Since 2004, Maribel Plascencia-Jatomea has been a Senior Full-Time Professor, Level C, at the University of Sonora, Mexico. She has conducted research work in the Microbiology and Mycotoxins Laboratory of the Department of Research and Postgraduate in Food Science. She received her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Metropolitan Autonomous University in 2004, with the Medal to the University Merit. She has been the leader of the Consolidated Academic Group "Bioactive natural compounds and food microbiology" since 2009 and Professor with Desirable Profile of the Program for the Teaching Professional Development for the Superior Type since 2008. Her interests and lines of research include the study of bioactive compounds and biopolymeric systems with antimicrobial activity, and the development and study of functional bio-based composite materials. She has supervised 15 PhD, 20 Master and 13 undergraduate students, as well as 6 Postdocs, and advised 64 theses. She is responsible for 16 research projects and co-authored 112 original articles published in JCR journals, 1 book and 22 book chapters, with 3,413 citations (h-index: 28). She has spoken at 36 conferences by invitation and presented more than 140 scientific works in national and international congresses. Her scientific work has been recognized with the distinction as National Researcher Level III from the National System of Researchers (SNI III), given by the National Council for Science and Technology (CONAHCyT).