.C.) of the Academic Department of Agronomy, Agroindustry and Forestry of the Faculty of Engineering and Agrarian Sciences - Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas, Peru. He is currently a research professor at the Institute of Research, Innovation and Development for the Agricultural and Agroindustrial Sector (IIDAA), Project Coordinator of the Investment Project C.U.I. N° 2343049 “Creation of the research services in engineering of food and postharvest”. He participates as principal investigator and co-investigator in research projects funded by the National Program for Scientific Research and Advanced Studies-Prociencia-Concytec. He is part of the Cocoa and Chocolate research group, focusing on the use of metabolomics applied to food science. He has completed an international internship in chromatography, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance at the Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos (PPGCTA/UFPA) of the Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil.