Dr. Beatriz A. Rodas-Junco is a research professor at the Faculty of Engineering Chemistry, Exact Sciences and Engineering Campus, Autonomous University of Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico. She received her Master of Science in Biochemical Engineering at the Food Research and Development Unit, Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz, Mexico, and her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, with a specialty in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Scientific Research Center of Yucatán, Mexico. Her scientific interest is the study of the cellular, biochemical, and epigenetic mechanisms involved in the adipogenic differentiation process in stem cells of dental origin to develop and explore new therapeutic avenues.