López-Mesa is an Associate Professor at the University of Zaragoza in the area of Architectural Constructions. She got her degree in Architecture from the University of Seville in 2000, and the PhD degree from the Swedish university Luleå University of Technology in 2004. She has devoted her professional career to teaching and research at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden (2000-2004), Universitat Jaume I in Castellón (2004-2010) and University of Zaragoza (since 2010 and continues). Specializing in sustainability and energy efficiency in buildings renovation and urban regeneration, she has supervised four defended theses, participated in over 40 research projects and contracts with companies, and has more than 85 publications. She is the director of the Cátedra Zaragoza Vivienda since its creation in 2011. She is the main researcher of the GIA group since its creation in 2017.