María África González Fernández

Short CV

Prof. África González is Professor of Immunology, at the University of Vigo. Se was the former Director of CINBIO (2009-2019). From 2016 to 2020, she was the President of the Spanish Society for Immunology. Her research spreads over 100 publications and 4 patents. She is co-founder of the spin-off NanoImmunoTech (NIT), a company specialized in nanoparticles and biosensing. This innovative entrepreneurship led her to the final stage of the “EU Prize for Women Innovators 2017”. She is regularly invited as speaker in congresses and different mass media. She is member of the RAFG.