The UPV rewards its most outstanding Researchers
In the third edition of the Research Awards, a total of 32 awards have been granted to different scientists.
[ 17/01/2025 ]
For the third consecutive year, the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has recognised the R&D, dissemination and knowledge transfer activities of its Research staff. In the third edition of its Research Awards, the UPV has awarded a total of 32 prizes to different scientists from the academic institution itself.
"Each of the award-winning researchers are exponents of the work and scientific talent of our university; an example of excellent science, of collaboration with the productive framework, of commitment to bring science to society; and, without doubt, this is essential for the UPV to continue, year after year, as the best technical university in Spain", highlighted the Rector José E. Capilla during the awards ceremony, held in the auditorium of the Nexus building on the Vera campus.
The gala began with a heartfelt tribute to all the victims of the DANA by the Grup de Dolçaina i Percussió de la UPV, who performed La Muixeranga with a video in the background showing moments of those fateful days, accompanied by images of the project “Salvem les fotos” in which the UPV has been working since last November.
It was also full of scientific dissemination with UPV stamp: Francisco Pedroche, Researcher at the Institute of Multidisciplinary Mathematics (IMM) and winner of the first UPV scientific monologue contest; Mª Luz Gerbaudo, Researcher at the ICITECH Institute of the UPV; and Carolina Ropero, UPV PhD student and finalist of the national Solo de ciencia contest, demonstrated with outstanding performances how dissemination is essential to bring science to the whole society, talking about infinite mathematics, resilient buildings and fantastic mushrooms.
30 awards in six categories
In this 3rd edition of the UPV Research Awards, 30 distinctions have been awarded, divided into six categories: media impact of research; scientific dissemination; knowledge transfer; excellent research impact; excellent research publication; and excellent research career.
The award for the media impact of research went to Mª José Viñals and Concha López for their study on the impact of touristification on heritage. José Miguel Mulet was awarded the prize for scientific dissemination. In Knowledge Transfer, three prizes were awarded in as many sub-disciplines: in Engineering and Technology, to José Manuel Catalá Civera, Beatriz García Baños and José Manuel Serra Alfaro; in Medicine and Health Sciences and Natural Sciences to Alberto José Ferrer Riquelme and José Manuel Prats Montalbán; and in Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Architecture to Francisca Ramón.
The awards for excellent research impact went to Isabel Hernando Hernando, Mercedes Álvaro Rodríguez, Néstor Javier Thome Coppo, Óscar Vicente Meana, José Luis Hervás Oliver, Antonio García Martínez and Ángel Alejandro Juan Pérez.
In the category of excellent research publication, the following received the award: Marisa Carrió Pastor, Borja Belda Palazón, Francisco Javier Jaén, Néstor Javier Thome, Jorge Alcaide Marzal and José Antonio Diego-Más, Verónica Saiz Rubio and Francisco Rovira Más, Tatiana García Segura and Eugenio Pellicer Armiñana, Josep Albero and Hermenegildo García, José Alfonso Antonino-Daviu and Alfredo Quijano López and Paolo Rosso.
And the awards for excellent research were for: José Manuel Barat Baviera, Mª del Carmen Llinares Millán, Mª Paula Santiago Martín de Madrid, Hermenegildo García Gómez, José Jaime Gómez Hernández, Gumersindo Verdú Martín, Marival Segarra Oña and Vicente Boria Esbert.
Two special acknowledgements to two UPV leaders
As in previous editions, the UPV also awarded two special prizes to two of the institution's leading figures, as Outstanding Woman Researcer and Outstanding Man Researcher of the Year 2024. These awards went to Valery Naranjo, professor at the UPV and director of the CVBLab and José M. Adam, professor at the UPV and Researcher at the ICITECH Institute.
Luis Zurano Conches / Communication Area (ACOM)
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