Rodolfo Torres De los Santos is a full-time research professor at the Mante Center Multidisciplinary Academic Unit of the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Mexico. He holds a PhD in Plant Biotechnology from the University of Granada, Granada, Spain (Cum laude, 2015). He was a professor at the Autonomous University of Chiapas (2009-2017), and a full-time professor at the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (2017-). Coordinator of the molecular diagnostic laboratory for diseases of agri-food interest, Gisenalabs (2016-2017). Member of the National System of Researchers (Secihti, Mexico, 2023-2027) and the State System of Researchers of Tamaulipas (2025). He has also received the Best Doctoral Thesis Award (SOMESIMI, 2016); and the University Award for Young Researcher from the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, 2023.