The board of directors of all CSIC institutes in Catalonia with Eloísa del Pino (center) at the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC). | Source: Elena Martínez

Last July, the elected president of the CSIC, Eloísa del Pinomet the board directors of the 18 centers and institutes of CSIC Cataloniaincluding the IQAC director, Jesús Joglar, in an event held at the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM) in Barcelona.

During the meeting, the president was accompanied by the institutional delegate of the CSIC in Catalonia, Luis Calvo; by the director of the ICM, Josep Lluis Pelegrí, and the center’s management team; and by the deputy president of the organization and institutional relations of the CSIC, Carlos Closa.

The president was given a glimpse of the activity carried out at the different CSIC institutes in Catalonia and took interest in their future challenges. She could also explain the plans for the advancement of scientific production in CSIC Catalonia in the next future.

The meeting is one of the first contacts of the new president with the CSIC centers in Catalonia. Eloísa del Pino was appointed president of this body on June 21 by the Council of Ministers. Del Pino thus relieved the chemist Rosa Menéndez, who spent almost five years at the head of the organization.

From left to right: Jesús Joglar (IQAC director), Eloísa del Pino (CSIC president), and Teresa Moreno (IDAEA director) at the meeting. | Source: Elena Martínez

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