Ana Isabel Palmero Marrero is a Senior Researcher at Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP-UPORTO) and INEGI (Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering). She is also an invited auxiliary professor at FEUP, lecturing at both undergraduate and post graduate courses. Her research activities are related to Solar Energy Systems (thermal and photovoltaic), Energy in Buildings, polygeneration technologies and application. She was involved in several European research projects funded through the Joule, Energy, PRIMA programs concerning Sustainable Energy Systems, such as R-D-SBES-R, REELCOOP, POWERSOL, SOLAR LOUVRE, GeoAtlantic, PureCircles, etc. She has published more than 60 scientific papers in books, international journals and conferences. She has reviewed papers for several scientific journals. She is a member of scientific committee in the conferences International Conferences on Energy and Environment Research (ICEER).