Honors and Awards

Dr. Gustavo Abraham

  • Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE) given by The International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE). 2016 World Biomaterials Congress (WBC 2016), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 18, 2016.
  • Bernardo Houssay Award 2011 from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation of Argentina, 2012.
  • Distinguished Professor of Graduate School of the Argentinean Medical Association Graduate (EGAMA), Buenos Aires, December, 2012.
  • Award in Engineering 2007 “Hilario Fernández Long”, National Academy for Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2007.

Dr. Florencia Montini Ballarin

  • Fellowship L’Oreal UNESCO “For women in Science”, 2018.
  • MIT Technology Review Innovators under 35 LATAM 2017. Pionner for the research in new synthetic bioresorbable vascular grafts with biomimetic properties.
  • Best Doctoral Thesis 2013-2015 Award for her work entitled “Bioresorbable polymeric nanofibrous structures for vascular tissue engineering” defended in Argentina (National University of Mar del Plata). Argentinean Polymer Symposium SAP 2015, Santa Fé, Argentina. Director: Dr. G.A. Abraham. Co-director: Dra. P.M. Frontini.

Eng. Luciana Sacchetti

  • Pre-Engineering Contest 2008/9  Centro Argentino de Ingenieros, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009. Final Project of Materials Engineering Career, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Mar del Plata. “Study of uniaxial and confined compression behavior of biomedical polyurethanes”. Director: Dr. P.M. Frontini. Co-director: Dr. G.A. Abraham.