Rubén Martín has been appointed ICREA Research Professor.

ICREA (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies) is a foundation supported by the Generalitat de Catalunya which aims to recruit top scientists for the Catalan R&D system.

Earlier this year, Rubén Martín consolidated his position as Group Leader at ICIQ.

Prof. Martín’s research focuses on the activation of relatively inert molecules and chemical bonds. During his time at ICIQ, he has received the 2010 RSEQ Young Investigator Award, the 2011 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, the Eli Lilly Young Research Investigator Award 2011 and the JSP Fellowship 47th Bürgenstock Conference 2012.

In 2011 he received an ERC Starting Grant awarded by the European Research Council.