Joan Gómez Pallarès and Agustí Lledós awarded Narcís Monturiol medals

20/02/2019

President of the Government of Catalonia Quim Torra awarded the Narcís Monturiol Medals and Plaques on 19 February at the Palau de la Generalitat. These distinctions are awarded to individuals and entities who have contributed greatly to the development of science and technology in Catalonia. They were first awarded in 1982.

Among this year's 19 honorees were UAB Professors Joan Gómez Pallarès, Chair Professor of Latin Literature and former director of the Institute of Classical Archaeology of Catalonia (ICAC, 2013-2018), Director General for Research of the Government of Catalonia since September 2018 and author of over 200 reference works on codicology and manuscripts, Latin epigraphy and literature, Roman gastronomy and ancient philosophy; and Agustí Lledós, Chair Professor of Physical Chemistry, researcher in the field of computational modelling of chemical processes, particularly in the study of reaction mechanisms in organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis, largely conducted in close collaboration with eperimental groups.

Other honorees include researchers from centres in the UAB vicinity such as Caterina Biscari, Director of the ALBA Synchrotron; Matteo Cavalli-Sforza, research lecturer at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IFAE) since 1993, and director of the institute from 2008 to 2014; Pablo Ordejón, Director of the Catalan Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology  (ICN2); and José Luis Riechmann, ICREA research lecturer at the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) and director of the centre since 2013.