November 4, 2014
On Thursday, October 30th, Prof. Piet van Leeuwen was invested Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). During the ceremony, the Rector of the University, Carlos Alexandre Netto, said that this is the highest honour of the institution and the recognition of the scientific and academic community. Meanwhile, Prof. van […]
October 31, 2014
Professor Luis A. Oro was awarded with the ICIQ’s Fèlix Serratosa Medal for his valuable contribution and support as member of ICIQ’s Scientific Advisory Board. After receiving the award, he delivered the seminar entitled “Parent Amido and Imido Iridium Diolefin Complexes: N-H Activation of Ammonia”. Professor Oro served as member of ICIQ’s Scientific Advisory Board […]
October 30, 2014
Dr. García Suero has joined our Institute through ICIQ’s Starting Career Programme (ICIQ-SCP), a programme aimed at attracting new talent and help young researchers (post-doc level) to start their independent careers. Marcos García Suero graduated in Chemistry from the Universidad de Oviedo in 2003 and in 2009 he obtained his PhD degree at the Institute […]
October 22, 2014
Prof. Paolo Melchiorre’s research group have found that an organic molecule as simple as p-anisaldehyde can efficiently catalysed the intermolecular atom-transfer radical addition of a variety of haloalkanes onto olefins with exceptionally mild reaction conditions. Atom-transfer radical addition (ATRA) to alkenes is an effective way to functionalize easily available olefinic substrates to obtain a wide […]
October 20, 2014
A paper published by Prof. Núria López et al. in Journal of Catalysis has been recognised as a Most Cited Article during 2012. The paper deals with the use of CeO2 as a promising catalytic system for industrial use in HCl oxidation. Experimental and theoretical studies reveal performance descriptors and provide molecular-level understanding of the […]
October 17, 2014
Manuel Nappi, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Melchiorre, has defended his PhD Thesis entitled “Novel Aminocatalytic and Photochemical Reactions” (assigned to the Organic and Analytical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on October 16th at the ICIQ auditorium. The members of his evaluation committee were: Prof. Antonio M. Echavarren […]
October 16, 2014
On October 15th representatives from Eli Lilly and Company came to ICIQ to carry out their On Campus Recruiting programme. Lilly On Campus Recruiting aims at interviewing doctoral and post-doctoral students so they can be taken into account as potential candidates for an I+D open position in the company. This programme is aligned with ICIQ’s […]