World Health Organisation, 2019

Maria Alonso, professor of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, has been recognised as one of the world’s top pharmaceutical scientists. In 2010, the Times Higher Education ranked her among the top 10 in pharmacology, and she was the only woman named. Watch this interview, filmed at PSWC, for Prof. Alonso’s take on nanopharmaceuticals, working in consortia, and how to shine in the male-dominated field of pharmaceutical science.