June 29, 2023
These new researchers will join the previously announced postdoctoral fellows, making a total of nine awarded individuals in this last call. This year, the prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF) programme has awarded an unprecedented number of fellowships to ICIQ. In addition to the six previously announced fellowships, ICIQ is pleased to welcome three […]
June 28, 2023
The Professor is known, together with David Macmillan, for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis, a revolution in the construction of molecules of great importance in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products. The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) hosted a seminar given by Prof. Benjamin List, a recognized expert in asymmetric catalysis and winner of […]
June 27, 2023
Eleni Georgiou, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Melchiorre, has defended her thesis entitled “Photocatalytic Strategies for the Functionalization of Pyridines”, publicly on June 27th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. José Manuel González Díaz (Universidad de Oviedo), Dr. Carla Casadevall (ICIQ-URV), Prof. Dr. Sami Lakhdar (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse). Dr. […]
June 26, 2023
Emilien Le Saux, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Melchiorre, has defended his thesis entitled “Photochemistry and Organocatalysis for Radical-Based Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Processes” publicly on June 26th. The members of the evaluation committee were Dr. Karl Anker Jørgensen (Aarhus University), Prof. Dr. Rubén Martín Romo (ICIQ-URV) and Prof. Dr. Mariola Tortosa (Universidad Autónoma […]
June 23, 2023
For the second consecutive year, ICIQ concludes the “Green, Educational and Scientific dissemination project” held at the Escola de la Canonja with a final event where the students were protagonists. Last Monday 12th of June, the students of the Escola de la Canonja presented their own experiments in a contest-type activity, hence putting an end […]
June 23, 2023
The association honours his outstanding career for his scientific achievements during more than 20 years Professor Arjan W. Kleij, Group Leader of the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) since 2006, and ICREA Research Professor since 2011, has been honored by the Catalan Society of Chemistry with the prestigious 2023 Award for Scientific Excellence. […]
June 23, 2023
The association recognises her scientific career and her capacity for emerging scientific leadership in chemistry Dr. Carla Casadevall, Associate Researcher at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) and Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), has been honored with the Emerging Scientific Talent Award 2023 by the Catalan Society […]