ICREA Res. prof. at UB since 2010, and Vice-president of the World Archaeological Congress (2017-2025). Through current and previous positions (Univ.. of Flinders, Australia & Valencia) she explores the ‘Archaeologies’ of rock art from a multidisciplinary approach. Her performance in the field has earned her various academic distinctions: Blaze O'Connor Memorial Award (2013), Honorary appointments at Flinders Univ. (since 2009), Inner Mongolia Rock Art Protection and Research Association, and Rock Art Research Academy (2010), and a PhD Award (2006). She's curated two major exhibitions on rock art: Art Primer, Artistes de la Prehistòria, awarded the "Youniversal Award" of the Global Fine Art Awards (https://artprimer.mac.cat/es/) and Art Rupestre a la Terra d'Arnhem, Austràlia (http://mupreva.org/exposiciones/?q=va&id=78).

My research seeks to bridge the gap between scientific and heritage approaches to prehistoric art, with a particular interest in Levantine rock art. This art is one of Europe’s most extraordinary bodies of rock art awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status in 1998. This research has received support from a range of international and national funding bodies, including an ERC CoG (2019-2024). My goal is to develop a comprehensive understanding of prehistoric art by integrating multidisciplinary approaches (Archaeology, Heritage Science, IT and Ethnoarchaeology) and multi-scale methodologies (from microanalysis to landscape perspectives). This approach aims to unlock the potential of prehistoric forms of art to provide insights into the past, contribute to ongoing debates on the history and evolution of creative thought and human cognition, serve contemporary purposes, and create a lasting legacy for future generations by implementing good management practices and creating digital twins.