Dr. María de Lourdes Pérez Chabela holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa, a Master’s degree in Animal Production (Meat Science), and a Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science from the Universidad Veracruzana. She has been a faculty member at UAM since 1988, having served as Coordinator of the Food Engineering Undergraduate Program, Head of the Macromolecular Biochemistry Research Area, and currently Head of the Department of Biotechnology (2024–2028). She holds the rank of National Researcher Level II in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadoras e Investigadores (SNII), is an elected Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (AMC), and holds the PRODEP Desirable Profile distinction.

She serves as a Full-Time Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology within the Division of Biological and Health Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa.

Her research focuses on meat and meat product quality, as well as the formulation of functional foods utilizing agro-industrial co-products and thermotolerant probiotic lactic acid bacteria. Her scientific output comprises nearly 60 peer-reviewed articles with over 1,500 citations (h-index of 24) and 33 book chapters. She has supervised 32 postgraduate theses across doctoral, master’s, and specialization levels, and served for 15 years as associate editor of the meat science journal Nacameh.