Premio Fundación Real Academia de las Ciencias al Joven Talento Científico Femenino 2024
· María Escudero (ICN2)
ERC Consolidator Grants 2024
· César Rodriguez-Emmenegger (IBEC)
· Arnau Sebé-Pedrós (CRG)
ICREA Research Professors amongst the 1% most cited researchers of 2024 worldwide
ERC Synergy Grants 2024
· Diego Blas (IFAE)
· Mariona Graupera (IJC)
· Kostas Kostarelos (ICN2)
HIGHLIGHTS
Revealing the Stories of Black Lives in Early Modern Spain
Berruezo-Sánchez, Diana (UAB)
HumanitiesA tale of two topological isomers with enhanced reactivity
Swart, Marcel (UdG)
Experimental Sciences & MathematicsBeyond stereotypes: Building fair AI for mental health
Lekadir, Karim (UB)
Engineering SciencesUnderstanding the Catalytic Activity of High-Entropy Alloys
Escudero Escribano, María (ICN2)
Experimental Sciences & MathematicsThe fifth EU freedom: Why and how to develop the “freedom of knowledge”
Sturm, Thomas (UAB)
HumanitiesEnzymes at the Edge: Blurring the Line Between Sugar and Protein Breakdown
Rovira Virgili, Carme (UB)
Experimental Sciences & MathematicsUnderstanding singularities in the Stefan problem
Ros Oton, Xavier (UB)
Experimental Sciences & MathematicsMicrotubule nucleation visualized at high resolution
Surrey, Thomas (CRG)
Life & Medical SciencesRevealing the Stories of Black Lives in Early Modern Spain
Berruezo-Sánchez, Diana (UAB)
HumanitiesA tale of two topological isomers with enhanced reactivity
Swart, Marcel (UdG)
Experimental Sciences & MathematicsBeyond stereotypes: Building fair AI for mental health
Lekadir, Karim (UB)
Engineering SciencesUnderstanding the Catalytic Activity of High-Entropy Alloys
Escudero Escribano, María (ICN2)
Experimental Sciences & MathematicsThe fifth EU freedom: Why and how to develop the “freedom of knowledge”
Sturm, Thomas (UAB)
HumanitiesEnzymes at the Edge: Blurring the Line Between Sugar and Protein Breakdown
Rovira Virgili, Carme (UB)
Experimental Sciences & MathematicsUnderstanding singularities in the Stefan problem
Ros Oton, Xavier (UB)
Experimental Sciences & MathematicsMicrotubule nucleation visualized at high resolution
Surrey, Thomas (CRG)
Life & Medical SciencesRevealing the Stories of Black Lives in Early Modern Spain
Berruezo-Sánchez, Diana (UAB)
Humanities
ICREA IS AN INSTRUMENT OF THE CATALAN GOVERNMENT
ICREA is a public institution 100% funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
ICREA is an institution without walls. It works hand in hand with Catalan universities and research centres to integrate ICREA research professors in the Catalan research system.
ICREA offers permanent, tenured positions to researchers from all over the world to come and work in Catalonia.
Over the years these positions have become a synonym of global academic excellence.
ICREA COMMUNITY
ICREA Research Professors form a vibrant community of scientists and researchers in all areas of knowledge that contribute to the advancement of humankind by exploring, interpreting and questioning.

UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH CENTRES IN CATALONIA
ICREA would not make any sense without the dense network of host institutions that are actively involved in research in Catalonia.
THE NEW ICREAs
ICREA is an expanding community. Each year, new researchers join ICREA
after the ICREA call. This is a list of the most recent incorporations. We
would like to give them all a very warm welcome to the ICREA
community: Benvinguts!
Roca Aparicio, Anna
Life & Medical Sciences
Institut de Salut Global Barcelona (ISGlobal)
As an infectious disease epidemiologist, I design tailored interventions to reduce viral & bacterial mortality among the world’s most vulnerable populations. My research integrates epidemiology, microbiology and genomics to investigate transmission and develop strategies that drive global impact.
Gualtieri, Marco
Experimental Sciences & Mathematics
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
I work in geometry and mathematical physics, with a focus on developing mathematical structures with applications to quantum field theory. My main contributions have been in generalized complex and Kähler geometry, Poisson geometry, singular differential equations and discrete geometry.
McCready, Elin
Humanities
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Elin McCready works mainly in linguistics and philosophy of language and has published on a variety of topics in the formal analysis of linguistic meaning. She obtained a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005 and worked at Aoyama Gakuin University from 2006 to 2024.
Roca Aparicio, Anna
Life & Medical Sciences
Institut de Salut Global Barcelona (ISGlobal)
As an infectious disease epidemiologist, I design tailored interventions to reduce viral & bacterial mortality among the world’s most vulnerable populations. My research integrates epidemiology, microbiology and genomics to investigate transmission and develop strategies that drive global impact.
Gualtieri, Marco
Experimental Sciences & Mathematics
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
I work in geometry and mathematical physics, with a focus on developing mathematical structures with applications to quantum field theory. My main contributions have been in generalized complex and Kähler geometry, Poisson geometry, singular differential equations and discrete geometry.
McCready, Elin
Humanities
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Elin McCready works mainly in linguistics and philosophy of language and has published on a variety of topics in the formal analysis of linguistic meaning. She obtained a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005 and worked at Aoyama Gakuin University from 2006 to 2024.
Roca Aparicio, Anna
Life & Medical Sciences
Institut de Salut Global Barcelona (ISGlobal)
As an infectious disease epidemiologist, I design tailored interventions to reduce viral & bacterial mortality among the world’s most vulnerable populations. My research integrates epidemiology, microbiology and genomics to investigate transmission and develop strategies that drive global impact.
ANNUAL REPORT
These research reports summarize the work done during a year.
Publications are the most visible part of research, but we must also take into consideration other elements that show the contribution of our researchers to the improvement of the Catalan R+D system: creation of new research teams and opening of new research lines, consolidation of existing teams and research areas, mentoring of doctoral dissertations, teaching at all academic levels, etc.
Thus, the reports quantify not only the scientific production of our researchers but also their broader impact.