Eva Madrid has a degree in Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Córdoba (UCO). In 2004 she began her research activity, obtaining a PhD in Genetics from the UCO in 2011. During her doctoral and Postdoctoral stage in Spain she specialized in molecular techniques and the search for genes and molecular markers to implement breeding programs of chickpea and other legumes. In 2015 she began a postdochoral stage in one of the most prestigious research groups in plant flowering control, the “Planck Institute for Plant breeding Research” (Cologne, Germany), where for 6 years she has conducted research to reveal the control of flowering in perennials, where she has used both classical breeding and the latest DNA sequencing technologies and CRISPR-Cas9, to describe the operation of genes important in this trait.

She has participated in numerous national and international research projects, linked to the search for genes of agronomic importance in legumes. Her research activity has always been linked to the improvement, and the development and use of new molecular techniques to accelerate the development of new varieties. As a result of her scientific career, she has published around thirty articles and book chapters, all of them in the scientific journals with the highest impact index in her area of ​​knowledge, as well as with participation in numerous national and international conferences. In addition, since 2011 she is an honorary collaborator of the Department of Genetics of the University of Córdoba, where she has directed several TFM, TFG and a Doctoral Thesis.

Her training in classical genetics and molecular biology marker-assisted breeding provides her with a solid foundation for developing new biotechnological approaches to improve cannabis cultivation.