Ruth Elizabeth Belmares-Cerda is the Head of the Food Development and Technology area at the Faculty of Chemical Sciences of the Autonomous University of Coahuila (UAdeC). Her scientific and research work is focused on the development and innovation of functional foods from agro-industrial waste, bioactive molecules and the use of little explored resources to solve problems of obesity, malnutrition and diabetes. She is a Research Professor of the Functional Foods and Nutrition Group (FF&N). She completed professional training as a Chemist Pharmacobiologist (2001, UAdeC), and then obtained a Master's in Food Science and Technology (2005, UAdeC) and a Doctorate in Biotechnology (2008, UAdeC). Her experience includes international stays at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement-IRD (2004, Marseille, France) and at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-INRA (2008, Rennes, France). She won first place at the Coahuila Science and Engineering Fair 2018. She is currently a member of the Mexican Association of Food Science. She is involved in linkage projects with the productive sector for the generation of new products through the National Peasant Commission and with the Mexican Union of Nopal, Tuna and Maguey Producers in Coahuila.