María Ángeles Pedreño holds a degree in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Science. She completed a postdoctoral stay (1989–1990) in the laboratory of Prof. J.C. Pech, in the Plant Biotechnology Department of the Agricultural School of Toulouse (ENSAT). In 1993, she had a position as Lecturer in Plant Physiology in the Department of Plant Biology, University of Murcia. In 2006, she became a Full Professor of Plant Physiology at the same university. Nowadays, she leads a research Group and a knowledge transfer group (www.inbioveg.es) at the University of Murcia and she is an Academic numerary of the Academy of Sciences of the Region of Murcia. She was awarded the European Young Investigator Award in Plant Physiology by the FESPP (1994) and also received the first Award for Applied Research in a Private Company by CEEIM (2009) by the Lavoisier Foundation (2013) and by the University of Murcia (2017, Award for the transfer of knowledge to private companies). She has participated in numerous scientific and organized committees of national and international meetings related to Plant Physiology and Biotechnology. She was and is at the present time an active member and MC representative in different COST-Action (FA1006, CA22157, and CA22134). She has more than 140 scientific publications, in collaboration with national and international researchers, and she led and participated in numerous national and regional projects, as well as research contracts with private companies.