Cristina Hernández Casado holds a PhD in History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (with special honors). She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Universidad de Burgos (National Project Ámbitos literarios de sociabilidad en el Siglo de Oro) and at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (ERC Project BADEMS – The Cultural History of the Black African Diaspora in Early Modern Spain). She has also been a visiting researcher at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidade de Lisboa, and Universidade Nova de Lisboa. 

Her research focuses on 17th-century businessmen and women (especially Portuguese Jewish converts), Atlantic trade, network analysis, and social promotion strategies in the Spanish Monarchy, all studied from a transnational perspective. In recent years, she has also worked on the social dimensions of Black and Romani communities and their cultural role in the Iberian Peninsula during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The results of his research are reflected in book chapters, articles, and monographs in high-impact journals, as well as in the publication of his monograph Capital y poder en la Monarquía Hispánica (1580-1660). Jorge de Paz Silveira, los hermanos Pasariño y las redes de negocio judeoconversas (Murcia, EDITUM, 2024).