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CSIC Pioneering Women Scientists

Short biographies of pioneering women scientists at the CSIC whose career and scientific contribution have been, and continue to be, an example for the upcoming generations (Spanish only).

“CSIC female pioneering” is a project of DIGITAL CSIC and Women and Science Commission of CSIC with the aim of getting to know the CSIC pioneering scientific women and their contributions to science and technology. It is a project that began on March 8th 2022 and is constantly been updated with the introduction of new profiles. 

Carmen Gil Fernández

Segovia, 1929 /2018 · Biologist

Concepción Llaguno Marchena

Madrid (Spain) 1925 · Madrid (Spain) October 4th 2010 · Chemist

Dorotea Barnés González

Pamplona (Spain) 1904 · Spanish chemist

Elvira Gangutia

(Guipúzcoa), 1937 · Philologist

Gabriella Morreale de Castro

Milan (Italy) 1930 · Chemist

Gertrudis de la Fuente

Madrid (Spain) 1921 · Biochemist

Isabel Gómez Caridad

(Madrid) · Chemist

Juana Bellanato Fontecha

1925 · Chemist

Laura Iglesias Romero

Benavente (Zamora), 1926 · Chemist

Manuela Juárez Iglesias

1941· Chemist

Margarita Salas

Canero (Asturias), 1938 · Madrid (2019) · Biochemist

María Antonia Zorraquino Zorraquino

Zaragoza, 1904 · Chemist

Mª Angeles Durán

Madrid,1942 · Sociologist

Mª Dolores Cabezudo Ibáñez

Madrid, 1935 · Chemist

Mª Josefa Molera

Navarra,1921 · Madrid, 2011 · Chemist

Piedad de la Cierva

Murcia 1913 · Madrid 2007 · Chemist

Sagrario Martínez Carrera

Madrid (Spain) 1925 · Madrid (Spain) 2011 · Chemist

Teresa Rodrigo Anoro

Almacelles (Lérida), 1956 · Santander 2020 · Physicist

Valentina Fernández Vargas

Alicante 1940-2018