María Cecilia Lorenzo holds a degree in Chemistry and a Specialist degree in Technologies and Environmental Impact of Plastic Materials. She is currently Head of the Materials Processing and Transformation Department within the Technical Direction of Plastics at the National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI), Argentina. Her work focuses on research and technical assistance for the plastics industry, with an emphasis on bioplastics, recycling, and polymer processing technologies. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in Science and Technology (Chemistry), developing bioplastics based on vegetable proteins for agroecological applications. She also teaches at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM) and serves as a visiting professor at the Argentine Packaging Institute (IAE).