On 9 September, the CSIC held its awards ceremony in Madrid to recognise achievements in research supervision and training, as well as outstanding doctoral theses. Dr Elena del Corro, researcher in the ICN2 Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices (AEMD), received a María Moliner Award in recognition of her work as an early-career PhD supervisor and her contribution to training young researchers.

Now in its third year, the María Moliner Awards recognised four supervisors from various institutions. Dr del Corro was recognised for supervising the PhD theses of José Manuel de la Cruz Sánchez, Marta Delgà Fernández and Pilar Bernicola. The award comes with a cash prize of €6,000, which is allocated to the recipient's research centre. The other recipients were Mario García Fernández from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT-CSIC), Sara Hernando Amado from the National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), and Antonio González Sarrias from the Centre for Soil and Applied Biology of Segura (CEBAS-CSIC).

The ceremony also included the presentation of the Margarita Salas Medals, which recognise outstanding careers in research supervision, as well as the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Awards.

Elena del Corro holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Complutense University of Madrid. She joined ICN2 in 2016 and is currently Team Leader in the group led by Prof. Jose A. Garrido. Her research focuses on the development of biomedical devices based on two-dimensional materials, such as graphene. Through her ERC Consolidator Grant TRIBOMED, she is currently developing triboelectric devices for the development of energy-autonomous neural interfaces.

At ICN2, we would like to congratulate Elena on this recognition of her commitment to training and supervising the next generation of researchers.