March 23, 2023
Jiahao Yu, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. José Ramón Galán-Mascarós (ICIQ), has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Water Splitting Electrocatalysts in Acidic Media: in the Search of Non-noble Metal Alternatives” (assigned to the Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on March 23rd. The members of the evaluation committee […]
March 22, 2023
The department has recently acquired an Electron Diffractometer and an Ion-Mobility Mass Spectrometer, valued at €1.8M and €1M respectively, to enhance its already excellent services. The Characterization Technologies Department (CTD) of the Institute for Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) has made, this 2023, an investment of almost 3 million euros in state-of-the-art analytical technology. Right now, […]
March 21, 2023
This year has started with new sustainable challenges for the Green ICIQ team. Xavier Blanch (SHEQ) will keep working in this volunteer group with three new incorporations: Dr. Joan Guillem Mayans, Ángel Rey (Scientific Education and Outreach Unit) and Elena Pedrola (KTT Communication). The new Green team will continue the work done since the group […]
March 20, 2023
Dr. José A. Berrocal will join ICIQ next summer through ICIQ’s Starting Career Programme (ICIQ-SCP) funded by the Severo Ochoa Excellence grant CEX2019-000925-S (MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/ 501100011033). The programme is aimed at attracting highly talented young researchers, with an outstanding postdoctoral record and willing to start their independent scientific career. His research focuses in combining organic […]
March 17, 2023
Professor James Durrant, a member of the ICIQ Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) since 2014, has received earlier this week his CBE for his outstanding contribution to photochemistry and solar energy research from Princess Anne. The Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) forms part of the Honours System of the United Kingdom. […]
March 17, 2023
Is your company facing the challenge to implement new sustainable materials in its industrial procedures? Are you committed to Green and Circular Economy and do you want to introduce biopolymers in your processes? Are you conscious about the importance of reducing environmental industrial impact? Circular Economy and Green Chemistry are two key concepts to overcome […]
March 15, 2023
“Blau de Prússia” is a podcast for chemistry enthusiasts that we co-produced with Tarragona Ràdio in 2022 with support from the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI). Today, on the first day of this major event aimed at high school students to discover all the educational proposals available to them, we have been talking […]