Sara de Lorenzo graduated in physics by the University Autónoma of Madrid. In 2005 she joined Dr. Felix Ritort Lab at University of Barcelona where she worked as a laboratory technician while completing her Master Degree. In collaboration with the miniTweezers inventor, Dr. Steven B. Smith, she developed a new optical tweezers instrument with an advanced temperature control system.

In November of 2013 Sara joined IMDEA Nanoscience as a lab manager for Dr. J. R. Arias-González and Dr. Borja Ibarra.