Aida Esther Peñuela-Martínez earned, from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, a BS in Food engineering, from the Manizales University a MSc in Sustainable Development and from the National University of Colombia PhD in Biotechnology (2019). She is now the Scientific Researcher of the Postharvest Department in National Coffee Research Center, Cenicafé. Her work in Coffee Fermentation and Drying has resulted in more than 30 publications, patents, presentations, lectures, and coursess. Her research interests include Keywords.Coffee processing, Coffee fermentation, microbial diversity, coffee quality.