Dr. Araceli Tomasini Campocosio has been a Full-Time Professor-Researcher in the Department of Biotechnology, Division of Biological and Health Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Iztapalapa Campus, since 1985. She is a Level III member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNII).

She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Biochemical Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa Campus, and her Ph.D. in Enzyme Engineering and Bioconversion from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), France.

Her scientific career has focused on the biotechnology of filamentous fungi, with significant contributions to the production of secondary metabolites and aroma compounds, as well as to the study of fungal mechanisms for the removal of toxic pollutants. For more than three decades, she has conducted research on the physiology, biochemistry, sorption, degradation, and molecular biology of filamentous fungi to better understand their responses to toxic compounds and the mechanisms they employ for their transformation and removal. Her work has advanced the understanding of fungal detoxification processes and contributed to the development of innovative biotechnological strategies for the bioremediation of contaminated environments.

Dr. Tomasini has made substantial contributions to the education and training of future scientists, supervising the completion of nine undergraduate, five specialty, sixteen master’s, and seven doctoral theses, in addition to mentoring approximately twenty-five undergraduate social service projects.

Her scientific output includes 54 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals and 11 articles in national journals, which have collectively received more than 1,600 citations (excluding self-citations). She is also the author of 15 book chapters, editor of a reference book on fungal bioremediation published by CRC Press–Taylor & Francis, and holder of two patents. She has presented 75 papers at national conferences and 31 at international conferences, and has served as a reviewer for more than 60 manuscripts submitted to leading international scientific journals.

Among her distinctions are the 1992 UAM Research Award in the field of Biological and Health Sciences, granted by the UAM Iztapalapa Campus, for the work Environmental and Nutritional Factors Controlling Aflatoxin Production in Cassava Solid State Fermentation; the National Award granted by the Cuban Academy of Sciences in 2011 for the research Yeasts and Their Derivative Products as Ingredients in the Food Industry; the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the journal Información Tecnológica in recognition of her outstanding reviews during 2003; and the Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing awarded by Chemosphere (Elsevier) in 2016 in recognition of the quality and impact of her contributions as a peer reviewer.

Throughout her career, Dr. Tomasini has established herself as a leading researcher in environmental biotechnology and fungal bioremediation, making sustained contributions to scientific knowledge, technological innovation, and the training of highly qualified human resources in Mexico.