Choiseul 100 Global · 2026 Edition

Spaniards in the Knowledge Economy

One hundred Spanish researchers, academics, and scientific leaders advancing their careers outside Spain in universities, research centers, and international organizations.

The magazine Influyentes (Issue 60) exclusively publishes this selection as part of its special feature on the Choiseul 100 Global, in an edition that also includes an in-depth analysis of maritime trade geopolitics: "The silent war in ports around the world".

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100 Profiles
21 Countries
4 Continents

Choiseul 100 List

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Listed in alphabetical order, including each profile's current responsibilities and affiliated institution.

001 Carlos Alós Ferrer Professor of Economics Lancaster UniversityUnited Kingdom
002 Andreu Badal Researcher in Computational Modeling of X-Ray Devices US Food and Drug AdministrationUnited States
003 Pedro J. Ballester Associate Professor Imperial CollegeUnited Kingdom
004 Maitane Berecibar Uribe Director of the Battery Innovation Centre Vrije Universiteit BrusselsBelgium
005 Eva Blasco Professor of Molecular Engineering and Advanced Materials Heidelberg UniversityGermany
006 José Javier Bravo-Cordero Associate Professor of Medicine Mount Sinai HospitalUnited States
007 Alfonso Bueno Orovio Professor of Computational Modeling University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
008 Igor Calzada Múgica Professor in Interdisciplinary AI Economics Cardiff UniversityUnited Kingdom
009 Alberto Caminero Fernández Associate Professor McMaster UniversityCanada
010 Didac Carmona Gutiérrez Associate Professor University of GrazAustria
011 Juan Jesús Carrero Professor of Renal Epidemiology Karolinska InstitutetSweden
012 Francisco Javier Carrillo Salinas Scientist Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States
013 Francisco Chinesta University Professor Arts et Métiers Institute of TechnologyFrance
014 Montserrat Cols Vidal Senior Scientific Editor Rockefeller University PressUnited States
015 Adelina Comas-Herrera Director of the Global Observatory on Long-Term Care London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom
016 Sonia Contera Professor of Physics University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
017 Joan Costa-Font Professor of Health Economics London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom
018 Rodrigo Costas Comesaña Senior Researcher with ius promovendi at CWTS Leiden Centre for Science and Technology StudiesNetherlands
019 María Cuartero Botia Professor and Researcher The Royal Institute of TechnologySweden
020 Ana María Cuervo Professor in Neurodegeneration Albert Einstein College of MedicineUnited States
021 Eva de Lera General Manager Raising the FloorUnited States
022 Inmaculada de Melo Martín Professor of Medical Ethics Cornell UniversityUnited States
023 Jorge Díaz Cintas Professor of Audiovisual Translation University College LondonUnited Kingdom
024 Pilar de la Puente García Professor and Co-Founder Sanford Research and Cellatrix, LLCUnited States
025 Jaume Dinarès Turell Senior Scientist Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e VulcanologiaItaly
026 Carlos Duarte Executive Director of the Global Coral Reef R&D Accelerator King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia
027 Susana Enríquez Domínguez Full-time Principal Investigator C at UNAM Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico
028 Javier Escudero Research Group Leader in Biomedical Artificial Intelligence University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
029 Itziar Familiar Lope Associate Professor Michigan State UniversityUnited States
030 Iván Fernández Corbatón Researcher in Theoretical Physics Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany
031 Antonio Fernández Ruiz Neuroscientist Cornell UniversityUnited States
032 Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez Professor of Environmental Engineering Ulster UniversityUnited Kingdom
033 Xavier Flores Alsina Senior Researcher in Modeling and Optimization Technical University of DenmarkDenmark
034 José Carlos Flórez Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine Harvard UniversityUnited States
035 Albert Folch Folch Researcher in Cancer Bioengineering and Microfluidics University of WashingtonUnited States
036 Pau Formosa-Jordan Biophysicist and Group Leader Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding ResearchGermany
037 Alejandro Gallego Schmid Associate Professor in Circular Economy The University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom
038 Rafael A. García Bustínduy Director of Research The French Alternatives Energies and Atomic Energy CommissionFrance
039 Jorge García Molinos Associate Professor of Ecology Arctic Research CenterJapan
040 Sara García Ptacek Principal Investigator Karolinska InstitutetSweden
041 Marco García-Vaquero Researcher in Emerging Technologies and AI in Food University College DublinIreland
042 Jorge Gascón Sabaté Distinguished Professor King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia
043 Jaime Gómez Rivas Professor and Group Leader in Surface Photonics Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands
044 Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli Chief Scientist of Physical Sciences Lila SciencesUnited States
045 Diego Gómez-Nicola Professor of Neuroimmunology University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom
046 Héctor Gómez Professor of Engineering Purdue UniversityUnited States
047 Rebeca González Suárez Associate Professor and Researcher in High Energy Physics Uppsala UniversitySweden
048 Carlos Herce Fuente Tenured Scientist in Energy Efficiency ENEAItaly
049 José Luis Jiménez Palacios Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences University of Colorado-BoulderUnited States
050 Mikel Landajuela Senior Scientist in Artificial Intelligence Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryUnited States
051 Eneko Larrañeta Landa Professor in Pharmaceutical Materials Science Queen's University BelfastUnited Kingdom
052 Rafael Leal Arcas Professor of Law and Public Policy KAPSARC School of Public PolicySaudi Arabia
053 Elisa López Capel Senior Lecturer and Degree Programme Director Newcastle UniversityReino Unido
054 Ignacio López Gómez Research Scientist Google ResearchUnited States
055 Susanna López-Legentil Director of Faculty Development University of North Carolina WilmingtonUnited States
056 José L. López-Ribot Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology University of Texas San AntonioUnited States
057 Estrella Luna Diez Associate Professor in Plant Pathology University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom
058 Salvador Macip Professor and Dean of Health Sciences University of LeicesterUnited Kingdom
059 Serguei Maliar Pushnoy Associate Professor Santa Clara UniversityUnited States
060 Francisco Marcos Marín Researcher in Romance Philology and Digital Humanities University of Texas at San AntonioUnited States
061 Mercedes Maroto-Valer Director of the Industrial Decarbonisation Research Center UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation CentreUnited Kingdom
062 Berta Martín-López Professor in International Sustainable Development Leuphana University of LueneburgGermany
063 Rocío T. Martínez Núñez Associate Professor in RNA Biology and Immunity King's College LondonUnited Kingdom
064 Emilio Martínez Pañeda Professor University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
065 Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso Professor and Researcher in Economics University of GöttingenGermany
066 Lluís Masanes Meruelo Researcher in Quantum Physics University College LondonUnited Kingdom
067 Jordi Mongay Batalla Director of the Institute of Telecommunications and Cybersecurity Warsaw University of TechnologyPoland
068 Paula Moraga Associate Professor in Statistics for Public Health King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia
069 Enrique Morales Orcajo Manager in Computational Modeling and Simulation AmbuGermany
070 Jordi Nofre Mateo Senior Researcher Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal
071 María Nogal Associate Professor in Civil Engineering Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands
072 Andrés Palencia Director of Research at Inserm Institute for Advanced BioscienceFrance
073 Jordi Paps Montserrat Associate Professor in Genomics and Evolution University of BristolUnited Kingdom
074 Abelardo Pardo Dean of the School of Computer Science Adelaide UniversityAustralia
075 Alma Eva Pérez Perrino Associate Director of the Nanoscience Initiative The City University of New YorkUnited States
076 Javier Pérez-Ramírez Professor of Chemical Engineering ETH ZurichSwitzerland
077 Jesús Rodríguez Manzano Associate Professor and Deputy Director in Antimicrobial Optimization Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
078 María Rodríguez Martínez Associate Professor in Biomedical Informatics Yale UniversityUnited States
079 Eloy Romero Alcalde Researcher in High-Performance Computing Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityUnited States
080 Sergi Rotger Griful Senior Research Manager Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/SDenmark
081 Ángel Rubio Director of the Theory Department Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of MatterGermany
082 Enric Sala Explorer-in-Residence and Executive Director at National Geographic National Geographic SocietyUnited States
083 Josep María Salanova Grau Principal Researcher in Transportation Hellenic Institute of TransportGreece
084 Javier Salguero Scientific Leader at the UK Health Security Agency UK Health Security AgencyUnited Kingdom
085 Clarisa Sánchez Gutiérrez Professor in AI and Health University of AmsterdamNetherlands
086 Maricruz Sánchez-Sánchez Professor of Chemical Process Engineering Vienna University of TechnologyAustria
087 Oriol Sans Planell Postdoctoral Researcher in Materials Science Helmholtz-Zentrum BerlinGermany
088 Marc Secanell Gallart Professor University of AlbertaCanada
089 Maite Taboada Distinguished Professor of Linguistics Simon Fraser UniversityCanada
090 Laura Torrente Murciano Professor of Chemical Engineering University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom
091 Ignacio Ugarte Urra Astrophysicist in Space Sciences Naval Research LaboratoryUnited States
092 Isabel Valera Professor in Machine Learning Saarland UniversityGermany
093 Paz Vaqueiro Associate Professor in Materials Chemistry University of ReadingUnited Kingdom
094 Lourdes Vega Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the RICH Center Khalifa UniversityUnited Arab Emirates
095 Almudena Veiga-López Associate Professor University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States
096 Fidel Vila-Rodríguez Associate Professor in Psychiatry University of British ColumbiaCanada
097 Francisco Vilaplana Domingo Director of the Centre for Healthy and Sustainable Food KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden
098 Carles Vilariño Güell Professor of Medical Genetics University of British ColumbiaCanada
099 Sonia Villapol Associate Professor in Neurosurgery and Neuroregeneration Houston Methodist Research InstituteUnited States
100 Enrique Zuazua Iriondo Professor in Dynamics, Control and Machine Learning Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany

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Meet the 100 Spaniards who transcend borders and are changing global geopolitics