Professor of Microbiology at the University of Girona (Department of Biology), and Principal Investigator of the research group 'Microbiology of the Intestinal Disease' at the same university. She is interested in the study of human gut microbiota in the context of disease with the aim to find new diagnostic and prognostic tools, and new targets for future treatments. She has particularly focused on the pathogenic role of E. coli populations in Crohn's disease.