The meeting served as the first contact between the new president, Eloísa del Pino, and the directors of the CSIC centres in Catalonia.
Eloísa del Pino, the new CSIC president, visited yesterday the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM) in Barcelona, where she met with the centres’ scientific teams. The president was accompanied by the CSIC Institutional Delegate in Catalonia, Lluís Calvo; the ICM director, Valentí Sallarès, and the management team of the centre; and by the CSIC Vice-Presidents for Organization and Institutional Relations, and International Relations, Carlos Closa and Javier Moreno, respectively.
Afterwards, he met at the same headquarters with the directors of the centres and institutes of the organization in Catalonia in order to learn about their activity and to inquire about their future challenges.
The meeting was attended by the directors Emilio O. Casamayor, from the Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB); Joan Martí, from Geosciences Barcelona (GEO3BCN); Luis Calvo, from the "Milà i Fontanals" Institution for Research in Humanities; Jordi Brandts, from the Institute of Economic Analysis (IAE); Núria Verdaguer, from the Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona (IBMB); Xavier Obradors, from the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB); Diego F. Torres, from the Institute of Space Sciences of Barcelona (ICMAB). Torres, from the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE); Valentí Sallarès, from the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM); Teresa Moreno, from the Institute of Environmental Diagnosis and Water Studies (IDAEA); Jesús Joglar, from the Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC); Roser Cortés, from the Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB); Carles Sierra, from the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA); Luis Fonseca, from the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM); and Jordi Sorribas, from the Marine Technology Unit (UTM).
Yesterday's meeting was the first contact between the new president and the CSIC centres in Catalonia. Eloísa del Pino was appointed president of this organization on June 21 by the Council of Ministers. Del Pino succeeded the chemist Rosa Menéndez, who spent almost five years at the organization’s forefront.
During her visit to Barcelona, the president also signed an agreement with the Barcelona City Council. The agreement aims to promote a project to expand the facilities of the Mediterranean Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CMIMA), which includes the ICM and the UTM.
