Alejandro Isabel Luna Maldonado
Dr. Alejandro Isabel Luna Maldonado received a PhD in Agricultural Sciences from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, in 2009. He began his career as a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Engineering at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León in 1992 and was trained in the design and automation of agro-industrial machinery at the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Professor Luna Maldonado became an assistant professor in 1996 and a professor in 2018. He has published thirty-three articles, five book chapters, and four books. He has advised six doctoral theses, five master\'s theses, and three undergraduate theses. He has served as the head of the educational program of Food Industry Engineering, which has been internationally accredited by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), since 2009. He has been a member of the Mexican Council of Science and Technology since 2012, and the Program for the Development Teaching Professional (PRODEP) since 2003. He has also been a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineering since 2012, and the Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery since 2007.