The plenary session of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Spain will appoint the biologist as president on June 26 Anna CrespoThus, she became the first woman to head this institution, which was founded in 1847.
Ana Crespo, who has until now served as Secretary General and will replace her Jesús Maria Sanz SernaHe received the support of 80 percent of academics of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, with 37 of the 46 votes cast for the biologist born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1948, according to foundation sources.
He graduated in Biology from Complutense University, Crespo PhD in Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Biodiversity, DNA Coding, Fungi and Lichens.
The researcher is a professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University Investigation camp It is the evolution of fungi, identification of biological species, and anti-fraud in relation to biological identification and biological systematics.
they Lines of investigation They include molecular identification of species (DNA barcoding), biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution by lichens and the tree of fungal life (phylogenetics and phylogenetics).
“Ana Crespo will be the first female president of the Royal Academy of Sciences in its entire history. “Congratulations, Ana, excellent news for Spanish science,” celebrated the Association of Women Researchers and Technologists, to which the biologist belongs, in a post on the social network X.
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