Has a degree (1982) and PhD (1986) in chemical sciences from the University of Salamanca, and was the head of analysis and quality control in Barcelona until 1990 when she joined the Department of Chemistry, University of Cantabria. She is working on the development of calcium and magnesium alkaline sorbents for post-combustion dry desulfurization processes at low temperatures, and on the characterization, mainly by TG-DSC-MS, of sodium carbonate-activated bricks from blends of CFBC fly and bottom ashes. The valorization by thermal treatments of biomass waste, with studies of combustion, gasification and pyrolysis at the thermobalance level and laboratory plant are the topics of her current research. She has published about 50 papers in high impact journals and collaborated in more than 80 congress communications. She has participated in 1 European project, 13 projects of the National Plan, 9 regional projects, and 8 projects with companies and administrations. She has directed 175 final projects, and participates in the postgraduate, master's, and doctorate programs. She was president of the evaluation committee of the ITIQI degree in 2000, the academic head of industrial technical engineering, with an industrial chemistry specialty, director of the summer environmental courses from 2008 to 2014, member of the panel of experts of the academy program of the Aneca from 2012-2017, and head of the Department of Chemistry and Processes and Resources Engineering from 2013 to 2022.