Carlos Saldaña was born in Mexico City. He holds a Biology degree from UNAM, where he completed postgraduate studies in Biomedical Research at the Institute of Cellular Physiology. He earned a Master’s in Biochemistry and a Doctorate in Biophysics, both with honors. He has been an Associate Researcher at the Institute of Neurobiology at UNAM, Postdoctoral Researcher at the same institute, and Adjunct Researcher at CFATA-UNAM. He served as a Full-Time Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at UAQ (2011–2013) and, since 2013, has been a Full-Time Professor at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, UAQ (FCN-UAQ). With over 50 JCR-indexed publications, 16 funded grants (CONACyT, UNAM, UAQ), he is a Level 2 member of the National System of Researchers and holds the PROMEP profile. He has taught nearly 100 courses at various levels in areas like Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Fluorescence Microscopy and supervised 25 theses. His research focuses on Membrane Biophysics, Killer Systems, Calcium Dynamics, Molecular Dynamics, Neural Networks, and Pharmacogenomics.