Pedro Miguel Echenique (Isaba, 1950) was one of the first students to earn a licentiate degree Physical Sciences from the University of campus Sebastián campus , where he graduated in 1972. He holds doctorates from the University of Cambridge and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is currently Full Professor of subject Physics at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).

Echenique has been president of the Donostia International Physics Center and CIC Nanogune. He is Honorary President of Jakiunde, the Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters of the Basque Country. He has devoted considerable effort to promoting science as an economic and cultural activity and highlighting the importance of a scientifically informed society.

Echenique was Minister of Education Basque Government. He has been an overseas fellow at Churchill College and visiting professor at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences. He holds honorary doctor the universities of Valladolid, Navarra, Complutense de Madrid, Aalto in Finland, Primada de América Autónoma de Santo Domingo, and Autónoma de Madrid.

Among the many awards and prizes attributed to him in his professional degree program are the Prince of Asturias for Scientific and Technical research , Max Planck for Physics, "Xabier María de Munibe", Euskadi for research, "Dupont" for Science, Prince of Viana for Culture, CSIC Tree of Science award , Iberdrola award for Science and Technology, National Blas Cabrera Award for Physics, Materials and Earth Science, among others. He received the Gold Medal of the City of San Sebastian, the Gold Medal of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics, Gold Medal of Gipuzkoa and in 2016 the Gold Medal of Navarra. He was named Universal Basque of the Year in 1998. He is Favorite Son of the town of Isaba in Navarra.

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