Margarita Salas headdress

OUR HEADDRESS IS MADE OF A SERIES OF NOBLE AND HYPOALLERGENIC METALS PLUS 18KT YELLOW GOLD PLATING.

THERE IS ONLY ONE MODEL AVAILABLE . THIS JEWEL DOES NOT ADMIT CHANGE

MARGARITA SALAS FALGUERAS (CANERO, ASTURIAS, NOVEMBER 30, 1938 - NOVEMBER 7, 2019), MARQUISE OF CANERO, WAS A SPANISH BIOCHEMIST. SHE GRADUATED IN CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND WAS A DISCIPLE OF SEVERO OCHOA, WITH WHOM SHE WORKED IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER WORKING WITH ALBERTO SOLO IN MADRID WITH THE SCIENTIST ELADIO VIÑUELA. BOTH WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMOTING SPANISH RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY.

SHE INITIATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN SPAIN, AND DEVELOPED HER WORK AS AN HONORARY PROFESSOR AT THE CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (CSIC). SHE WAS ALSO AN ACADEMICIAN OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY (RAE) AND CENSOR OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS SINCE 2008. IN 2016 SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE THE ECHEGARAY MEDAL, AWARDED BY THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF EXACT, PHYSICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES.