Born in Madrid, Teresa holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and is an Industrial Engineer from the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). Since 2003, she has been a professor of Electronic Technology at the High Technical School of Industrial Engineers of the UPM (ETSII-UPM), where she has developed her entire teaching and research career.

She has been director of the Center for Industrial Electronics, deputy director of Research and International Relations of the ETSII-UPM, and, more recently, director of the Department of Automation, Electrical Engineering and Electronics and Industrial Informatics. Since 2003 she has been the representative of the UPM in the TIME network (Top Industrial Managers in Europe) and a member of its management committee.

She is a member of the Advisory Commission of UniBasq, of the Institutional Quality Assessment Commission of ACSUCyL, and of the Advisory Commission of the Division of Evaluation of Teaching and Institutions of ANECA. She regularly participates in evaluation panels of national projects and EU framework programs.

Her research activity has been focused on the design of embedded systems, reconfigurable hardware systems, and electronics for the Internet of Things. She has participated in about 60 national and European research, development and innovation projects and has published more than 200 scientific papers in international journals and conference proceedings.