Dr. Barroso-Solares obtained his Bachelor degree in Nuclear Physics at the Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences (InSTEC, Cuba). Then, she obtained her PhD at the University of Genoa (Italy), carrying out her research at the Italian Institute of Technology (Genoa, Italy) under Dr. Athanassia Athanassiou and Dr. Despina Fragouli. She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Condensed Matter Physics, Crystallography, and Mineralogy Department of the University of Valladolid (Spain). Her main research interests are in the fields of advanced polymer foams and environmental applications of porous materials, particularly in water treatment applications.