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Judith Juanhuix is a prominent physicist and synchrotron scientist whose work has fundamentally shaped macromolecular crystallography infrastructure in Spain and beyond. Based at the ALBA Synchrotron near Barcelona, she has been central to the development and operation of BL13-XALOC, the facility's flagship macromolecular crystallography beamline. Her most influential publication, detailing the optics and performance of BL13-XALOC — which has garnered over 200 citations — established the technical blueprint for a beamline built around an in-vacuum undulator, a Si(111) channel-cut crystal monochromator, and Kirkpatrick-Baez mirrors, enabling highly versatile experimental modes for structural biology research. Her complementary work on ALBA's broader crystallography stations, cited over 140 times, has become an essential reference for the synchrotron user community worldwide. Since XALOC began serving users in 2012, Juanhuix's contributions have democratized access to cutting-edge diffraction capabilities for researchers tackling everything from routine protein structure determination to highly challenging crystallographic problems. Her technical expertise and leadership have been instrumental in establishing ALBA as a world-class facility, making her an indispensable figure in European structural biology and synchrotron science.