Juana Sendra Pons holds a PhD in Mathematics from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (1999), with a thesis on effective and efficient algebraic geometry, and a Licentiate in Mathematical Sciences from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1991).
She was Profesora Titular de Universidad (Associate Professor) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid from 2014 to 2021. Since 2021 she has been Profesora Titular (Associate Professor) in the Department of Mathematics at CUNEF Universidad. She has been awarded the three six-year research periods (sexenios) for which she has been eligible.
Her research combines symbolic computation with the application of mathematical tools to engineering problems. She has carried out research stays at RISC (Johannes Kepler Universität), the University of Hong Kong, TU Wien, the University of Genova and the University of Tsukuba, and collaborates with research groups in Austria, Canada, China, Italy, Japan, Serbia and the United States.