Bárbara Biosca has a degree in Mining Engineering, specialising in Geology and Geophysics, and a PhD in Mining Engineering. She has a position as associate professor at the School of Mines and Energy of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, lecturing mainly in Geophysics and Physics. She is a member of the Prospecting Laboratory of the UPM. She has more than 20 years of experience in Applied Geophysics, and her main activity is related to electrical and electromagnetic methods. She is a member of the Promediam research group, whose research lines are: Characterisation of materials, structures and geological environment; Application of geophysical and geochemical techniques for the characterisation of aquifers and contaminated soils; Relationship between geophysical parameters and geomechanical parameters of the subsurface. She has several publications in these research lines.