Julio San Román del Barrio, received the condition of Doctor Honoris Causa in Chemistry at the University of La Habana (UH).

Proposed by the Center for Biomaterials (Biomat) on its 25th anniversary, UH gave the title to the academic, for his contributions to the development of this area, especially in the field of polymeric materials with pharmacological applications in surgery or engineering tissue, and scientific and academic contribution in the country.

The ceremony was attended by Miguel Jorge Llivina Lavigne, representative of the Regional Office of Culture for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and Mayda Goite Pierre, rector of the University of Havana.