Carmen Sanmartin is a Full Professor of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. She holds a doctorate from the University of Navarra. She is an experienced bioorganic and medicinal chemist with expertise in the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of small molecules for multiple diseases such as hypertension, herpes, and HIV. More recently, the broad focus of her research has been on the development of novel molecules containing selenium as antitumoral and leishmanicidal agents for the elucidation of their mechanism of action. She is the Vice-dean of the School of Pharmacy and Nutrition at the University of Navarra. She has published more than 100 publications including original research articles, reviews, book chapters, and patents.