Pilar Mateo
The Council of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Valencia, Spain, decided to name a new class after Pilar Mateo Herrero, internationally recognized scientist and president of Inesfly. Mateo received her PhD from the Faculty of Chemistry at the University and is an honorary doctorate from the University of Anahuac, Mexico.
Pilar Mateo’s research is focused on the development of high-tech products, such as her exclusive polymer microencapsulation technique. With this technology, Dr Pilar created Carbapaint 10, the insecticidal paint now used as a tool to fight disease-transmitting insects in more than 100 countries and in several cities in Brazil.
“It is not repellent, the paint has properties to kill insects. For all this technology, the knowledge of Dr. Pilar Mateo is more than deserving,” says Luiz Rolim, CEO of Inesfly Brasil, which sells Carbapaint 10 in the country.
In its patented formula, the paint has insecticidal biopolymer microcapsules that are released slowly and gradually after application to the wall. Insects, such as aedes aegypt, descend to the surface and die after contact with the paint, which in our country is sold by Inesfly Brasil and has been adopted in cities such as Duque de Caxias, in Rio and Jaboatão dos Guararapes, in Ceará.
Regarding the tribute, the University of Valencia emphasized Pilar’s “clear social vocation”, for which “science must be at the service of society”. In addition to Inesfly, Pilar Mateo is president of MOMIM (Movement of Indigenous Women of the World) and the Pilar Mateo Foundation, which supports projects around the world to eradicate deadly diseases and plagues that attack especially the most disadvantaged people in poor countries.
In partnership with the University of Cape Verde, for example, the Tintaedes project also took insecticidal paint to Africa, where 300 houses in the communities were painted with the product, with excellent results.
