[1][2] From 2000 to 2002, Denicola was president of the Uruguayan Society for the Biosciences and she is a full member of the National Academy of Sciences of Uruguay.

[3] Denicola possesses a master's degree in chemistry from the University of the Uruguayan Republic and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Virginia Tech in 1989.

[4] Her field of research is the characterization of kinetic and physicochemical free radicals produced in vivo,[1] particularly in oxygen and nitrogen.

[6] In 2009, she received the L’Oréal-UNESCO Prize “Women and Science” for her contributions to scientific development in Uruguay.

[7] In 2014, she received the Morosoli de Plata award in the area of Science and Technology.