María Luz López Terrada

Biography

María Luz López Terrada is Senior Researcher (Investigadora científica) at the Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del conocimiento. INGENIO (CSIC-UPV). She has published more than hundred books, articles and book chapters on the history of science. Her research has two foci.  The first is the social history of medicine in Early Modern Spain, particularly: hospitals, medical practice, medical pluralism and popular practices related to health and disease, and the representation of medicine in the Golden Age drama. The second is the natural history of the same period, especially the introduction of American plants into Europe.

Research Interest

Science and Technology, Health and disease