Marco Rito-Palomares

Marco Antonio Rito Palomares PhD, born April 1966 in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico. Graduated in 1987 as BSc in Biochemical Engineering. In 1989 MSc in Chemical Engineering at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering at University of Birmingham in 1995. After working as a Postdoctoral researcher in Centre for Bioprocess Engineering at University of Birmingham and University of Cambridge, he returned to Tecnológico de Monterrey as Full Professor of Bioprocess Enginnering at the Centre for Biotechnology.

Marco Rito-Palomares has been honored with the Jubilee Award 2003 granted by the International Foundation for Science (IFS). Rómulo Garza Award 2002, maximum research award of Tecnológico de Monterrey.

He is Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Foundation for Science (IFS), the prestigiuos Academia Mexicana de Ciencias and President of the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Nuevo León State Section.