Alongside her studies María worked as a project manager for the
Icelandic fisheries laboratories (2005–2006) and later at the
Matís food and biotech research institute (2007–2012).[2] María worked as a post doctorate fellow at the
Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) in France in 2011–2012.[2] In 2015, María got a position as assistant professor at the
Technical University of Denmark (2013–2015) and then she became assistant professor at the University of Iceland in 2015. María was promoted to associate professor in 2016 and to professor in 2018, at the age of 37.[3] As of 2019, María is the vice dean of the Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Iceland.[4]
Research and publications
María's research focus lies in the use of fast quality assessment methods to analyze the quality of food throughout the
value chains, including both the characteristics of the raw material and their health effects upon consumption. Amongst analytical quality methods that María specializes in are various spectroscopic methods (near infrared (NIR), visual (VIS), ultraviolet (UV) etc.), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).[1] María has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Detailed overviews of María's main research projects and publications can be seen on her ORCID,[12] SCOPUS[13] and Researchgate[14] pages.