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Antònia Maria Cirer Costa Ibiza, Spain (1957) Professor of Natural Sciences for 35 years (currently retired) and independent researcher of the evolution of island lizards Since 1980 she has visited all the Pitiusas islands and islets to study the populations of lizards, applying for the first time biometric, genetic and colorimetric techniques simultaneously.

She carried out the first comprehensive study of all the Pitiusas islets and their lizards. It was performed applying multivariate calculation techniques to the biometric study of 40 populations of lizards. This was supplemented with genetic studies using protein electrophoresis. She pioneered the use of physical color measurement of the lizards with a colorimeter, to avoid subjective descriptions of their color. By doing so, she has established a direct correlation between the degree of differentiation of the lizards (melanism and gigantism) and the age of geological separation of the islet where they live.

Anna Traveset La Seu d’Urgell, Lleida, Spain (1961) Ecologist specialized in investigating the ecology and evolution of species interactions She has worked on island ecology for more than 30 years, mostly in the Mediterranean but also on Canary Islands (Spain), Galápagos (Ecuador), Berlengas (Portugal), Seychelles (R. Seychelles) and Ogasawara (Japan).

Prof. Traveset received her BS in Biology from the University of Barcelona. Her PhD work was conducted at the University of Pennsylvania, performing fieldwork on plant-insect interactions in Costa Rica. After returning to Spain, she conducted postdoctoral research at the Doñana Biological Station (EBD, CSIC), Seville.

In 1992 she moved to Mallorca where she has been doing research until now. She has c. 300 publications in scientific journals (c. 200 in SCI-indexed journals) and leads the laboratory of Terrestrial Ecology at IMEDEA. In 2017 she was awarded the Premi Rei Jaume I for the environment protection, and in 2022 the Premi Ramon LLull awarded by the Balearic Islands Government.

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María del Carmen Rotger Pons Maó, Minorca, Spain (1967) She mimics nature by combining supramolecular forces to design new compounds and functional materials with biological applications, among which the transport of nucleic acids into cells stands out She has a Degree and PhD in Chemistry from the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and specialized in supramolecular chemistry at the University of Sheffield (UK). She is currently University Professor and member of the Supramolecular Chemistry research group at the UIB. Her work focuses on synthesizing squaramidic compounds and evaluating their self-assembly capacity and biological activity as therapeutic or transport agents. Her work has generated 5 patents, and she collaborates with companies in the biotechnology sector.

She is director of the Master's Degree in Chemical Science and Technology, Secretary of the Department of Chemistry, and a member of the Academic Commission of the Doctoral Program in Chemical Science and Technology.

She participates in many scientific dissemination activities.

Loren Carrasco Martorell Puigpunyent, Majorca, Spain (1968) She works to ensure that innovation, knowledge and technology developed in universities improve our society Loren began her studies at a small village school with only two teachers for all classes. From Majorca she moved to Barcelona to study. After obtaining her Telecommunications Engineering degree, she worked for Telefonica research and development with engineers from different countries who were designing the future mobile networks. After that, she spent a few years working in an NGO helping with social projects. Finally, she joined the University of the Balearic Islands as a professor, where she got a doctorate in Computer Science.

She is currently doing research on sensors and body actuators networks to achieve, for instance, that chronic patients can spend more time at home. She is also dedicated to university management. At present, as vice-rector for innovation and digital transformation, she tries to ensure that the innovation and knowledge developed in universities can help to improve our society.

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