PhD degree in Pharmacy (Biochemistry) from the UCM in 2000. Currently, she is Research Scientist at the Department of Food Characterization, Quality and Safety [Research Group: Quality and Functionality of Plant Foods-BIOACTIVEG], ICTAN-CSIC. She has more than 100 scientific papers in impact journals (SCI) and numerous book chapters. Her h-index is 43. She has participated as a principal investigator or member of the research team in more than 50 competitive projects and research contracts with companies. She has carried out research stays in centers of recognized international prestige: Fulbright Visiting Postdoctoral Scientist at Nutrition and Neurocognition Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA-Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA), Tufts University, Boston, MA, EEUU (October 2001-September 2003, postdoctoral research stay); Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis (1998) and Phytochemical Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA-HNRCA, Tufts University (1999) (predoctoral research stays). In the last 10 years she has supervised 5 PhD theses, and more than 10 undergraduate and postgraduate students (DEA, Final Master’s Theses, Final Bachelor’s Thesis, Academic External Practices (Bachelor’s Degree)). She has been awarded with several research awards, highlighting the Young Investigator Award within Awards of Research and Innovation from Castilla-La Mancha 2006, the Young Award 2007 from Fundación General of Complutense University of Madrid and the Award of Investigation from Community of Madrid Miguel Catalán 2010, Modality: Researches Aged less than 40 Years, Science Area. She also has a relevant experience in R+D management being Advisor to the Coordinator of Food Science and Technology Area of the National Evaluation and Foresight Agency (ANEP) (2014-2018), as well as in R+D project and fellowships programmes evaluation, nationals and internationals (ANEP; DEVA-AAC; Obra Social la Caixa; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, FONCyT, Argentina; European Commission: Independent Expert Evaluator, Independent Expert Reviewer (External Reviewer) and Vice Chair-Cross-reader (panel review) (FP7, H2020, HORIZON), since 2009.