She is currently working in the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford as a Royal Society University Research Fellow studying the regulatory networks that control the metabolism of these bacteria in order to understand the molecular mechanisms responsible for the establishment of an efficient symbiosis with legume plants.

During her time in Oxford, she has been a lecturer in Biological Sciences at The Queen’s College and participated regularly in several outreach activities. She has been actively involved in the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK/CERU), being one of the former SRUK/CERU presidents and directors of the Oxford constituency, amongst others. Currently, she is the co-chair of the Environment Committee.