Fabricio Medina-Bolivar is a prominent academic and researcher in the field of plant metabolic engineering, currently serving as a Professor at Arkansas State University since August 2009, where additional roles include Director of both the Environmental Sciences and Molecular Biosciences Graduate Programs and President of the Hispanic/Latinx Faculty and Staff Association. With a notable career at Arkansas State University that began in 2005, Fabricio has advanced from Assistant Professor to Chief Scientific Officer at Nature West and Executive Director at the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants. The educational background includes a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology - Biotechnology from Penn State University and a B.S. in Biology from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.