Cándida Ferrero Hernández has been conducting research at the Autonomous University of Barcelona since 2000; in 2016 she received the Advanced Research Accreditation (Full Professor) from AQU-Catalonia. Since 2000, she has been a member (currently PI) of Islamolatina, a group dedicated to the study of the cultural and religious relations of the Latin world with Islam, paying particular attention to Latin translations of Arabic texts on Islamic doctrine.