Professor Georgina Hernández D. received her PhD degree from the National University of México (UNAM). She took a postdoctoral position (in the biotech company BioTechnica International, Inc., Agricultural Biotechnology Department (Cam bridge, MA, USA). Currently she holds the position of Full Professor at the Center for Genomic Sciences, formerly the Nitrogen Fixation Research Center, from UNAM in Cuernavaca, México. During her sabbatical leave she performed research, as a visiting professor, at the University of Minnesota – USDA, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, and at the Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology. She has served as the Director of the Center and currently she serves as Head of the Eukaryotic Functional Genomics Research Program. She is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and has served as its Treasurer. Since almost 30 years ago she has performed research in the area of the legume / rhizobia nitrogen-fixing symbiosis. Her pioneer work contributed to the development the functional genomics of common bean (Phaseoulus vulgaris), the main legume for human consumption in the world. Her current research aims to decipher novel common bean global regulators - transcription factors, microRNAs- relevant for the symbiotic N-fixation process using genetic/genomic approaches.