ICREA Research Professors have received a large number of honours, prizes and awards in 2018. Here is a list of the most important ones:

Isabelle Anguelovski
  • 2018 Local Economy Research Prize, awarded by the Càtedra Barcelona-UPF and Ajuntament de Barcelona.
Salvador Aznar Benitah
  • Elected EMBO Member.
Frederic Bartumeus
  • Premi Ciutat de Barcelona 2017 de Ciències de la Terra i Ambientals. Awarded in 2018.
  • Spanish Research Council (CSIC) Distinguished Researcher Award.
  • First Prize Ciencia en Acción ( Science in Action), awarded by the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) and several other scientific societies in Spain.
Eduard Batlle
  • Medal from the International Foundation Olof Palme.
Jordi Cabot
  • Software Engineering in Society Paper Award.
  • Designated as one of the Top 20 researchers in Software Engineering (“Consolidated” category) according to the study A bibliometric assessment of software engineering scholars and institutions (2010–2017).
Miguel Chillón
  • 2018 Transferència UAB Award, given by the Social Council of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Pia Cosma
  • “La Caixa” Health Research Award.
Josep Dalmau
  • 2018 Klaus Joachim Zülch Prize: Autoimmunity in neurological diseases. Given by the Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation of the Max Planck Institute.
  • Honorary Fellow of the Neurological Society of Thailand.
  • Recognition as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2018”, Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher 2018.
  • The Sobek Prize for Research in Inflammation, Sobek Foundation, Stuttgart.
  • Elected Fellow, European Academy of Neurology.
  • Honorary member, Japanese Society of Neurology.
Ruth de Diego
  • Elected President of the Spanish Society for Experimental Psychology.
Hugues de Riedmatten
  • Premi Ciutat de Barcelona 2017, Experimental Sciences and Technology. Awarded in 2018.
José Ramón Espinosa
  • First Prize of the 2018 edition of the Buchalter Cosmology Prize.
Manel Esteller Badosa
  • Pfizer Foundation Innovation Award for the EPICUP project, led by M. Esteller.
  • Innovation Health Award in Oncology by Celgene Endowment.
  • Award for the Best Science and Humanities Dissemination Activities. Awarded by the Board of Trustees and the Doctors’ Senate of the University of Barcelona.
  • Recognition as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2018”, Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher 2018.
Toni Gabaldón
  • Recognition as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2018”, Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher 2018.
Manuel Irimia
  • Elected EMBO Young Investigator.
Frank Koppens
  • Recognition as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2018”, Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher 2018.
Ben Lehner
  • Catalan Society for Biology Paper of the Year.
Maciej Lewenstein
  • Elected Member of Academia Europaea.
  • Recognition as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2018”, Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher 2018.
Josep Maria Llovet
  • Recognition as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2018”, Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher 2018.
Marco Madella
  • Honorary Research Fellow, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg – South Africa.
Albert Marcet
  • Elected Member of Academia Europaea.
Genoveva Martí
  • Vice-President of the Academia Europaea. Elected in November 2018.
Ruben Martin Romo
  • II Banc Sabadell Foundation Prize for Sciences and Engineering.
  • Winner of the Hirata Award, a Japanese Award in organic chemistry.
  • 2018 ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Award.
Maurizio Mencucini
  • Recognition as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2018”, Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher 2018.
Josep Nogués
  • ‘Outsatnding Magnetism’ Award of the Associazione Italiana di Magnetismo.
Sergei Odintsov
  • Recognition as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2018”, Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher 2018.
Mira Petrovic
  • Recognition as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2018”, Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher 2018.
Romain Quidant
  • Recognition as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2018”, Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher 2018.
César R. Ranero
  • Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Sven Rosenkranz
  • Elected member of the Academia Europaea.
Neus Sabaté
  • “Self-powered patch for cystic fibrosis diagnosis” awarded as “Best prototype/New Product” in the Organic Electronics Association Contest 2018.
Luis Serrano
  • XII Premio Fundación Francisco Cobos.
Manuel Serrano
  • Severo Ochoa Research Award, a distinction given by the Ferrer Research Foundation.
Gustavo Slafer
  • “Bolsa de Cereales” Prize, awarded by the Argentinian National Academy of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine.
Hans Supèr
  • Winner of the EIT Health Headstart competition.
Albert Tarancón
  • Best Innovation Prize from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), on its 10th anniversary.
Xavier Trepat
  • Elected EMBO Member.
Fernando Vidal
  • 2018 Outstanding Book Award of the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences.