M. Ángeles Quijano is a full professor in Analytical Chemistry at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). She graduated in Chemistry (1988) and Doctor in Chemical Sciences (1999) from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). She began her professional career at Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (Spanish Geological public Research Organisation) (ITGE) (1988-1993) as Research Assistant in the soil and water analysis laboratory. Later, she obtained a European-funded PhD scholarship based at the Faculty of Chemical Sciences (UCM). She is the Head of the UPM Research Group: Technology of Materials and Environment (TEMATMA). The main research lines developed have focused on the optimization of analytical methods for the study of mobility, bioavailability and transformation of metallic species in environmental and food samples, as well as studies of environmental pollution.