Sara García Alonso (León, 1989) has a degree in Biotechnology (2012) and Master's Degree in research Biomedicine (2013) from the University of León, and in 2018 she received her PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Salamanca. García Alonso has worked for the committee Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) doing research on oncological medicine and also at the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) leading a project on experimental oncology and finding drugs. In the year 2022 Sara is designated to become a member of the reservation Astronauts of the European Space Agency (ESA).

The León scientist has been awarded several prizes and distinctions, such as the award Ada Byron Joven 2023, the Silver Medal of the Community of Madrid and Hija Predilecta de León (Favorite Daughter of León), among others.

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