Maria Blanco-Prieto is Full Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Navarra (UNAV). She is the author of more than 150 research papers and book chapters with more than 7200 cites (H-index 49), 4 editorials, 5 patents, and over 200 communications at scientific conferences, many of them as invited speaker. She is/was responsible of more than 31 competitive research projects and is an expert for the European Commission for nanomedicines. Her research in drug delivery has won her numerous awards. In 2017, she was elected as a new member of the National Academy of Pharmacy of France - one of the most prestigious entities in the world in her field - in recognition of her research work and as of the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Galicia. In 2018, she was elected as a board member of the Executive Committee of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Scientists (EUFEPS), being the vice-president since January 2021. From March 2020 she is the President of SEFIG (The Spanish Society of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Blanco-Prieto