Beatriz Pelaz, National Research Award for Young People Felisa Martín Bravo in Physical Sciences of Materials and the Earth

Beatriz Pelaz is a principal researcher at the Singular Center for Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CiQUS) and a senior lecturer at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where she co-leads the BioNanoTools group.

She has been awarded for the excellence and quality of her work with marked international recognition and her leadership and scientific independence in the field of advanced nanomaterials with therapeutic applications.

His research highlights the control of the physicochemical properties of materials to determine their biological behavior and the development of a new technology for the surface modification of nanoparticles through the use of DNA origamis.