María Ángeles Martín-Prats received her Bachelor's degree and PhD from the University of Seville, Spain, in 1996 and 2003, respectively, in physics and electronic engineering. In 1996, she joined the Spanish INTA (Aerospace Technical National Institute), where she was with the Renewable Energy Department. In 2000, she joined the Electronic Engineering Department, University of Seville, where she became an Associated Professor in 2009. Her research interest focuses on avionics and power electronics applied to renewable energy and aerospace applications. She received the Medal of civil merit of Spain in 2015. She was awarded with the Ada Byron Award, in the category of technologist woman, by the University of Deusto, Spain, in 2018. She has been the European Coordinator of Universities of the European Defence Agency since 2017 and a member of the Clean Sky Academy working group of the Joint Undertaking of the European Commission since October 2017. She is a member of the Scientific Committee advisory group of the Joint Undertaking of the European Commission.