María Jesús Santos Sánchez is a PhD in Physical Sciences from the University of Salamanca. Since 2009 she is an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Physics, in the Faculty of Sciences, at the University of Salamanca (Spain). Member of the research group "Energy Optimization, Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics". President of the local committee of the Royal Spanish Physical Society, in Salamanca. Member of the editorial committee of “Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca”. His current research interests include solar thermal plant optimization and Physics teaching innovation. In recent years she has participated in several projects for Innovation and Teacher Improvement, as well as European projects on teaching. Publishing the results in magazines, several book chapters on educational innovation, as well as 3 books.