Affiliation: Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas. Ciudad de México, México

Dr. Karina García-Gutiérrez is a postdoctoral fellow at the National School of Biological Sciences at IPN. She holds a Ph.D. in Science with a specialization in Biotechnology from CINVESTAV, IPN. She has conducted academic and research stays at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Guanajuato. She has taught microbiology to undergraduate and master’s students and has advised students at the Virtual University of the State of Guanajuato in the Sustainable Development module. Her research interests include studying the vast diversity of microscopic fungi isolated from various ecosystems and characterizing them from the microscopic to the molecular level, exploring the potential applications of metabolites produced by these remarkable organisms, as well as bioremediation and post-harvest conservation. She is a member of the Mexican Society of Biochemistry and is part of Mexico's National System of Researchers (SNI) with Candidate level recognition.