(Ph.D, Research Scientist at CSIC) joined the CSIC in 1994. The synthesis of add-value materials (zeolites, glass, glass-ceramics, ferrites, aluminas, hydrotalcites, etc.) from industrial and mining waste has driven her career in research, development and innovation. She works on the characterisation and recycling of waste, by-products and secondary materials, the development of new processes for the synthesis of materials using waste as a raw material, and wastewater treatment processes. She has led more than 20 projects/contracts, of which more than 32% correspond to international competitive calls (LIFE, ECSC, AECID, SFERA). She is co-author of more than 170 scientific publications (more than 75% correspond to international journals included in SCI), and 160 contributions to Congresses/Conferences (70% international). She is co-inventor of 9 patents (4 are world priority patents and 1 European patent). In her scientific activity, she has collaborated with research groups belonging to universities and technological centres, both national (UCM, UAM, UPM, UCIII, IMIDRA, CENER, IMDEA, CIEMAT, …) and foreign (UFSC-Br, CNPq-Br, CNRS-Fr, UAM-Mx, UNIV-SFAX-Tn, USTO-Al, UNIMORE-IT, BFI-Ge, …).