Maria José Sabater obtained her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Universidad de Valencia. Then, she moved to Würzburg University (Germany) as a post-doctoral fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Thereafter, she moved to Poitiers University (France) with a post-doc fellowship from the European Union´s Human Capital and Mobility Program. Then, she moved to Spain as a scientific researcher with a Tenured Track position (Program for the Incorporation of Researchers and Technologists from the Ministry of Education and Science). The focal themes of her research entailed the development of novel microporous solids for application as catalysts in fine chemical, pharmaceutical, and environmental technologies. In 2002, she was appointed Tenured Scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) as a staff member of the Institute of Chemical Technology UPV-CSIC. She is the author of publications (articles, conference proceedings, book chapters) on photochemistry, materials, catalysis and green chemistry. On the applied side, she holds several international and national patents and licensed technologies. Her current interest focuses on the design and development of heterogeneous catalysts for electrochemical production of H2, new routes for transforming CO2 into chemicals/fuels, transformation of biomass and plastic/bioplastic recycling.