Dra. Ester Gimenez is a Professor at the Department of Construction Engineering and Civil Engineering Projects and member of the Institute of Science and Technology of Concrete (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain). She obtained her bachelor's degree (Civil Engineering) (1997) at the Universitat Politècnica de València and her doctorate doctorate award (2007) from the Universitat Politècnica de València. During her time as a professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València (since 1999), she specialized in construction materials. Since 1999, she has been carrying out research in the field of construction materials and the environment. Her areas of interest include the evaluation of the pozzolanic reactivity of mineral additions, recovery of waste in the manufacture of construction materials and the study of different types of concretes.