Numerary Member

Health Sciences: PhD in Medicine and Surgery

Date of admission: July 23, 2015

Admission speech: “Chained Panacea. German Pharmacology under the Yoke of the Swastika”

Reply speech: H.E. Dr. Joan-Francesc Pont Clemente, PhD in Law

Outstanding career: An international reference in neuropsychopharmacology and the history of medicine, his work combines biomedical research, university teaching and the dissemination of medical and historical knowledge.

Dr. FRANCISCO LÓPEZ MUÑOZ (MD, PhD, DLitt)

UNIVERSITY QUALIFICATIONS

  • Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Complutense University of Madrid (1988).
  • PhD in Medicine from the UCM (1993), with the thesis “Effect of Chemical Denervation on the Postnatal Development of the Rat Pineal Gland,” cum laude, receiving the Extraordinary Doctorate Award.
  • PhD in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Alcalá (2015), with the thesis “Psychoactive Substances in Cervantine Texts: Tracing Andrés Laguna’s Dioscorides,” cum laude.
  • Specialist in Pharmaceutical Medicine (1996).
  • Diploma in Holocaust Studies from the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem (2016).
  • Diploma in Advanced National Defense Studies (CESEDEN) (2020).

RESEARCH LINES

  • Neurobiological bases of drug addiction and dual pathology.
  • Drug interactions of psychopharmaceuticals.
  • Neurobiology of aggression.
  • Bibliometric techniques applied to neuropsychiatry.
  • Development of new molecules for neurodegenerative diseases.
  • History of psychopharmacology and neurosciences.

TEACHING ACTIVITY

  • Began his career in the Department of Cell Biology at the Faculty of Medicine of the UCM (1988–1997).
  • Medical Director at Juste, S.A.Q.F. (1992–2009).
  • Honorary Research Professor in Pharmacology at the University of Alcalá (1997–2013).
  • Since 2011 at the Camilo José Cela University: Professor of Pharmacology, Vice-Rector for Research and Science (2019), Director of the International Doctoral School (2012), and Chair of the Research Ethics Committee (2016).
  • Honorary Professor at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (2021), the Catholic University of New Spain (Miami, 2023), and Honorary Professor of the Spanish Civil Guard (2023).
  • Research Member of the Hospital 12 de Octubre Research Institute (Madrid, since 2013).
  • Researcher at the Institute for Medieval and Golden Age Studies “Miguel de Cervantes,” University of Alcalá (2024).
  • Doctor Honoris Causa in Literature by the World Academy of Arts and Culture, affiliated with UNESCO (2021).
  • Doctor Honoris Causa in Public Health by CUGS University (Mexico) (2023).

PUBLICATIONS

  • Supervisor of 24 completed doctoral theses and 5 currently in progress.
  • Participation in 52 research projects (FIS, PNSD, CSD, ERASMUS, etc.).
  • Holder of 1 patent (Alzheimer’s) and 7 others under international evaluation.
  • Positive evaluation of 4 research periods (CNEAI).
  • Author/editor of 31 books/treatises and 798 scientific publications, including:
    • Historia de la Psicofarmacología (3 vols., Panamericana, 2007 / NPP Books, USA, 2014).
    • Neurobiology of Depression (Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2012).
    • ADHD: Epidemiology, Treatment and Prevention (Nova Science, 2015).
    • Melatonin, Neuroprotective Agents and Antidepressant Therapy (Springer, 2016).
    • Melatonin: Production, Functions and Benefits (Nova Science, 2021).
    • Cuando la Medicina no cura (Delta, 2016).
    • El vuelo de Clavileño (Delta, 2017).
    • La barca de Caronte (Delta, 2020).
    • La sangre de la Gorgona (Delta, 2023).
  • H-index = 47 and accumulated Impact Factor = 526.297 (October 2024).

MEMBERSHIPS AND HONOURS

  • Numerary Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors (2015).
  • Numerary Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts of Salzburg (2019).
  • Lifetime Member of the World Academy of Arts and Culture, under the auspices of UNESCO (2021).
  • Corresponding Member of several Royal Academies of Medicine in Spain (Cádiz, Eastern Andalusia, Basque Country, Seville) and Academies of Pharmacy.
  • Foreign Corresponding Member of the National Academies of Medicine of Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, and Costa Rica.
  • Honorary Member of the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico (2024) and of the National Academy of History and Geography of Mexico (2023).
  • Numerary Councillor of the Institute of Manchegan Studies (2017).
  • Member of the Spanish Chapter of the Club of Rome (2022).

OTHER ACTIVITIES AND DISTINCTIONS

  • Director of the International Editorial Board of the Humanidades Médicas collection (since 2016).
  • Director of the Publications Service of the UCJC (2020).
  • Member of 74 editorial boards and reviewer for 83 international journals.