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Dr. Lapuente has a double career of research, in Basic Science and in Applied to the study of Heritage, with a common link in Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry. Temporally they have been developed in parallel, approached with different intensity. In a first stage, the main scientific activity was framed in the studies of Endogenous Petrology, specializing in the domain of mineralogical techniques and especially microscopic petrography. Its application to the study of Archaeological and Architectural Heritage allowed a series of pioneering studies in this field. That is, the systematic characterization of the main sources of marble extraction in the Iberian Peninsula and other historical quarries used in antiquity. She studied the most emblematic Roman archaeological pieces of the main Hispanic museums, supported by the Ministry of Culture. At that time, her first studies of ceramic petrography of various cultures began.
Her postdoctoral fellowship in the United Kingdom marked a turning point in the double research career, with greater dedication to the Applied specialized in Archaeometry and Conservation of Geomaterials. Her collaboration with different European experts resulted in various publications and contributions to the meetings of ASMOSIA (Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones In Antiquity), which were for a long time the few references of international repercussion on the Hispanic marbles used in Heritage.
The study of characterization of ceramic material allowed to relate its properties with its Mudejar chronology applying TL techniques, work awarded by the Spanish Society of Mineralogy, and to know the production technology of Islamic ceramics found in Saraqusta kilns.
From the new millennium, she collaborates with other members of the research group in UNIZAR "Geochemical Modeling", in studies of water-rock interaction and leads her own line of research applied to Heritage. This derives in two subfields of research with the direction of several Doctoral Theses in Architectural Heritage and in Archaeometry. In the first, the characterization of the properties of the original geomaterials helps to improve the formulation of stone components in conservation treatments. The analysis of the factors, causes and mechanisms of its degradation is of practical use to propose the most appropriate restoration intervention. Line resulting in interdisciplinary collaborations with professionals and other research centers in construction materials (TechnoHeritage Network).
In the field of Archaeometry, the characterization of the material of the historical quarries used in Heritage, continues to be a point of major interest for its diverse historical, museum application, in studies of authenticity of archaeological pieces and in that of restoration. She has participated in competitive international and national projects with results in impact publications, acted as a reviewer in SCI journals, is part of the Editorial Board of Archaeometry and Marmora, is an evaluator of Projects of the Social branch (ANEP) and is part of the Executive Committee of ASMOSIA, as a permanent elected member as Secretary-Treasurer. The tasks of dissemination of Geology, and Petrology in particular, have been addressed in regional, national and international forums.
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