Josep Samitier Martí

Josep Samitier Martí is professor of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering at the Department of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Barcelona (UB), director of the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) Barcelona Institutefor Science and Technology (BIST), group leader of the Nanobioengineering group at IBEC and group leader in the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBERBBN). He is member of the EIT Health Supervisory Board, coordinator of the Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (NanomedSpain), president of the Catalan Association of Research Entities (ACER)and full member of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans. In 2003 he was awarded with the City of Barcelona Prize in the category of Technological Innovation.