Extraordinary PhD students

The Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) has awarded five ICIQ’s doctors with the Premi Extraordinari de doctorat for the excellent work done during their PhD studies.

Dr. Laia Pellejà and Dr. Laura Osorio at the award ceremony

Giulia Bergonzini, for her thesis entitled “Assessing the Versatility of Organocatalysis as a Strategy for Enabling Novel Asymmetric Transformations” and developed under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Melchiorre.

Laura Osorio, for her thesis entitled “Rational approaches to the control of molecular function: from catalysis to self-assembly” and developed under the supervision of Prof. Miquel A. Pericàs.

Carlo Cassani, for his thesis entitled “Aminocatalytic Funcionalization of Carbonyl Compounds: A Powerful Strategy for Enantioselective Reaction Development” and developed under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Melchiorre.

Laia Pellejà, for her thesis entitled “Exploring Novel Dye Concepts in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” and developed under the supervision of Prof. Emilio Palomares.

Sara Goberna, for her thesis entitled “Novel Molecular Catalysts for Water Oxidation: Towards Artificial Photosynthesis” and developed under the supervision of Prof. Jose-Ramón Galán-Mascarós.