HERRERA AMANTE, CARLOS ABRAHAM

DSc. Carlos Abraham Herrera-Amante is the General Coordinator of the Ibero-American Network of Researchers in Applied Anthropometry (RIBA²). He holds a Doctorate in Sports Education and Sports Sciences from the University of Baja California (UBC), Mexico, and two Master's degrees in Sports Nutrition from the Real Madrid Graduate School, Universidad Europea, Spain, and the Universidad del Valle de México. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Nutrition from the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), where he currently serves as the Head of the Nutritional Assessment and Nutritional Care Laboratory (LECEN) and as a Professor of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Physiology. He has been an instructor on more than 150 international accreditation courses in Kinanthropometry and is a Level 3 anthropometrist certified by the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK). He has worked as a scientific advisor for elite and Olympic athletes. His career includes participation in over 300 national and international conferences, as well as the authorship and co-authorship of scientific articles, book chapters, and two books. In 2018, he received the ISAK Young Investigator Award in Santiago, Chile. His research areas include kinanthropometry, sports nutrition, bioenergetics, and physical performance assessments.