Maria Jose Alonso

Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). He has worked at the University of Paris-Sud, the University of Angers and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

His laboratory has been a pioneer in Spain in Nanomedicine, having participated in international consortia funded by the World Health Organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the American Institute of Health, the Canadian Health Institute and the European Commission. The result of these is the publication of more than 300 articles in journals (<36,000 citations; H:101), the creation of a portfolio of 22 patent families and the promotion of three spin-off companies. Among his numerous awards are the Juan de la Cierva National Research Award, the Medal of Merit in Research and University Education and the Jaume I Award for New Technologies.

He is a member of 5 Academies (3 in Spain), the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium and the Academy of Medicine of the United States. She holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Nottingham, UK.

She has been Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Santiago (6006-1010), President of the “Controlled Release Society” (2018-20). He is currently a member of the Governing Council of the State Research Agency.