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She also suggested introducing pharmaceuticals into the pores of mesoporous silica materials to achieve the controlled release of pharmaceuticals, which would open up a new therapeutic and research field. The Faculty of Chemistry proposed that as professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the UCM she should be awarded a doctorate by the URV on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the degree in Chemistry in Tarragona

Pilar Galán has helped create a bank of biological samples for understanding the mechanisms involved in the relationship between food and cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes and has launched food labels containing nutritional information.

The professor from the University of Michigan (76) is regarded as a towering figure in the world of chemical engineering for his outstanding career in teaching, research and technology transfer. His ideas have been a source of inspiration for the URV’s School of Chemical Engineering, which prompted the University to award him an honorary doctorate on 15 April in a ceremony at the Rector’s Offices

On Friday 15 May the URV awarded an honorary doctorate to Paul Preston, 69, in an academic ceremony in the Auditorium at the Offices of the Rector. The URV is the first university in Catalonia and in the Spanish State to award an honorary doctorate to Paul Preston, who was born in Liverpool and is one of the most widely respected historians of contemporary Spanish history