Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Bromatology at the University of Barcelona, she is the founder and leader of the Polyphenol Research Group SGR 00334 2021 (polyphenolresearch.com), which forms part of the scientific excellence groups of the CIBEROBN. She currently holds the position of principal investigator of the María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety of the UB, INSA-UB.

For five consecutive years (2017-2021), she has been included in the list of the world’s most influential scientists published by Clarivate Analytics (Highly Cited Researchers). She has published more than 400 scientific articles with over 46,000 citations, resulting in an H-index of 98 (Scopus). In recognition of her excellence, in 2018 she was awarded the XXV Danone Institute Award for Scientific Career “Dr. Carles Martí Henneberg”.