Ligia Gargallo is a Chilean chemist and university professor of the
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...
.
Career
She works at the
University of Tarapacá
University of Tarapacá ( es, Universidad de Tarapacá) is a university in Arica, Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. The university publishes '' Revista Chungará'' a journal on anthropology and arch ...
(
Arica
Arica ( ; ) is a commune and a port city with a population of 222,619 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region. It is Chile's northernmost city, being located only south of the border with Peru. The city is the capita ...
) and at the
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...
, in
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
. She received a bachelor's degree in chemical pharmaceutical at the
University of Chile
The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843. in 1959, degrees in chemistry from
Paris Dauphine University
Paris Dauphine University - PSL (french: Université Paris-Dauphine, also known as Paris Dauphine - PSL or Dauphine - PSL) is a public research university based in Paris, France. It is one of the 13 universities formed by the division of the ancie ...
and
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...
, a doctorate in chemical sciences at the
University of Liège
The University of Liège (french: Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French. As of 2020, ULiège is ranked in the 301 ...
in
Belgium
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in 1972, and a doctorate in chemistry from
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...
. Her areas of investigation are focused in
Polymer
A polymer (; Greek '' poly-'', "many" + ''-mer'', "part")
is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules called macromolecules, composed of many repeating subunits. Due to their broad spectrum of properties, both synthetic a ...
s and
Macromolecule
A macromolecule is a very large molecule important to biophysical processes, such as a protein or nucleic acid. It is composed of thousands of covalently bonded atoms. Many macromolecules are polymers of smaller molecules called monomers. The ...
s. Her work has aided drug designers. She is the winner of the
Prize L'Oréal-UNESCO to Women in Science 2007 and Chile's
National Prize for Natural Sciences in 2014 because of the "pioneering work in the development of the chemistry of polymers and macromolecules".
Publications
* chemical-Physical of Macromolecules in the interface air-water, Macromolecules. Spanish Academic publisher (2012-01-27)
* 265 publications until the 2014.
Prizes
* 2007,
Prize L'Oréal UNESCO to Women in Science
* 2014, National Prize of Natural Sciences of Chile
References
External links
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile page on Ligia Gargallo (Spanish)
Academic staff of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
University of Liège alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Chilean chemists
L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates
Living people
Chilean women scientists
21st-century women scientists
Members of the Chilean Academy of Sciences
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