Severo Ignacio Cárdenas received his second Professional Specialty in the Faculty of Psychology from the Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan in 2023, he received his Agricultural sciences Degree from the Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan in 1998 and he received his Agricultural engineering Major in the Faculty of Agricultural Science from the Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan in 1999. He also received his MSc degrees from the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina in 2011 and from the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center in 2007. He is now pursuing a PhD at the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. He worked as Manger of projects in development with small-scale farmers in Peru (2008–2016). In 2017, he moved to the Faculty of Agricultural Science from the Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan in Peru and was promoted to Associated Professor in 2024. His research topics mainly include Corn crop breeding, potato crop breeding, avocado insect pollinators and cocoa crop improvement. He is a member of the College of Engineers of Peru. He has been a fellow of the International Fellowships Program—Ford Fundation (2006-2007) and of the Netherlands Fellowship Program (2009).