Herminia López-Salazar is an external advisor evaluating the pharmacological activity of plant extracts and products with medicinal activity at Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CEPROBI-IPN). She holds a doctorate of science in the development of biotic products from CEPROBI-IPN. She currently works as a Postdoctoral researcher at the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONAHCYT). She is also a surgeon at the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos. She teaches virtual classes at the undergraduate level in the Applied Nutrition program at Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de México (UnADM). Her research interests include clinical dermatology, dermatopathology, pharmaceutical sciences, medicinal plants and herbs, phytochemical analysis, drug vehicles, and extraction methods.
Brenda Hildeliza Camacho-Díaz has been a Professor and Researcher at Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CEPROBI-IPN) since 2010. She is an expert in functional foods, food engineering, microscopy, morphometry, image analysis, and fractal geometry. She has worked as a lecturer in the Department of Food Engineering of ENCB-IPN and is currently in the Laboratory of Microscopy and Imaging, imparting the subjects of Engineering, Biochemistry, and Microscopy. She holds a PhD in Sciences with specialization in Food from the National School of Biological Sciences, IPN. She has directed several undergraduate theses and master’s and doctoral theses on topics such as Agave fructans as a prebiotic and functional food ingredient in in vitro and in vivo models; encapsulation, Organosolv extraction, and microstructure in the distribution of flows; and morphology and analysis of biological sample imaging in photonic, electronic, and confocal laser sweep microscopy. In addition, she participated in research projects funded by national and international organizations and institutions such as MAPFRE, CONACyT, and SIP. In addition, she has been a reviewer of scholarships abroad, international journals, and innovation and development projects in CONACYT calls.
