David Ramiro Aguillón-Gutiérrez graduated from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in 2003. He obtained his Specialist degree in Occupational Health from the Autonomous University of Noreste (Mexico), MSc degree in Biological Sciences (Specialist in Embryology) from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, in 2009, and his PhD degree in Biological Sciences (Specialist in Embryology and Zoology) also from the same University in 2012. From 2013 to 2014 he was a Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity and Conservation at the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Currently he is a full-time research-professor at the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico and a member of the National System of Researches (Mexico). He has published 25 peer-reviewed papers, 5 book chapters and 3 books (two as author and one as editor). Cristian Torres-León Professor, Research Center and Ethnobiological Garden, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. Cristian Torres-León received a degree in Agroindustrial Engineering (2013) from the National University of Colombia before obtaining his Master's (2016) and Doctorate (2019) in Food Science and Technology, both from the Autonomous University of Coahuila in Mexico. In addition, he completed a Doctorate (2019) in Biotechnology at the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil.

Dr. Torres-León worked as a Young Researcher at the Colombian Ministry of Science between 2013 and 2014 and has undertaken a research stay at the University of Minho in Portugal (2016). Dr. Torres-León has evaluated projects for government organizations, and his activities and accomplishments include conferences, seminars, workshops, and the publication of 26 scientific papers in indexed journals and 16 book chapters. Dr. Torres-León is now a full professor at the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico, and mainly works in the Food Science and Technology area with an emphasis on biodegradable packaging, phenolic compounds, use of agro-industrial waste, fermentation technologies, ethnopharmacology, and food security. Jorge Aguirre-Joya is full-time professor at the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. He is a chemical pharmacologist with a degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila (2011).

He has a Master's degree in Food Science and Technology by the Autonomous University of Coahuila in Mexico (2014) and obtained his Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology in 2018 from the same university. Currentnly he is dean of the Research Center and Ethnobiological Garden from the Semidesert of Coahuila. He has published 12 peer-reviewed papers, 15 book chapters and one book as an editor. Also, he has participated and coordinate 10 technology transfer projects. Professor Aguirre-Joya is member of the National System of Reserches (Mexico) and serves as reviewer for several notable journals.