Jordi Alberch is a professor in the Department of Biomedicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Barcelona (UB) and head of the IDIBAPS Pathophysiology and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders group. Moreover, since 2017 he has been the director of the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro), an institution twice awarded the María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. He is also head of the Centre for Networked Biomedical Research into Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED) research group. President de la Spanish Society of Neuroscience (SENC) from 2015 to 2017, he is an international authority on the study of the pathophysiology and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and, specifically, Huntington’s disease, an activity that he has mainly carried out at the University of Barcelona and other research centres in the USA and Europe.
Narcís Monturiol Awards
By means of the Narcís Monturiol Awards, the Government of Catalonia recognizes individuals and institutions that carry out and promote research in Catalonia. These awards have been granted since 1982, “in order to honour entities and individuals who have made a significant contribution to Catalonia's scientific and technological progress”. Since they were created in 1982, up to 2022 a total of 301 medals had been awarded, 69 of which were given to women. A total of 47 plaques have been awarded to research centres and institutions.
In 2020, it was decided to present the awards on a regular basis, every two years. It was also decided that there should be equal representation in the composition of the list of winners, and number of medals to be awarded was set at 10 for individuals and 1 plaque for an institution.
You can find the full list of this year’s winners here.
