Carmen M. Gurrola-Díaz received her Ph.D. in molecular pathology from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, in 2003. Since 2004, she has worked as full professor at the Molecular Biology and Genomics Department of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. Her major research interests include plant biocompounds, antioxidants, nutraceutics and functional foods in non-communicable diseases, and legume bioactive compounds (focused on proteins, peptides, and quinolizidine alkaloids).