What is Margarita Salas?
[[File:Margarita Salas Falgueras 062019.jpg|right|200px]] '''Margarita Salas Falgueras, 1st Marchioness of Canero''' (30 November 1938 – 7 November 2019) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] scientist. She worked in the fields of [[Biochemistry]], and [[Molecular genetics]]. Salas was born in [[Valdés, Asturias]], [[Spain]]. In 1998, she won the [[Premio México de Ciencia y Tecnología]]. Salas was a member of [[Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences]], [[European Academy of Sciences and Arts]], [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], [[American Academy of Microbiology]], [[United States National Academy of Sciences]], and the Severo Ochoa Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iessuel.org/coeduca/descargas/ccnn/Margarita_Salas.pdf |title=Margarita_Salas |language=es |work=Instituto de Educacíon Secundaria, Malaga |access-date=9 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726171258/http://www.iessuel.org/coeduca/descargas/ccnn/Margarita_Salas.pdf |archive-date=26 July 2011 }}</ref> She was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Salas_Margarita |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Salas_Margarita |title=Margarita Salas|publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Salas was elected to Seat ''i'' of the [[Real Academia Española]] on 20 December 2001, she left her seat on 4 June 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rae.es/academicos/margarita-salas-falgueras |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427064945/http://www.rae.es/academicos/margarita-salas-falgueras |title=Margarita Salas Falgueras |language=es |publisher=Real Academia Española |archive-date=27 April 2015 |access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref> Salas died on 7 November 2019 in [[Madrid]] at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.csic.es/es/actualidad-del-csic/fallece-margarita-salas-una-de-las-mayores-cientificas-espanolas-del-siglo-xx |title=Fallece Margarita Salas, una de las mayores