Silvia Yudith Martínez-Amador is a professor and researcher at the Departamento de Botánica de la Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (from 2008 to date). She holds doctoral and master's degrees in Biotechnology from the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila and a bachelor of Biochemistry from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. She was a biochemistry laboratory bachelor teacher at the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila (2002-2007). Her research interests include the following: environmental biotechnology (biological systems as biofilters, constructed wetlands, microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment and reuse, denitrification, sulfate reduction, and methanogenesis) and agriculture biotechnology.