Sandra Montoya is a Full Professor at Universidad de Caldas, Colombia. She received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Colombia, and a Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Sciences from Universidad de Caldas. He joined the Faculty of Engineering at Universidad de Caldas in 2004 where she has coordinated different undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to biotechnology and macromycetes. Her research focuses on biotechnology of macromycetes, composting, enzyme technology, and other agro-industrial bioprocesses. She has led research and development projects on the utilization of agro-industrial waste and macromycetes cultivation. Dr. Montoya has authored over 18 research papers and 1 book chapter and presented more than 20 works at Colombian and international scientific events. She was granted a US patent on a novel bioreactor for solid-state fermentations. She is one of the main Latin American researchers in the cultivation of Grifola frondosa in tropical weathers and has improved the productivity of Ganoderma lucidum production under Colombian conditions. She is founder and Director of the Bioprocess and Agro-industry Plant at Universidad de Caldas, a center for research and technological development. Dr. Montoya has designed, started-up and managed different commercial facilities for production of macromycetes fungi in Colombia.