Dr. Rosana López is an associate professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) in Madrid, Spain. Her research experience has been extensively focused on forest species' adaptation to drought, the interaction between drought and Dutch elm disease, and the improvement of the resin-tapping sector in southern Europe. She has strengthened her training in forest ecophysiology and particularly in plant hydraulics and forest decline in two centers of research excellence, namely, the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment of the Western Sydney University (Australia) and INRA Clermont-Ferrand (France), where she was working as a Marie Curie fellow for three years. She has published numerous papers in journals included in the JCR and in book chapters, and participated in European, national, and regional research projects, achieving high-quality standards. Her involvement includes teaching and mentoring, review duties, and examination boards. She combines scientific research with capacity-building and the dissemination of research results to stakeholders for conservation and use of genetic resources. She is expanding her research interests and lines through a multidisciplinary approach with experts in pathology, molecular biology, modeling, and other aspects of forest ecophysiology. The ultimate goal is to provide scientists and managers with information that helps with predicting and mitigating the impacts of climate change and land use on forests.