Zulema has a BSc. In Nanotechnology Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) in Mexico and an Erasmus Mundus Master in Membrane Engineering (EM3E) from Université de Montpellier, Université Paul Sabatier III (Toulouse), University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague – VŠCHT, FCT Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Biotechnologies and Food). Currently, she is PhD Student at i3N (CENIMAT and Aveiro) under the supervision of Jonas Deuermeier, Nabiha Ben Sedrine and Nenad Bundaleski. She is contributing to the Supreme-IT project with XPS analysis.