Irene graduated in Biotechnology from the University of Valencia, where she was granted an international stay at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She then went on to study a master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Deeply interested in proteins and cancer research, she is now a PhD student in Juanes Lab at Príncipe Felipe Research Centre, where she is designing novel peptides to be used as anticancer therapies.

In her free time, she enjoys travelling, crafting and hiking.