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Several members of the group have traveled to Nancy, München and Palma de Mallorca to present their research results at leading international scientific conferences.

PhD student Roberto Fagotto, co-supervised by Prof. Maria Pau Ginebra and Dr. Anna Díez-Escudero, has won the Best Oral Presentation Award at the Young Ceramists Additive Manufacturing Forum (yCAM) 2026, held at the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from May 11th to 13th.

The 2026 edition of the CSIC ranking of top female researchers highlights six scientists from the Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group (BBT) and 168 from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). The prestigious list features Spanish and international women scientists with the highest metric indicators.

PhD student David Naranjo, co-supervised by Dr. José Manuel García-Torres (BBT) and Joan Torras (IMEM), has won the Best 10-Minute Thesis Presentation Award at the 2nd Research Conference of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the UPC, which took place on May 22nd at the EEBE.

The BBT researcher, who already won the Early Career Award in Plasma Medicine in 2018, consolidates her position as an international benchmark in the field, becoming the first researcher to receive both awards.

PhD student Jordi Rodrigo Vallvé, co-supervised by Dr. Marta Pegueroles (BBT) and Prof. Emilio Jiménez-Piqué (CIEFMA), has won the Best Oral Presentation Award at the XVIII Congreso Nacional de Materiales (CNMAT 2026).

The researcher, Professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Sydney (Australia), serves as Secretary-Elect for Education (2026–2029) on the Council of the Australian Academy of Science, and is an internationally recognised leader in biomaterials and regenerative medicine. She is collaborating with our research group in both areas of expertise, as part of the Visiting Professors program funded by the CCEM - María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence grant.