Cristina Martínez Sánchez holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Valencia (1991) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (1996). After a stay at the Institüt für Technische Chemie at the University of Leipzig, she returned to the Institute of Chemical Technology, CSIC-UPV (ITQ). In 2006, she was appointed Senior Researcher at the CSIC at the same institute, and in 2025 she was promoted to Senior Research Scientist.
She has an established track record in heterogeneous catalysis and the optimization of advanced materials for industrial processes, with a special focus on sustainability and the energy transition.
Since October 2024, she has served as the ITQ’s deputy scientific director.