Dr. Grissel Trujillo de Santiago is a Research Professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey and co-directs the Alvarez Trujillo Laboratory. She serves as Chief Scientific Officer of FORMA Foods, is a member of Mexico s National System of Researchers (Level II), and a Full Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Dr. Trujillo is a leading inventor in the field of chaotic 3D printing and bioprinting. Her research focuses on bioprinting, biofabrication, and biomaterials engineering.
Dr. Trujillo earned her B.S. in Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Tecnológico de Monterrey. She completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She has also conducted research stays at prestigious universities in India and Italy.
She is the inventor of three granted Mexican patents and five additional technologies currently under patent prosecution. Her work has been featured on 13 covers of leading international scientific journals. She has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed scientific publications and has received over 8,500 citations (by June 2026).
Dr. Trujillo serves as Associate Editor of ACS Materials Letters and is a member of the Editorial Boards of ACS Materials Au and Biofabrication. She is also a member of the International Advisory Committee of the United Nations University (UNU) program for Latin America and the Caribbean. She has delivered more than 150 invited lectures at national and international conferences and institutions. Throughout her academic career, she has supervised and graduated 9 Ph.D. and 20 M.Sc. students in Nanotechnology and Biotechnology graduate programs.
Among her distinctions, Dr. Trujillo received the 2024 Emerging Leader in Chemistry Award from the American Chemical Society, the 2023 Young Scientist Research Award from the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the L Oréal UNESCO AMC For Women in Science Fellowship, and the International Society for Biofabrication (ISBF) Professional Development Award. She was also named Distinguished Citizen by her hometown. Together with her colleague Mario Álvarez, she received the Biotechnology Innovation Award from CINVESTAV and Neolpharma, as well as the inaugural Rómulo Garza Award in the category Research Leading to Entrepreneurship.
grissel@tec.mx
