Cristina Mª Fernández Díaz obtained her PhD in Biomedical Research from the University of Valladolid and the Institute of Biology and Molecular Genetics (IBGM) in 2019. She also holds a degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics and two master's degrees in Biomedical Research and Nutrition. Her thesis focused on the targeting of proteolytic enzymes in the course of diabetes mellitus and other metabolic diseases. In 2018 she was awarded with an European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Short-Term Fellowship to learn new metabolic analysis techniques at the Oxford Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford (Oxford, UK) under the supervision of Dr. Patrik Rorsman. She has published several peer-review manuscripts in high impact international journals in the area of metabolism and nutrition. In June 2020 she joined the Molecular Oncology and Nutritional Genomics of Cancer Group (Precision Nutrition and Cancer) at IMDEA Food Institute, where she focuses her research on the study of metabolic alterations in chronic diseases such as obesity and cancer. Additionally, she explores gene-nutrient interactions applied to the prevention of pathologies and health promotion.