Prof. Dr. Rosalba Troncoso-Rojas is a full-time Research Professor at the Research Center in Food and Development (CIAD) in Hermosillo, Mexico. She obtained her PhD in 2005 in Food Science (Technological Institute of Veracruz). She is the head of the Biotechnology and Postharvest of Fruits and Vegetables Laboratory, and the scientific leader of a research group focused in Postharvest and Biotechnology of Horticultural Products belonging to the Coordination of Plant Origin Food Technology. The main focus of Prof. Dr. Troncoso’s research is developing environmentally friendly protocols for the control of postharvest diseases and also protocols to preserve food quality and reduce the postharvest losses of horticultural products. Currently, she is working on the elucidation of the molecular mechanism of fungal chitin oligomer recognition in fruits, and the signaling pathways that activate the defense response in fruits. She is a member of the National System of Researchers in Mexico, and she has received several national and international awards.