7th Edition

7th edition

The BBVA Foundation celebrates knowledge as the best means we have to confront today’s global challenges

The winners in this seventh edition exemplify the value of basic knowledge and the optimism that comes from the transformative power of knowledge in such varied domains as health, the environment, the technological revolution, world hunger and artistic innovation.

Development Cooperation

Agricultural programs that help families and villages

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Development Cooperation category goes in this seventh edition to American NGO Helen Keller International (HKI).

LAUREATES

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Stephen Buchwald

Basic Sciences

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Joseph Schlessinger

Biology and Biomedicine

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Charles L. Sawyers

Biology and Biomedicine

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Tony Hunter

Biology and Biomedicine

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Leonard Kleinrock

Information and Communication Technologies

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David Tilman

Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Ecology and Conservation Biology

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Richard Alley

Climate Change Climate Change and Environmental Sciences

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Richard Blundell

Economics, Finance and Management

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David Card

Economics, Finance and Management

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György Kurtág

Music and Opera

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Helen Keller International

Development Cooperation

COMMITTEE

Basic Sciences
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Ignacio Cirac

Research Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology of CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)  

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Avelino Corma

Research Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology of CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)  

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Trevor Hastie

Research Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology of CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)  

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Nigel Hitchin

Research Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology of CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)  

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Theodor W. Hänsch

Research Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology of CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)  

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Martin Quack

Research Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology of CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)  

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Sandip Tiwari

Research Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology of CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)  

Biology and Biomedicine
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Dario Alessi

Emerita of Excellence in the School of Life Sciences at the Technical University of Munich (Germany)

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Robin Lovell-Badge

Emerita of Excellence in the School of Life Sciences at the Technical University of Munich (Germany)

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Óscar Marín

Emerita of Excellence in the School of Life Sciences at the Technical University of Munich (Germany)

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Ursula Ravens

Emerita of Excellence in the School of Life Sciences at the Technical University of Munich (Germany)

Angelika Schnieke, presidenta del jurado de los Premios Fronteras del Conocimiento en la categoría de Biomedicina.

Angelika Schnieke

Emerita of Excellence in the School of Life Sciences at the Technical University of Munich (Germany)

Bruce Whitelaw, vocal del jurado de los Premios Fronteras del Conocimiento en la categoría de Biomedicina.

Bruce Whitelaw

Emerita of Excellence in the School of Life Sciences at the Technical University of Munich (Germany)

Information and Communication Technologies
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Georg Gottlob

Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación and a professor at BarcelonaTech (UPC), in Spain

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Rudolf Kruse

Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación and a professor at BarcelonaTech (UPC), in Spain

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Ramón López de Mántaras

Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación and a professor at BarcelonaTech (UPC), in Spain

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Mateo Valero

Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación and a professor at BarcelonaTech (UPC), in Spain

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Joos Vandewalle

Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación and a professor at BarcelonaTech (UPC), in Spain

Ecology and Conservation Biology
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Pedro Jordano

Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystems and Head of the Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research at University College London (United Kingdom).

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Hanna Kokko

Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystems and Head of the Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research at University College London (United Kingdom).

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Georgina Mace

Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystems and Head of the Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research at University College London (United Kingdom).

Climate Change
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Sandrine Bony

Director. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Germany)

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Miquel Canals

Director. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Germany)

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Carlos M. Duarte

Director. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Germany)

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Martin Heimann

Director. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Germany)

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Edward S. Rubin

Director. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Germany)

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Bjorn Stevens

Director. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Germany)

Economics, Finance and Management
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Manuel Arellano

Professor of Economics at London Business School (United Kingdom).

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Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg

Professor of Economics at London Business School (United Kingdom).

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Andreu Mas-Colell

Professor of Economics at London Business School (United Kingdom).

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Eric S. Maskin

Professor of Economics at London Business School (United Kingdom).

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Hélène Rey

Professor of Economics at London Business School (United Kingdom).

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Jean Tirole

Professor of Economics at London Business School (United Kingdom).

Music and Opera
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Philippe Albèra

Musician and musicologist, director of  Éditions Contrechamps (Switzerland)

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Cristóbal Halffter

Musician and musicologist, director of  Éditions Contrechamps (Switzerland)

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Martin Kaltenecker

Musician and musicologist, director of  Éditions Contrechamps (Switzerland)

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Tilman Kuttenkeuler

Musician and musicologist, director of  Éditions Contrechamps (Switzerland)

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Ranko Markovic

Musician and musicologist, director of  Éditions Contrechamps (Switzerland)

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Paolo Pinamonti

Musician and musicologist, director of  Éditions Contrechamps (Switzerland)

Development Cooperation
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Pedro L. Alonso

Director of the Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Initiative and Research Professor at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

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José García Montalvo

Director of the Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Initiative and Research Professor at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

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Vicente Larraga

Director of the Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Initiative and Research Professor at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

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Norman Loayza

Director of the Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Initiative and Research Professor at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

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Clara Menéndez

Director of the Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Initiative and Research Professor at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

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Francisco Pérez

Director of the Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Initiative and Research Professor at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

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