University Professor in the area of Ecology and Head of the Research Group, 'Applied Functional Ecology'. She has a PhD in Biology from the University of Seville, obtaining the Seville City Council Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis 2004. In 2017 she received the V Losada Villasante Award for Excellence in Research in the Agrifood area. Interests: halophytes; plant stress responses; plant–microorganism interactions: applications; ecophysiology of crops and multifunctional halophytes; plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria.