Doctor María De Los Dolores Reyes Duarte is a Professor in the Department of Processes and Technology of the Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Cuajimalpa. She studied Biochemical Engineering at the Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz (1992-1997) and a Ph.D. in Biochemical Sciences (1997-2002) at the Instituto de Biotecnología of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He did a postdoctorate at the Biocatalysis Department of the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry, Consejo Superior de Investigación Científica, Madrid, Spain (2002-2005). Madrid, Spain (2002-2005). She has done research stays at the Technological Institute of Veracruz (2010 and 2019) and was a visiting professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso in Chile teaching a course on functional foods (May, 2018).

She participates as a professor in the Biological Engineering degree at the Cuajimalpa Campus of the UAM, where she usually teaches courses in Biological Systems, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Enzymatic Technology, and Food Biotechnology Workshops.

She is a SNI Level I researcher since 2006, and her main line of research is focused on the study of enzymes as biocatalysts: search for new enzymes with potential industrial application and development of enzymatic processes, both mainly in the food area. She has published 23 articles in international indexed and refereed journals, 11 book chapters, and has graduated three graduate students and has under her direction another three students at the same level. She has directed or participated in research projects of CONACyT, PROMEP, ICyTDF, SAGARPA, and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Spain.

She actively collaborates in the BIOCATEM Network (Biocatalysis for the food, technical and medical industries) and in the organization of events in the area. She received the 2016 Applied Research Award granted by the Instituto Politécnico Nacional for her participation in the project "Obtaining biopolymers from agroindustrial waste of tomato peel".
She is currently part of the National Board of Directors (2022-2024) of the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering.