Maria Pau Ginebra, researcher at IRIS-UPC, receives the 2025 National Research Award in Engineering and Architecture

Maria Pau Ginebra Molins, head of the Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Research Group (BBT) and scientific director of the Maria de Maeztu Unit of Excellence at the UPC Centre for Multiscale Science and Engineering Research, has been awarded the 2025 National Research Award in the Leonardo Torres Quevedo category for Engineering and Architecture. The professor from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and lecturer at the Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE) was recognised for “her outstanding career in the field of biomedical engineering, where she has led pioneering research in the development of biomaterials for bone regeneration and clinical applications.”

Ginebra, who is also a member of the Health Research and Innovation Institute (IRIS) and an associate researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), has led numerous competitive research projects, including the BAMBBI project — awarded an ERC Advanced Grant —, and founded the spin-off Mimetis Biomaterials. She has also received the ICREA Academia distinction on four occasions.

The National Research Awards were presented on May 4 at the Royal Palace of Pedralbes during a ceremony presided over by King Felipe VI, with the participation of the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant; the President of the Government of Catalonia, Salvador Illa; and the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni. These awards recognise researchers with outstanding scientific careers and significant international impact in their respective fields of research.