Professor Norma Castañeda Villa received a degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering, both from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM). During her master's studies, she developed an innovative procedure for the objective adaptation of hearing aids using white noise.

She has taught courses in Electronic and Biomedical Engineering and the postgraduate program in Biomedical Engineering at the same university. She is co-author of the book "Circuitos Eléctricos" published by the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, and of the chapter "Auxiliares Auditivos Digitales" of the book "Función, descripción y adaptación de auxiliares auditivos" published by Trillas.

Professor Norma Castañeda received her Ph.D. from the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Her interest is focused on developing new objective techniques for diagnosing and rehabilitating people with hearing problems. Her Ph.D. research interests include Independent Component Analysis and Source Analysis for determining Auditory Evoked Response generators in children with cochlear implants.

She is currently head of the Biomedical Engineering Area of the Iztapalapa Campus of the UAM.