February 24, 2022
Andrés Felipe Sierra, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Pau Ballester, has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Calix[4]pyrrole Cavitands for Supramolecular Sensing and Catalysis” (assigned to the Organic and Analytical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on February 24th. The members of the evaluation committee were: Prof. María Concepción Gimeno Floría […]
February 17, 2022
Starting today, nominations can be submitted for the first BASF-ICIQ Innovation & Entrepreneurship Awards. The two organizations, which have collaborated for years on projects related to the promotion of scientific research in the field of chemistry, thus open a new chapter in which we seek to reward the best practices of the moment. The awards […]
February 11, 2022
Mabel de Fez, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Galán-Mascarós, has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Cost-Effective Materials for The Energy Transition: From Water Splitting Catalysts to Carbon Dioxide Adsorbents” (assigned to the Physical and Inorganic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on February 11th. The members of the evaluation committee […]
February 11, 2022
Eleven ICIQ scientists have joined this year’s events to celebrate February 11th, the International Day of Women and Girls in science. #100tífiques Ten ICIQ researchers have joined #100tífiques, an initiative organised by the Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació (FCRI) and the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) in collaboration with the […]
February 10, 2022
Researchers from the Palomares group and the NanoElectronic and Photonic Systems research group (NEPHOS) of the Electric, Electronic and Automatic Engineering Department at the URV have strong expertise in the study of solar cells. In their latest work, published in Sustainable Energy Fuels, they go even greener by using organic semiconductor materials such as plastic polymer […]
February 4, 2022
The Catalan section of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) has awarded one of the ‘Josep Castells’ awards for best PhD thesis to former ICIQ PhD student Dr. Mauro Mato. His thesis, entitled “Streamlining the Access to Metal Carbenes through Aromative Decarbenations,” was developed in the Echavarren group. The Josep Castells award recognizes the […]
February 2, 2022
ICIQ and Tarragona Ràdio have signed an alliance to co-produce the first chemistry-focused podcast of the Camp de Tarragona. The main goal is to make a pioneering podcast that will be radio-broadcasted for all audiences, thus bringing the people living in Tarragona closer to science and research. All episodes will be broadcast on Tuesdays at 10 […]