Mercedes Maroto-Valer is Deputy Principal for Global Sustainability at Heriot-Watt University and Director of the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC). She holds the Robert Buchan Chair in Sustainable Energy Engineering and leads the Research Centre for Carbon Solutions, focusing on CCUS, hydrogen, and net-zero systems. Mercedes holds leading positions in professional societies/editorial boards, including her role in the UN Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET). She earned a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Seville.