María Isabel Balteiro Fernández

María Isabel Balteiro Fernández is a University Professor in the Department of English Philology at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Alicante. She is affiliated with the Interuniversity Institute for Applied Modern Languages and the Gender Studies Research Institute, and participates in research groups focusing on lexicology and language teaching.

Her academic background includes a PhD in English Philology from the University of Santiago de Compostela, a Licenciature in English Philology, a Perito in Forensic Linguistics from Pompeu Fabra University, and a Master's in Virtual Learning Environments from the University of Malaga.

Research interests span lexicology, lexicography, languages for specific purposes, and virtual learning environments. She has contributed to these fields through collaborative research groups like LEXESP and LyL.

Her career includes three years of management experience at the Galician Regional Government's General Directorate for Research and Development (I+D+i), alongside roles as a lecturer and translator at the University of Santiago de Compostela's Student Advice and Information Centre.