Alejandra Chavez-Santoscoy is an Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey Campus, where she directs the Core Lab Genomics. Her research focuses on the functional effects of phenolic compounds and other nutraceutical models both in vitro and in vivo, including clinical trials. Currently, her work centers on understanding complex biological systems and designing and evaluating active ingredients for functional foods, employing primarily nanotechnology and multi-omics data, with a circular economy perspective.
She is a member of the International Network of Bionanotechnology, where she leads efforts in applied bionanotechnology for food applications. Additionally, she is a founding member of the Latin American Network for Neuroprotection and Nutrigenomics (REDLANN). She holds three patents¿one with Tecnológico de Monterrey and two with the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC)¿and has one pending patent application. Her innovative projects have earned her international recognition as an Innovator under 35 LatAm 2017 by MIT Technology Review, awarded for developing a functional bread for chronic diseases. This accolade is the highest recognition given to researchers and entrepreneurs in technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. She has facilitated technology transfer to both small enterprises and multinational companies.
She is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) and was recently admitted as an active member of the Global Young Academy (GYA) for her scientific excellence and the social impact of her research projects.
In the part of Teaching and Academic Management has served as a teacher, being recognized for her work in the classroom since 2014, has received by the SEP recognition as Desirable Profile for Professor of Higher Education since 2016 and is valid until 2022 and has held positions of academic management in a recognized university in Mexico UABC, where she was coordinator of chemistry laboratories for 2 years and later Deputy Director of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, the largest faculty of the UABC, in 2019, where she had the opportunity to lead 393 teachers and 3200 students of 6 careers in Engineering and Chemistry, in addition to accrediting them before national accreditors such as CACEI (4 engineering and 2 careers in the area of chemistry). She was Director of the Food Industry Engineering Program at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey from February 2020 to December 2021, in this period of time she led the International Reaccreditation of the program before ABET and CACEI.
ExATec Graduated from the Biotechnology Engineering Program, with Research and Innovation Modality. For her work in Research and Innovation she has received other national and international recognitions.
chavez.santoscoy@tec.mx
