Dr. María Tomás-Rodríguez currently works as Lecturer in Avionics in the Mathematics and Engineering Department. After graduating with a Bsc. in Physics and majoring in automatic Calculus in 1998 at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), she worked as a Software Analyst for a private company for two years. She obtained her Msc in Control Systems Eng. in 2001 and PhD in Control Systems in 2005 at The Sheffield University. During 2002, she collaborated with the Space Research Group and during 2003–2005, she worked in the area of control of Nonlinear Systems and Repetitive Control as a Research Associate. She was a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Control and Power Group at Imperial College from 2005 to 2007. She is a Committee Member, Observer, and Member of the UK Automatic Control Council and a Member of the New Academics in Control Engineering (New-ACE).