María Teresa Vicente Giménez (born 1962) is a Spanish academic.

Born in Lorca in 1962, Vicente graduated with a law degree from the University of Murcia.

She is appointed professor of philosophy of law at the University of Murcia, in the fields of human rights and rights of nature.

[1] In 2023 she received the Honorary Volunteering Medal from the Council of Europe.

[2] She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2024, for her efforts on saving the largest saltwater lagoon in Europe, Mar Menor, from collapse.