Full Professor, with ANECA accreditation, in the area of ​​Plant Physiology of the Faculty of Pharmacy, San Pablo CEU University. I combine my teaching activity by teaching classes in the degrees of Pharmacy and Biotechnology with the research activity that I carry out in the research group “Biotechnology of Plant-Microbiome Interaction” in the Faculty of Pharmacy.

I have co-supervised a Doctoral Thesis, I have three six-year research periods (CNEAI), I have participated in 14 research projects funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and by the Community of Madrid and in 12 R&D projects with companies. I have made 65 communications at national and international conferences and have published 34 articles, 6 book chapters and 1 patent.

The central axis of research on which all the lines of research we develop are based is the study of the beneficial plant-rhizobacteria interaction (PGPR). This interaction affects the adaptive metabolism of plants, increasing the concentration of metabolites that help the plant to better adapt to stress situations and that, at the same time, are of great interest to the pharmaceutical industry. Therefore, the research carried out in the group has enormous transfer interest to the industry. In this way, we develop various projects with companies in the agri-food sector to improve the adaptation of different crops to pathogen attack and water reduction, while improving their composition in molecules beneficial to health.

I am passionate about plants and I love traveling and sharing time and experiences with my family and friends.