Jorge Alejandro Nieto Alvarez

2021/2022 Kirchner Food Fellow
Mexico Fellows

Jorge is currently, studying a master’s degree in Business Administration at the University of Guanajuato, where he wants to focus on consolidating the potential that biotechnology has as a high-impact science, through the efficient investment of capital mediated by the search of sustainable solutions.

He is also a Biotechnology engineer by the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Guanajuato, where he was part of a team dedicated to perform molecular analysis in Mexican plants of interest like agave and tomato.

Prior to the MBA, Jorge worked in the private sector as an associate researcher in biotechnology-based projects. He also has plans related for entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector, where he sees himself actively working in a continuous journey to search, find and support new technologies and knowledge that allow us to produce better and more sustainable foods.