Science with an eye to the future
"She is one of the most influential scientists in Europe, with a line of research that has made extraordinary discoveries, with countless practical applications. Her materials engineering has enabled more environmentally friendly solutions, such as those using transistors and paper chips. If the future cannot be predicted, it is invented, his career may well be an example of this maxim, which, given the challenges we face, is becoming increasingly urgent. For all this she has been awarded the Pessoa Prize, an initiative of Expresso, sponsored by Caixa Geral de Depósito, one of the many distinctions she has received in recent years, together with scholarships, merit medals and decorations. JL dedicates these pages to the worker of a true "paper revolution", as she writes in her Autobiography, written for JL. Before her the news of the award, and the analysis/opinion of Rosalia Vargas, president of Ciência Viva and Pavilion of Knowledge."
Text: Dr. Rosalia Vargas
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