About Me

I am a food lover... and I like exploring and finding questions to answer. Reading, traveling, tasting and being unique are some of my qualifiers. Besides doing research in a laboratory setting I like to explore. Food, to me, has been the link to most of what I do and who I know. Food is always a great "ice breaker" and is a common language spoken internationally...

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EDUCATION

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* Berrycactus- Everything about it!

* Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods & Bioactive Compounds

* Food Chemistry

* Pigments- Betalains in particular

* Shelf-Life and Food Preservation

*Culinology- The intersection between Culinary Arts & Food Science

* Food Design- Food to eat, to use as inspiration for objects, the surrounding around food, the experiences, etc.

* Food Waste

Jan 2012 - Oct 2017

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, campus Querétaro

PhD. in Engineering Sciences

2006 - 2011

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, campus Querétaro

B.S. Food Industry Engineering

January 2010 - May 2010

California State University, Fresno CA

Visiting Scholar

August 2015 - May 2016

Univerity of the Pacific, Stockton CA

Visiting Research Scholar