The University Institute of Multidisciplinary Mathematics (IMM) celebrates another success at the 2026 UPV Research Awards. Professor Alicia Cordero has been honored with the Award for Outstanding Research Career, one of the highest distinctions granted by the Polytechnic University of Valencia for the scientific excellence of its research staff.
The 2026 UPV Research Awards ceremony took place on November 10 in the auditorium of the Nexus building on the Vera campus. The gala brought together researchers, faculty, students, and university staff to celebrate the UPV’s scientific and technological talent. The event included the traditional quiz on research and innovation, a performance by Alexandra Guanuchi—runner-up in the UPV’s most recent scientific monologue contest—and a performance by Jajajers, the Valencian duo composed of Jorge García and Alexis Martínez, who added a touch of humor to a day dedicated to recognizing the university’s research excellence.
The award presented to Alicia Cordero recognizes her outstanding scientific career, marked by significant contributions in the field of numerical analysis and iterative methods for solving mathematical problems, as well as her extensive research and mentoring of new researchers.
The ceremony also served to honor UPV researchers who, over the past year, have published their scientific findings in the prestigious journals Nature and Science, considered among the most influential in the world. Among those honored was Pau Amaro, a researcher at the IMM, recognized for the publication of one of his papers in Nature, an achievement that demonstrates the international reach and excellence of the research conducted at the institute.
The IMM’s outstanding participation in the UPV Research Awards has steadily grown over the past few years. In addition to the awards received in this edition, there are those won by Juan Ramón Torregrosa, recognized for his Outstanding Research Career in 2022 and 2025; Alicia Cordero, who received the award for Outstanding Research Impact in 2023; Néstor Thome, who was honored in 2024 for both Outstanding Research Impact and Outstanding Research Publication; and Juan Carlos Cortés, who was recognized in 2025 with the Award for Outstanding Research Impact. These results confirm the IMM as one of the UPV’s leading institutes in the areas of research, knowledge transfer, and scientific excellence.
The IMM congratulates Alicia Cordero and Pau Amaro on these well-deserved honors, Juan Carlos Cortés on his nomination as a finalist, and all the other researchers recognized at the 2026 UPV Research Awards.
