Silvia Lorena Montes-Fonseca is a research professor in the Medical and Health Science School of Tecnologico de Monterrey and works as a parasitologist/bacteriologist. She has a Bachelor's in Chemistry (2008) from Autonom University of Chihuahua and a Master's degree in Biotechnology Science (2010) from the same institution. She has a doctoral degree (2014) in Environment Technology Science from the Advanced Materials Research Center. She has more than 10 years of teaching experience and 5 years as an entrepreneur. Her research interests are the use of nanomaterials as drug delivery systems, the design of medical devices, and nanotoxicologic and cell culture studies.