University Professor (since 2009) and member of the Environmental Flow Dynamics Group at the University of Granada (since 1999). She was awarded the Extraordinary Doctoral Prize and was a researcher under the European Union’s Training and Mobility of Researchers Marie Curie Program. Her research focuses on coastal morphodynamics, the optimization of natural systems and infrastructure, and reliability and risk in maritime engineering.
She has participated in 37 publicly funded research projects (serving as Principal Investigator in 5 of them) and has collaborated in over 30 research contracts and technical consulting projects. She is co-author of a book, 38 articles in indexed journals, 23 papers published in the proceedings of the International Conference of Coastal Engineering – ASCE (which follows impact and selection criteria similar to top-tier JCR journals), 10 book chapters published by prestigious international publishers, and has co-edited a book and a special issue of Coastal Engineering journal.
She has supervised 10 doctoral theses and 17 master’s dissertations and research projects. She has been awarded five recognized research periods. Among her academic roles, she has served as Director of the Master’s and Specialized Degrees Office at the University of Granada (2015–2019) and as coordinator of the Interuniversity Doctoral Program Dynamics of Biogeochemical Flows and Their Applications (2015–2018).
