Josefa María Clemente-Jiménez is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Almería. She obtained her PhD in Chemistry in 2001 at the University of Almería (Spain). Her thesis on the production of L-amino acids from hydantoins as substrates was funded by the company DSM-Deretil. In 2001, she stayed for post-doctoral research at the Institute of Industrial Genetics at the University of Stuttgart (Germany). She became an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Almería (Spain) in 2002. There, she has been teaching Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to chemistry and biotechnology degree students. Her research has been focused on the study of enzymes as biocatalysts and their industrial applications. She is the author of several articles in different fields: fermentative processes to produce alcoholic beverages, isolation and immobilization of proteins for the production of natural and non-natural amino acids, and new enzymes from thermophilic microorganisms to degrade waste compounds. Most of her research has been developed together with industries from different sectors, such as pharmaceutical, wine, and agricultural. Currently, she is head of a research group (CTS492 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) and a member of the Spanish Society of Microbiology (SEM).