Irene Lema Súarez defended her PhD Thesis “Estudio taxonómico y evolutivo de la subtribu Anthoxanthinae (Poaceae; Pooideae)”, being awarded with cum Laude
Dr. Manuel Pimentel Pereira, and Dra. Elvira Sahuquillo Balbuena directed the Thesis. The committee was composed of Enrique Rico Hernández, Rosalía Piñeiro Portela , and Mª Isabel Fraga Vila.