Cecilia Bouzat

She received a degree and PhD in Biochemical Sciences at the Universidad Nacional del Sur of Bahía Blanca in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Her first studies revolved around how Cys-loop receptors are involved in the synapses and enable rapid communications between the neurons and how drugs and compounds may modify the operation of the membrane proteins specific to the nervous system.

[4] Currently, Bouzat is the principal investigator of the CONICET and deputy director of the Institute of Biochemical Research of White Bay (INIBIBB) in Argentina.

[4] She directs the biochemistry research centre and is an assistant professor of pharmacology at the Universidad Nacional del Sur in her hometown of Bahía Blanca.

[4] The 2014 award she received recognises five women separated geographically from around the world for their scientific research every year.