Affiliation: DIFACQUIM research group, Department of Pharmacy, School of Chemistry, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Medina-Franco holds a BSc in Chemistry from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), as well as both a MSc and Ph.D. degree from UNAM. In 2005, Dr. Medina Franco joined the University of Arizona as a postdoctoral fellow, and in August 2007, he was named Assistant Member at the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies in Florida. In 2013, he conducted research at the Mayo Clinic, and the following year, he joined UNAM as Principal Investigator and Full-Time Research Professor. He currently leads the DIFACQUIM research group at UNAM. Since 2007, Dr. Medina Franco has been a member of the National Researcher System, National Council of Science and Technology in Mexico, where he holds the highest level, III. In 2016, he was appointed as a Research Collaborator at the Mayo Clinic, and in 2017, he was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).