Begoña González studied Mathematics (with a specialization in Statistics and Operations Research) at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and received a Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), in 2001. She is currently an Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics at the ULPGC, where she has been collaborating on research publications since 1999, focusing primarily on numerical simulation in environmental engineering (computational fluid dynamics) and optimal design in engineering by using evolutionary algorithms, with more than 50 published works, including JCR journals, book chapters, and presentations at national and international conferences. She has participated in national and international research projects and contracts, as well as being a member of the scientific committees and/or programs of several international conferences.