Beatriu Domingo Tafalla, a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Emilio Palomares, has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Earth-abundant based nanostructured catalysts for CO2 Reduction” publicly on Friday,  November 15th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. Dr. Paolo Fornasiero (University of Trieste, Italy), Prof. Dr. Cyril Godard (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) and […]

On October 29th, 2024, the consortium of PHOTORED project gathered at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) for the final meeting aimed at reviewing the project’s progress over the last three years. It provided an opportunity for participants to discuss the results achieved and future collaborations. During this time, the partners have tested […]

ICIQ Scientific Advisory Board Member honoured for her work in catalytic nanomaterials ICIQ proudly congratulates Prof. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, member of ICIQ’s Scientific Advisory Board and Director of the Department of Interfacial Science at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, for being honoured with the prestigious ACES – Margarita Salas […]

The team is now optimising the material for chiral separations, which is more versatile, robust, reusable and predictable The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) has made a significant advance in the pharmaceutical drug development and production using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for chiral molecule separation process. Researchers from the centre, in collaboration with the […]

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) has been awarded 6 projects in the “Generación de Conocimiento 2023” call funded by the State Research Agency (Agencia Estatal de Investigación – AEI, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades). The purpose of the call is to finance the implementation of research projects aimed both at promoting […]

Isabel Arranz, a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Antonio M. Echavarren and Prof. Feliu Maseras, has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Mechanistic Studies on Gold(I) and Gold(III) Catalytic Transformations” publicly on Thursday, October 24th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. José Manuel González (Universidad de Oviedo), Prof. Maria Besora (Universitat […]

Industria Química magazine highlights ICIQ’s innovative technologies for a sustainable and circular future The magazine Industria Química has published a report on ICIQ’s innovative work in technologies for capturing, purifying, and reusing CO₂, contributing to decarbonisation and the fight against climate change. One of these technologies, developed by Orchestra Sci, an ICIQ spin-off from the […]