Dr. Raquel P. Herrera was born in Alicante (Spain) in 1977. She received her B.Sc. (1999) and M.Sc. degrees (2000) at the University of Alicante, Spain, and completed her Ph.D. (1999–2003) under the supervision of Prof. Guijarro and Prof. Yus at the same university. Then, she took up a European postdoctoral contract with Prof. Ricci (Bologna, Italy) until March 2006, at which time she joined Prof. Lassaletta’s and Fernández’s group at the IIQ-CSIC (Seville, Spain). She was appointed as a permanent researcher (ARAID program) at the ISQCH-University of Zaragoza in January 2008 and in 2012 she obtained a permanent position as Tenured Scientist of the Spanish Council of Research (CSIC) at the same Institute. Currently, she is Scientific Researcher. In 2012, she was awarded with the Lilly Prize for the best young scientist under 40 in Spain. Her research focuses on asymmetric organocatalysis and its applications. She is the head of the asymmetric organocatalysis research group.