Veronica Rodriguez-Martinez has been a Research Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Guadalajara since 2020, where she teaches classes and research in food science and technology. She is a member of the Emerging Food Technologies and Nutraceuticals Research Group, and her research focuses on finding strategies to add value to regionally produced crops and byproducts of the food industry. She earned her Ph.D. in Food Science from Purdue University (USA) for her work in developing and characterizing nanoemulsions as carriers of antimicrobials. She completed postdocs at Purdue University and the FEMSA Biotechnology Center at Tecnológico de Monterrey. She has presented her research at national and international conferences. Besides. She is a member of the National System of Level I Researchers, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), and Phi Tau Sigma, the Honor Society of Food Science and Technology.