Núria Salán

Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering at ESEIAAT-UPC. President of the Catalan Society of Technology.

Graduated in Chemical Sciences and a doctorate in Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering. She is a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering at ESEIAAT – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). As a researcher, she has participated in more than 20 R&D projects and 5 Teaching Innovation projects. Author and co-author of 35 scientific-technical papers, and a fiction novel, she has received various awards throughout her careers, such as the First Prize for Innovation in Teaching Quality and the Vicens Vives distinction from the Generalitat de Catalunya. She currently collaborates in the Mentoring Program for Girls at the UPC, M2M, and is deputy director of Institutional Promotion and Students at ESEIAAT.