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Fernando Albericio was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Buenos Aires

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Fernado Albericio during the ceremony in the University of Buenos Aires.
 22.11.2013

Fernando Albericio was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Buenos Aires

Dr Fernando Albericio, professor from the Department of Organic Chemistry at UB and head of the group on Combinatorial Chemistry at the Institute of Biomedical Research (IRB Barcelona) –lbased in the Parc Científic de Barcelona– was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). The ceremony took place on Tuesday 19 November. It was attended by Emeritus Professor Ana Giuletti, and the dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry of UBA, Dr Alberto Boveris, representing the rector, Dr Rubén Hallú.


The honour to Fernando Albericio was proposed by the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry of UBA —Albericio has a close relationship with the school— in order to recognise his teaching and research activity. This proposal highlights his work as a researcher—he has published over 550 scientific articles in international journals and presented more than 40 patents—and the excellence achieved in the academic world—he has directed more than 30 doctoral theses, some of them at the UBA, which have received a qualification of excellent cum laude. In addition, he has participated in over 150 international conferences and in committees and editorial boards of several internationally renowned scientific journals.

Fernando Albericio got his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Barcelona in 1981. After completing some postdoctoral placements at Tufts University (United States), Aix-Marseille University (France) and the University of Minnesota, he joined UB as university lecturer. Between 1992 and 1994, he directed the research on peptids at Milligen/Bioresearch (Boston, USA).

He currently combines his research activities at IRB Barcelona with his position at the University of Barcelona, where he is full professor of Organic Chemistry. Albericio also served as the director of the Barcelona Science Park from 2005 to 2012. In the past few years he has worked closely with the transfer of knowledge and technology to society and facilitated the set-up of biotech companies. He is a member of the administration boards of several foundations and companies and consultant to companies working in the chemistry and pharmaceutical sector.

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