Maria Fátima Lucas, co-founder and CEO of the Barcelona-based start-up Zymvol Biomodeling, is one of the four winners of 2020 EU Prize for Women Innovators. She will receive a €100,000 cash prize.

During the European Research and Innovation Days on 24 September, commissioner for Innovation and Research Mariya Gabriel revealed the winners chosen by a jury of independent experts. 

The other recognised women are Madiha Derouazi, founder and CEO of Amal Therapeutics (Switzerland), Arancha Martínez, co-founder and managing director of It Will Be (Spain) and Josefien Groot, co-founder and CEO of Qlayers (Netherlands).

Zymvol Biomodeling was founded in 2017 as an start-up specialised in the design, development and application of molecular modeling software to enzyme discovery and optimization. Today, they work with clients (pharmaceutical industry, biotechs, animal feed companies...) from 10 different countries worldwide.

The prize is funded under Horizon 2020, the EU research and innovation programme.