Pharmaceutical Chemist Biologist with a Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology (Summa Cum Laude) from U.A.N.L. and a Master's in Medical Mycology from the University of the Basque Country, Spain. Author of over 100 indexed publications and 11 books on fungal pathogens; Level 2 researcher (SECIHTI) and President of the Mexican Association of Medical Mycology. Currently Head of the Department of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine, U.A.N.L.