Full Professor, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.

Biologist, Dr. in Food Science and Technology from Universidad Central de Venezuela, with M Sc. Food Science and Nutrition from University of Wisconsin. Author of over 150 published scientist papers, which are focused in grains (cocoa), roots, tubers, and its use in new products development.