Holds a degree in Chemistry by the University of Barcelona since 1995. During her pre-doctoral stage she was hired by the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (4 years) to carry out her Doctoral Thesis at the Drinking Water Treatment Plant of the company Aguas de Barcelona, ​​focused on the identification of products derivative from disinfection and generated in the process of purifying water from the Llobregat River.  She defended her Doctoral Thesis in the year 2000 at the same university.  That year, she also joined the area of ​​Nutrition and Bromatology at the University of Vigo as a postdoctoral researcher, first as a researcher at the COREN Chair, then as a Visiting Researcher and finally as a Parga Pondal Researcher at the Xunta de Galicia.  In 2007 she established herself at this university as a PhD Contracted Professor and, since 2009, as the Professor in charge.  She is currently accredited as a University Professor.

Her research activity was initially focused on evaluating how the application in the vineyard of phytosanitary products formulated with new generation fungicides could modify the color (polyphenols) and aroma of the final wines, as well as determining the percentage of dissipation of the residual levels of fungicides in grapes throughout the winemaking process.  During this period, she worked closely with the Regulatory Council of the D.O.  Valdeorras. She also worked for the Vine Working Group.

Currently, she co-directs a line of research focused on the study of Galician oils made with native varieties, both in their characterization and in the evaluation of their healthy properties associated with their high content of phenolic compounds with the researcher Carmen González Barreiro.  In recent years, within the framework of the OILDIABET research project funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, she has coordinated a clinical trial with physicians from the Endocrinology Service of the University Hospital Complex of Ourense to evaluate the antidiabetic potential of these oils in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Throughout her research activity, she has led two national projects and one regional project. She has also participated in three international projects, four national projects, seven regional projects and ten contracts with companies.  She has published more than one hundred international articles in high-impact scientific journals.