Professor Daniel Martínez Gómez is a Veterinarian and Zootechnician graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He completed his postgraduate studies in this same institution and obtained a Doctorate degree in Animal Production and Health Sciences.

He worked at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics (FMVZ-UNAM) as an assistant professor teaching laboratory classes for the subjects of Microbiology and Immunology and as a subject professor of Veterinary Immunology for 15 years. He later joined the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) through a competitive examination and is currently a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Animal Production, Division of Biological Sciences at the Xochimilco Campus. In this institution, he was a Member of the Research Commission of the Department of Agricultural and Animal Production, Xochimilco Campus in the period 2009 - 2010, Head of the Area of Ecodevelopment of Animal Production in the period 2010 - 2014, Head of the Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology from 2008 to date and Member of the Academic Commission of the Doctorate in Agricultural Sciences.

He has directed nine undergraduate theses, 15 Master's, and 7 Ph.D. theses. He has written 21 scientific articles in indexed journals (JCR) and has taught more than 60 refresher courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

During his academic work, he has received different distinctions, among them: "Pedro Hacha in Veterinary Public Health" Award granted by the Pan American Health Organization in 1998; "Constantino Ordoñez" Award on four occasions as advisor of the best undergraduate thesis in the area of Applied Sciences granted by the FMVZ UNAM; Recognition as Candidate to the National System of Researchers in the period 2012 - 2014; and Recognition as National Researcher Level I for two consecutive periods from 2015 to 2018, and from 2019 to 2022.