ROSA MARÍA MENÉNDEZ LÓPEZ
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Introduction
She graduated in Organic Chemistry in the Oviedo’s University
She received her doctored in 1986
Career She worked in the Nacional Carbon Institute of Oviedo
The 4th May 2003 she was accepted in the list of Investigation Teachers of The Superior Council of Scientific Investigations
• 2003-2008 she directed the National Institute of Carbon (INCAR) • May 2008-February 2009 Vicepresident of the Scientific Investigationand Technique os the CSIC • Today, she is member of many asociations of Asturias, in Spain. • 17th of November of 2017 she was appointed as chairwoman of the CSIC • 1st of June of 2018 she was appointed vicepresident of Science Europe.
OCCUPATIONS AND APPOIMENTS
• She is one of the promoters of the Margarita Salas Foundation, for the defense y promotion of the role of woman in science.
COLLABORATIONS AND PROYECTS She has collaborated with many electricity, aeronautical, carbochemical and petrochemical industries. She has presided over the European Carbon Asociation (ECA). She also has been at many foreign investigation centres
Foreign investigation centres • The Northern Carbon Research Laboratories of the Newcastle’s University, in the UK. • The University of Clemson, in South Carolina, in EEUU. • The Imperial College of London • The Nottingham University, in the UK.
• Her work is related with materials and energy. She started an investigation line about graphene and its aplications, like the energy storage and nuclear fusion reactors.
Investigations
• She also works in the biomedicine field. • She has been involved in more tan 30 nacional, regional and european investigation proyects. • She has published more than 200 articles in international magazines, some books chapters, 2 divulgation books and she has directed several doctoral theses. She also has 9 patents.
1996- Shunk Carbon Award 2007-Vital ร lvarez Buylla award 2009-Du Pont Science award
AWARDS
2016-Award of the Spanish association of materials 2016-Award to the expert talent 2016-Innova diario Award of Leรณn 2018-Gold Amuravela Award 2018-She was include in the periodic table of the scientists
2018- Award to the chemistry excellence
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