The award Príncipe de Asturias de la research Científica y Técnica 2014, Avelino Corma, is going to be the first speaker of the Lecciones José María Albareda, which will take place next Thursday, September 29th. These lectures, promoted by the Chair Timac Agro-University of Navarra, aim to bring the campus of Pamplona closer to the main scientists in the world of agrobiotechnology.

Avelino Corma, who for many may be the first Spanish Nobel Prize winner Chemistry , is the most cited national scientist and one of the most prestigious researchers in his field, linked to the development of more efficient catalysts that allow the production of cleaner and more efficient hydrocarbons.

In total, Prof. Corma has published more than 900 articles in journals such as Science or Nature, and has registered more than 150 patents together with his team at high school Technology Chemistry of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He is also honorary doctor by 13 national and international universities. His recent awards include the Spiers Memorial 2016, awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry of the United Kingdom, one of the most important awards in the world of science.

The José María Albareda Lectures are named after this scientist of Aragonese origin who established the instructions of soil sciences and Agrobiology in Spain. Albareda was also the first University Secretary of the committee Superior Institute for Scientific Research (CSIC), from 1939 to 1966. At the head of committee he was in charge of coordinating and promote the research, and of encouraging new scientific vocations in young people through the creation of research centers all over Spain. Albarda was also the first President of the University of Navarra after its stage as Estudio General, between 1957 and 1963.