Isabel Vigo is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Alicante. She graduated in Mathematics from the University of Salamanca in 1995 and obtained her PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Alicante in 1999, beginning a research career focused on space geodesy and its applications to Earth system observation and global change.

Her scientific career is characterised by the leadership of strategic research projects, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a strong international profile. She has undertaken postdoctoral research stays at leading institutions, including NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA/GSFC) and the European Space Agency’s ESRIN centre (ESA/ESRIN). At the University of Alicante, she promoted the creation and consolidation of a pioneering research group in Spain dedicated to the application of space geodesy to global change. She has served as Principal Investigator on 23 competitive research projects (5 regional, 13 national, and 5 international) and has participated in more than 45 competitively funded research projects. Her main research interests lie in satellite geodesy and its applications to monitoring sea level, mass variations, ocean circulation, geoid determination, reference frames, and the integrated observation of the Earth system. She has collaborated with numerous international scientific teams involved in space missions and in the development of geodetic products for monitoring global change.

Since 2021, she has been an elected member of the Geodesy Section of the Spanish Commission of Geodesy and Geophysics (CEGG). In 2024, she was elected to the Executive Committee of GGOS-IberAtlantic and appointed Coordinator of the Combination/Multitechnique area within the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG). In these roles, she actively contributes to the coordination of geodetic infrastructures, the strengthening of international cooperation, and the development of training and capacity-building initiatives across the Ibero-Atlantic region. She has authored more than 70 scientific publications, primarily articles indexed in SCI/Scopus and published in Q1 journals, as well as more than one hundred contributions to international conferences, and has been awarded four officially recognised six-year research periods (sexenios). She has served as Guest Editor for special issues of international journals, regularly reviews manuscripts for high-impact publications, and acts as an evaluator of national and international research projects.

In the areas of research training and academic management, she has supervised six doctoral theses, mentored predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers, and is actively involved in the training of early-career researchers. Since 2023, she has served as Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering. the University of Alicante. Within the Doctoral Programme in Mathematical Methods and Modelling in Science and Engineering, she has coordinated the research line in Space Geodesy and Global Change since the programme was established and also holds responsibilities as Academic Secretary and Quality Coordinator.