June 29, 2022
Dr. David Hermann Lamparelli, a postdoctoral researcher working in Prof. Kleij’s group, has won the 2022 “Cinzia Chiappe prize” awarded by the Interdivisional group in Green Chemistry, Sustainable Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI). The award aims to recognize the two best PhD theses in Italy in the area of Green Chemistry, Sustainable Chemistry. The second half of the […]
June 27, 2022
Nicola Zanda, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Arjan W. Kleij and Prof. Miquel À. Pericàs (ICIQ), has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Continuous Flow Catalysis for the Valorization of Carbon Dioxide” (assigned to the Analytical and Organic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on June 27th. The members of the […]
June 23, 2022
Jordi Aragón Artigas, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Julio Lloret-Fillol (ICIQ), has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Visible-light metallaphotoredox strategies for organic transformations through the cleavage of Csp3−Cl bonds” (assigned to the Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on June 23rd. The members of the evaluation committee […]
June 23, 2022
Chang Qiao, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Arjan W. Kleij, has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Catalytic Formation of Heterocycles from α- and β-Epoxy Alcohols” (assigned to the Analytical and Organic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on June 23rd. The members of the evaluation committee were: Prof.Dr. Antoine Buchard […]
June 16, 2022
The 2022 RSEQ-Lilly awards for PhD students have just been announced. This year, Craig Day, PhD student in the Martin group is one of the three awardees together with Javier Corpas (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and Laia Vicens (Universitat de Girona). Day carries out his research in the Martin group, focused on unravelling the intricacies […]
June 15, 2022
We do research to mitigate the effects of climate change and guarantee a better world for the next generations. This is the reason why we have joined the Foundation for the Climate Pact, an initiative led by Banc Sabadell Foundation and Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, and promoted by the Catalan Coordinator of Foundations and […]
June 14, 2022
Pedro Ferreira, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Pau Ballester (ICIQ), has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Stimuli-Responsive Calix[4]pyrrole and Calix[4]arene Based Receptors: from Unimolecular to Dimeric Structures” (assigned to the Analytical and Organic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on June 14th. The members of the evaluation committee were: Prof. […]