There were 82 candidates for the prize, now in its 10th edition, which is conferred by the UB’s Board of Trustees and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation and which is named after of Spain’s first professor of ecology.
Since completing his PhD at IBEC in 2013, Xavier has moved away from the bench, and is currently involved in the scientific evaluation of the research projects of La Marato de TV3, the telethon that raises money every year for research into different diseases.
