Dr. Fausto Rojas Durán is a Mexican pharmaceutical chemist and neuroethologist with a distinguished academic and research career. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Biology (1995–2000), as well as a Master's (2003–2005) and Ph.D. (2005–2008) in Neuroethology, all from the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, Veracruz. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota (2011–2012), supported by Mexico’s CONACYT.

Dr. Rojas Durán is currently a full-time researcher at the Brain Research Institute of the Universidad Veracruzana, where he has worked since 2013. His research focuses on the role of steroid and peptide hormones in cancer cell migration, and neuroendocrine mechanisms related to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Over his career, he has co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles in high-impact journals and has contributed to several book chapters on neurobiology, endocrinology, and neurodegenerative disease. His interdisciplinary collaborations have spanned areas such as cancer biology, neuroscience, endocrinology, and molecular pharmacology.

Through his work, Dr. Rojas Durán has made significant contributions to understanding the neuroendocrine regulation of behavior and disease, becoming a prominent figure in Latin American neuroscience research.