Cristina Canal, ICREA Academia Award 2020

Dr. Cristina Canal, IP of the APACHE project and leader of the PlasmaMed Lab, has received the ICREA Acadèmia award 2020 for her outstanding research.

The award, granted by the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies in recognition of the research and academic work of professors working in Catalan public universities, contributes to retaining the research talent within the university system of Catalonia.

The award was granted to 30 researchers, 18 men and 12 women. All 30 professors selected in the 2020 call for ICREA Academy grants will receive 40,000 euros per year each, for a period of 5 years. This line of support is intended exclusively for university teachers who are teaching and who are in a fully active and expanding phase of their research activity.