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Dr. Lilia Arely Prado Barragán was born in Mexico City in 1964; she studied Food Engineering at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Iztapalapa Campus) where she graduated in 1897. In 1989, she obtained a specialized study in Food Chemistry in the Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science at the University of Nottingham, England. Upon her return to Mexico, she obtained a permanent position at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana as Associate Research Professor and in the same year (1993) she returned to the University of Nottingham to continue her studies at Master´s Level (1995) and Doctoral level. (1997). In 1998 she rejoined the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa Campus, where she has been working since then as a full-time Senior Researcher, to begin his research career. She entered the National System of Researchers (SNI) in 1999 and from 2012. As a result of her development in research and training of human resources, it has been part of the Mexican Academy of Sciences since 2017.

Dr. Prado Barragán carried out two research stays, at the University of Victoria (British Columbia), Canada (2003) and at the University of Provence in Marseille, France (2004). With the experience gained, between 2006 and 2011 she worked intensely on the revision and adaptation of the academic plans and programs of the BSc in Industrial Biochemical Engineering, making clear the result of her work for the following generations, as she achieved accreditation of the institutional bachelor's degree before the Accreditation Council in Engineering Education (CASEI). In addition, from 2011 to 2017 he was part of the Academic Committee of the National Center for Evaluation of Higher Education (CENEVAL), a regulatory body that provides reliable and valid information on the knowledge and skills that graduates acquire as beneficiaries of the educational programs at different levels of formal and informal education. She is also the founder of the institutional program "Professional Linking"; program that opens employment opportunities at the managerial level for the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Iztapalapa Campus) graduates in national and international companies; and founding president of the “Hablemos Claro de Alimentos” program, a non-profit scientific outreach program that seeks to provide relevant, current elements backed by scientific evidence to support readers in making more informed decisions in everyday life. Currently, she is a member of the Academic Council of the UAM (Iztapalapa Campus), she is also the coordinator of the Biological Sciences Books and Textbooks Publishing Committee and was part of the Postgraduate Committee in Biotechnology at UAM (Iztapalapa Campus).

Dr. Arely Prado has published more than 50 works in journals indexed in JCR and her tenacity extends to dissemination with 11 publications, edition of 3 books, 18 chapters in books, 3 laboratory manuals for teaching; always around his current line of research: Recovery of by-products from the agri-food industry: Production, characterization, and application of bioactive molecules in the pharmaceutical and food industries”. Her research line has allowed her to be responsible for international projects such as the "Biotransformation of by-products from fruit and vegetables processing industry into valuable bioproducts" sponsored by the European Union within the framework of the "Seventh Framework" Program Call. Her research is based on establishing "Circular Economy" strategies with the aim of NOT waste generation. Her scientific work has been cited more than 1000 times (Scopus without self-citations) with an H factor of 16.
Dr. Prado has supervised 12 doctoral theses, 9 master's theses and 9 bachelor's degrees. She has been an advisor to 20 postgraduate students at the master's and doctoral levels at the UAM (Iztapalapa Campus) and other national and international institutions. One of the most important aspects of its academic work is the collaboration with other national academic institutions (Autonomous University of Coahuila, Antonio Narro Autonomous Agrarian University, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, University of Guadalajara, Technological Institute of Sonora and Technological Institute of Durango, among others) and International [University of Georgia (CCRC), Distance State University of Costa Rica (UNED, Costa Rica), National Center for Biotechnological Innovators (CENIBiot, Costa Rica), National Open and Distance University of Colombia (UNAD, Colombia) Technological Institute of Production (ITP, Peru)].