Agriculture Engineer (Córdoba University, Spain) and PhD in Crop Ecophysiology (ANU, Australia), she conducts participatory research to develop more productive and sustainable cereals-based systems. She focusses on conservation agriculture systems in southern Spain and on irrigated agriculture production and food security in the Sahel. She is researcher and Chief Agronomy Department at IAS-CSIC (Spain), and Water for Food Institute Global Fellow (Nebraska, USA). She has been FAO Agriculture Officer, member of the GAFSP Technical Advisory Committee, and expert coordinator of the EU EIP-AGRI Focus Group “Water and Agriculture”. She coordinates CSIC PTI+HorizonteVerde, an interdisciplinary platform to facilitate addressing complex challenges and the delivery of solutions.