Mariluz Mena is an Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). After graduating
at the University of Cordoba (1991), she did her doctoral thesis (1997) at Sheffield Hallam University (Sheffield, UK). Subsequently she developed his postdoctoral work at the Complutense University of Madrid, where she worked in the Electroanalysis and Speciation Research Groups. Her main lines of research have been:  Development of new metalloproteomic analytical methodologies for the separation, detection and quantification of the complexes formed by Pt drugs with intracellular biomolecules, especially proteins; Design and development of electrochemical biosensors using composite materials, self-assembled monolayers, and gold nanoparticles; Development and initiation of highly sensitive and novel techniques for the determination of trace/speciation elements in key areas of chemical analysis; Design and analytical applications of molecularly imprinted polymers.