Idoia Gamiz Ugarte holds a PhD in Mobile Network Information and Communication Technologies (2025), with a distinction in industrial doctorate. She also holds a Master’s degree in Mathematical Modelling, Research, Statistics, and Computing (2021) and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics (2020), all awarded by the University of the Basque Country (EHU). She is part of the research team of Core Cybersecurity & DLTs within the DIGITAL unit at the TECNALIA research center. Her main research areas include cybersecurity, advanced cryptography, secure data exploitation, and federated learning. She participates in several projects, including TRUSTEE, APRENDE, and COMPASS-NMD, among others. She also has experience teaching the course “Algorithms and Advanced Cryptographic Techniques” in the Master's program on Cybersecurity in Industry 4.0 offered by EHU.