Eduardo Primo Yúfera

His early research focused on applications related to agricultural products from the Valencia region (rice and oranges).

After receiving a number of grants from the CSIC, in 1950 he obtained a research position, and two years later moved to the University of Basel, where he worked in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Dr. Thaddeus Reichstein.

Back in Valencia he set up the CSIC’s Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos (1954), and was its first director (1957-1974). In 1964 he became professor of Biochemistry and Agricultural Chemistry of the Valencia Polytechnic University, where he was Deputy Vice-chancellor for Research (1972).

After 1959, he held various positions at the "Juan de la Cierva" Board of Trustees, which coordinated technology research, from where he went on to the Vice Presidency of CSIC (1971-1974).

Between 1971 and 1977 he was a Deputy of the Cortes.

After 1976 he took part in the activities of the Club of Rome, and played a key role in its presence in Spain. He was a member of numerous scientific, social and cultural associations at national and international level, including the New York Academy of Sciences.

He received numerous scientific awards including: Juan de la Cierva award for technical research (1961), Francisco Franco award for scientific research (1968), Torres Quevedo award for technological research (1988) and King Jaime I Award in the New Technologies category (2001).

He held the Gold Medal of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (1990), the Commendation (1951) and the Gran Cruz de Alfonso X el Sabio (1971), Gold Medal for Merit at Work (2004), and the title of illustrious Valencian (2005).