Dr. Banda Vázquez studied Genomic Sciences (2006-2011) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, Mexico). Regarding graduate studies in Biochemical Sciences, he obtained his MSc (2013) at the Biotechnology Institute (IBT, Mexico) and his PhD (2018) at School of Medicine, UNAM. His research experience regards protein engineering and protein design by means of computational methods and experimental testing. His expertise has been developed and applied in Mexico (IBT and School of Medicine at UNAM), Germany (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology at Tübingen and Helmholtz Zentrum at Munich), and Canada (University of Ottawa). With an interest in applying his expertise to lighting devices, Dr. Banda Vázquez is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellow at the Technical University of Munich working at the chair of Biogenic Functional Materials with Prof. Rubén D. Costa. His research focuses on prediction and improvement of suitable sustainable materials for Bio-hybrid LEDs.