Dr. César Pérez Alonso has been a professor and researcher at the Faculty of Chemistry at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico since 2004. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa (UAM-I), México in 2004. Dr. Pérez Alonso has extensive teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels, having supervised 25 postgraduate theses (Master's and PhD in Chemical Sciences) and 60 undergraduate theses in Chemical Engineering, Food Science, and Pharmaceutical Biology programs. He has led research projects and provided technical advice in the food and pharmaceutical sectors to various national and international companies. With over 70 publications in international journals indexed in JCR and extensive experience as a reviewer, he holds an H-index of 25 with over 2,000 citations to his publications. His work focuses on the extraction, characterization, and encapsulation of bioactive compounds. He also focuses on the extraction, characterization, and evaluation of new biopolymers as novel encapsulating agents in microencapsulation processes. Dr. Pérez Alonso has been part of Mexico's National System of Researchers (SNII Level II) since 2005.    In 2017 and 2019, he received the National Award for Food Science and Technology – Professional Category. He is a Member of the Mexican Academy of Research and Teaching in Chemical Engineering (AMIDIQ) and a member of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), USA.