M. Hamer obtained her B.Sc. in Pharmacy in 2007 and her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry in 2014 from the University of Buenos Aires. She is currently a CONICET-associated researcher at the Science Institute at the National University of General Sarmiento. Her research area is the design of phases with molecular recognition ability containing metalloporphyrins as an electrochemical/optical reactive group for sensors and biosensors applications.