Dr. Brenda Román is a research professor at the Universidad Politécnica del Estado de Morelos, Mexico. She obtained her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Sciences from the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, graduating with honors. She also completed a doctoral research stay at China Agricultural University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain. Since 2017, she has been a Level I member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadoras e Investigadores (SNII), Mexico. Her research focuses on microbial taxonomy, genomic characterization of novel bacterial species, and plant-associated endophytes for sustainable agriculture. Dr. Román has authored more than 20 scientific publications and has contributed to the identification of over 18 novel bacterial species using polyphasic approaches. She currently serves as president of the Sociedad Mexicana de Taxonomía Microbiana and actively collaborates in international research and peer review activities. In 2023, she was selected by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Scientific Exchange Program as the only Mexican participant, conducting research on climate-smart agriculture at North Carolina State University.