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I graduated in Chemistry from the University of Huelva. I then completed a Master's degree in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology at the University of Seville, before returning to the University of Huelva to complete my training with a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2021.
Subsequently, I obtained the ‘Margarita Salas’ postdoctoral contract, which led me to spend a year as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Umeå (Sweden) and a year back at the University of Huelva. After that, in 2024, I obtained the Juan de la Cierva-Formación postdoctoral contract, joining the University of Valladolid with the project ‘Inactivation of enveloped and non-enveloped viruses using innovative microalgae-based wastewater treatment systems’, which is the one I am currently developing.

I study mechanisms for the inactivation of biological contaminants (viruses) in wastewater treatment systems using microalgae. In addition, I study how different microalgae can affect virus elimination processes, so that we can identify the molecular mechanisms that occur when microalgae eliminate the infectivity of viruses. The use of microalgae for wastewater treatment also eliminates organic and inorganic contaminants, so the aim of my research is to find a sustainable contaminant removal system that reduces the costs and problems associated with biological treatments using chemicals.

My vision is to understand these mechanisms in order to optimise the elimination process using microalgae, as well as to search for molecules synthesised by microalgae that could be used as antivirals in the future.