Yoana Fernández has eleven years of research experience at the University of Oviedo, in electrochemistry in the Measurement Systems, Energy Storage and Industrial Applications group and in chemical modelling in the chemical reactivity mode, and she is currently working in the Materials for applications in the catalysis, energy and environment group. She holds a PhD from the University of Oviedo, with a thesis in electrochemistry entitled: "Characterization and modelling of lithium-ion cells for electric vehicle applications". During her research work she has worked in electrochemistry, focusing on energy storage systems such as batteries and more specifically in the EIS technique, and in chemical reactivity modelling. She is accredited as assistant professor doctor by ANECA (Spanish National Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation). She has a Bachelor Honours Degree in chemistry and completed a master’s degree entitled: "Search by computational methods of the mechanism of dioxin formation in high temperature environments". Additionally, she has completed a Master Thesis in Physical Chemistry entitled: "Dibenzo-p-dioxin formation by copper-catalyzed 2-chlorophenol condensation: a theoretical study".