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Sustainable Development Goals

Research interests

• Food additives preparation
• Food decontamination
• Bioactive compounds synthesis
• Recovery of fine chemicals from food waste

Profile

Professor Sergio Alatorre Santamaria completed his undergraduate studies (Food Chemistry) and Master's degree (Biochemical Sciences) at the Faculty of Chemistry of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He later obtained his Ph.D. degree "Magna Cum Laude" in Organic Chemistry (Biocatalysis) at the University of Oviedo (Spain), studies carried out between 2006 and 2010. After a year as an associate professor at the Unidad Xochimilco of the UAM, he did a postdoctoral stay in the research group of Professor Tomáš Hudlický at Brock University (Canada) between 2011 and 2012. During his Ph.D. studies and postdoctoral stay, he was a grantee of the Mexican (CONACYT) and Canadian (PDRF-CBIE) governments, respectively.

Since 2013 he has been attached to the Food Biotechnology group, in the Department of Biotechnology, at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, with the category of Associate Professor D Full Time. He is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI), Level I, and is also a Professor with Desirable Profile (PRODEP).

He has participated in the direction and advising of undergraduate, specialty, Master's, and Doctoral theses. He is a full-time professor, teaching theoretical and practical courses in the Biotechnology department in introductory and semi-advanced organic chemistry.

He has published over 20 articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals, five didactic books, and three book chapters. He has also participated as an academic representative before the Divisional Council of CBS in the Iztapalapa Campus. He was the coordinator of the Editorial Committee within the same Division and is currently Head of the Academic Area of Food.

He has also participated in several projects funded by the University, CONACYT, and foreign governments.

His lines of research are the synthesis of food additives through environmentally friendly biocatalytic techniques, the development of alternative methods for decontaminating mycotoxins in food, and the preparation of value-added compounds with nutraceutical potential.

Finally, he has established research links with groups at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and the University of Windsor (Canada).

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Research interests

• Food additives preparation
• Food decontamination
• Bioactive compounds synthesis
• Recovery of fine chemicals from food waste

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Open Access	References	UN SDGs
OA	Granados-Martínez, M., Guzmán-Rodríguez, F., Cruz-Guerrero, A. and 1 more (...) (2026).Valorization of requesón Cheese Whey through Synthesis of Galactooligosaccharides with Fungal and Recombinant β-Galactosidases. ACS Food Science and Technology,6(4) 986-995	\| 9 \|
OA	Patlan-Velázquez, L.-F., González-Olivares, L.-G., García-Garibay, M. and 5 more (...) (2026).Bioactive Peptide-Enriched Requeson: A Functional Dairy Product From Whey Fermentation. Food Science and Nutrition,14(4)	\| 12 \|
	Robles-Arias, M.A., Jímenez-Pérez, C., Gómez-Castro, C.Z. and 7 more (...) (2025).Effect of temperature on the structure of α-l-fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima: implications from molecular dynamics simulation. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics,	\| 3 \|
OA	Carrero-Puentes, S., Jiménez-Pérez, C., Guzmán-Rodríguez, F. and 6 more (...) (2025).Effect of an exopolysaccharide-producing strain of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus NCFB 2772 on the yield and quality of Requeson (Mexican cheese) added with a probiotic. Journal of Dairy Research,92(4) 566-573
OA	Patlan-Velazquez, L.F., González-Olivares, L.G., García-Garibay, M. and 4 more (...) (2025).Whey as a substrate for biogenic production of exopolysaccharide. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,24(1)
	Hernández-Martínez, A., Roldán-Hernández, L., Razmkhah, K. and 4 more (...) (2025).Evaluation of aflatoxin M1 binding capacity of kefir exopolysaccharides produced with different fermentation media. International Dairy Journal,169
	Patlan-Velázquez, L.-F., González-Olivares, L.-G., García-Garibay, M. and 4 more (...) (2024).Effect of biogenic exopolysaccharides in characteristics and stability of a novel Requeson-type cheese. Food Bioscience,59
OA	Jiménez-Pérez, C., Roldán-Hernández, L., Cruz-Guerrero, A. and 1 more (...) (2024).Evaluation of the aflatoxin M1 retention capacity in a polysaccharide obtained by fermenting milk with kefir grains. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,23(2)	\| 9 \|
OA	Jiménez-Pérez, C., Guzmán-Rodríguez, F., Cruz-Guerrero, A.E. and 1 more (...) (2023).The dual role of fucosidases: tool or target. Biologia,78(7) 1773-1788	\| 3 \|
	Guzmán-Rodríguez, F., Alatorre-Santamaría, S., Cruz-Guerrero, A. (2023).Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOS). Handbook of Food Bioactive Ingredients: Properties and Applications,1383-1411
	Alatorre-Santamaría, S., Cruz-Guerrero, A., Guzmán-Rodríguez, F. (2023).Fructooligosaccharides (FOS). Handbook of Food Bioactive Ingredients: Properties and Applications,1271-1300	\| 3 \|
OA	Pavón-Chimal, M.E., Jiménez-Pérez, C., Guzmán-Rodríguez, F. and 6 more (...) (2023).An In silico Analysis of Enzyme-Substrate Interaction in α-L-Fucosidases Belonging to the GH29 Family. Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry,13(5)
	Pavón-Chimal, M.E., Jiménez-Pérez, C., Guzmán-Rodriguez, F. and 6 more (...) (2023).Mechanistic insight into the synthesis of fucooligosaccharides by α-L-fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima belonging to the GH29 family: in silico study. Biologia,78(7) 1825-1832
OA	Magacz, M., Alatorre-Santamaría, S., Kędziora, K. and 7 more (...) (2023).Modified Lactoperoxidase System as a Promising Anticaries Agent: In Vitro Studies on Streptococcus mutans Biofilms. International Journal of Molecular Sciences,24(15)
OA	Castañeda-Ovando, A., Moreno-Vilet, L., Jaimez-Ordaz, J. and 7 more (...) (2023).Aguamiel syrup as a technological diversification product: Composition, bioactivity and present panorama. Future Foods,8	\| 3 \|
	Carrero-Puentes, S., Fuenmayor, C., Jiménez-Pérez, C. and 6 more (...) (2022).Development and characterization of an exopolysaccharide-functionalized acid whey cheese (requesón) using Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation,46(6)
	Pérez-Escalante, E., Alatorre-Santamaría, S., Castañeda-Ovando, A. and 5 more (...) (2022).Human milk oligosaccharides as bioactive compounds in infant formula: recent advances and trends in synthetic methods. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition,62(1) 181-214
OA	Navarro, A., Gimeno, M., Alatorre-Santamaría, S. and 1 more (...) (2022).Benign and straightforward synthesis of lignan-type dimers using crude peroxidase from red radish (Raphanus sativus var sativus). Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,21(2)
OA	de la Vega, M.I.C., Alatorre-Santamaría, S., Gómez-Ruiz, L. and 5 more (...) (2021).Influence of oat β-glucan on the survival and proteolytic activity of lactobacillus rhamnosus gg in milk fermentation: Optimization by response surface. Fermentation,7(4)
	Robles-Arias, M.A., García-Garibay, M., Alatorre-Santamaría, S. and 5 more (...) (2021).Improvement of Fucosylated Oligosaccharides Synthesis by α-L-Fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima in Water-Organic Cosolvent Reaction System. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology,193(11) 3553-3569
	Jiménez-Pérez, C., Alatorre-Santamaría, S., Tello-Solís, S.R. and 4 more (...) (2021).Analysis of aflatoxin m1 contamination in milk and cheese produced in mexico: A review. World Mycotoxin Journal,14(3) 269-285
OA	Robles-Arias, M.A., Guzmán-Rodriguez, F., García-Garibay, M. and 4 more (...) (2021).α-L-fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima: Hydrolytic and transfucosylation activities. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,20(3)
	Guzmán-Rodríguez, F., Alatorre-Santamaría, S., Gómez-Ruiz, L. and 3 more (...) (2021).Synthesis of fucosylated oligosaccharides with α-l-fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima immobilized on Eupergit® CM. Extremophiles,25(3) 311-317
	Jiménez-Pérez, C., Tello-Solís, S.R., Gómez-Castro, C.Z. and 6 more (...) (2020).Spectroscopic studies and molecular modelling of the aflatoxin M1-bovine α-lactalbumin complex formation. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology,209

Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	26I	Trabajo Experimental III	Posgrado
2	26I	Trabajo Experimental IX	Posgrado
3	26I	Trabajo Experimental VI	Posgrado
4	26I	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
5	25O	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
6	25O	Trabajo Experimental II	Posgrado
7	25O	Trabajo Experimental V	Posgrado
8	25P	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
9	25P	Temas Selectos de Biotecnología II	Posgrado
10	25P	Tópicos en Biotecnología I	Posgrado
11	25P	Trabajo Experimental I	Posgrado
12	25P	Trabajo Experimental IV	Posgrado
13	25I	Seminario de Proyecto Doctoral	Posgrado
14	25I	Seminario de Revisión Bibliográfica y Proyecto Experimental	Posgrado
15	25I	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
16	24O	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
17	24P	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
18	24P	Química y Bioquímica de Alimentos	Posgrado
19	24P	Seminario de Informe Terminal	Posgrado
20	24I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Licenciatura
21	24I	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
22	24I	Tópicos en Biotecnología I	Posgrado
23	24I	Trabajo Experimental III	Posgrado
24	23O	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
25	23O	Trabajo Experimental II	Posgrado
26	23O	Tópicos en Biotecnología I	Posgrado
27	23O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Licenciatura
28	23O	Tópicos de Biotecnología II	Posgrado
29	23P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Licenciatura
30	23P	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
31	23P	Trabajo Experimental I	Posgrado
32	23I	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
33	23I	Seminario de Revisión Bibliográfica y Proyecto Experimental	Posgrado
34	23I	Trabajo Experimental XII	Posgrado
35	23I	Trabajo Experimental XII	Posgrado
36	22O	Trabajo Experimental IX	Posgrado
37	22O	Trabajo Experimental XI	Posgrado
38	22O	Trabajo Experimental III	Posgrado
39	22O	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
40	22P	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
41	22P	Trabajo Experimental II	Posgrado
42	22P	Trabajo Experimental X	Posgrado
43	22P	Trabajo Experimental XI	Posgrado
44	22I	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
45	22I	Química Orgánica II	Licenciatura
46	22I	Seminario de Revisión Bibliográfica	Posgrado
47	22I	Trabajo Experimental I	Posgrado
48	22I	Trabajo Experimental X	Posgrado

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