Last week, our former member of IQCC Sílvia Escayola was awarded the annual recognition of the best PhD thesis in 2024 (Premi Extraordinari) from the University of Girona. Last year, she defended with success her PhD thesis on “Exploring the Boundaries of Aromaticity through Computational Analysis of Excited States and Complex Molecular Topologies”, supervised by Prof. Miquel
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Month: July 2025
On 31st of July will be the defense of the doctoral thesis of Ricard López Coll, titled “Functional Cavitands as Artificial Enzymes: Bridging Computational and Synthetic Strategies for Supramolecular Catalysis and Beyond”, supervised by Dr. Agustí Lledó from IQCC. The jury members will be Dr. Gemma Aragay (Institut Català d’Investigació Química), Prof. Xavi Ribas (Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Universitat de
On 28th of July will be the defense of the doctoral thesis of Daniel Bosch i Coch, titled “Generation of theoretical DHICA melanin models for the simulation of optical spectra”, supervised by Prof. Lluís Blancafort from IQCC. The jury members will be Dr. Bo Durbeej (Linköpping University), Dr. Marco D’Abramo (Sapienza Università di Roma) and Dr. Mercè Deumal (Universitat de Barcelona). Place: Aula Magna
On 17 June, Aqza Elza John, PhD student at the IQCC under the supervision of Dr. Ferran Feixas and Dr. Marc Garcia-Borràs, received the Best Presentation Award at the VIII Jornades Predoctorals UdG (JODOC) 2025, held at the University of Girona. Her presentation, entitled “Unraveling electrostatic contributions on the catalytic efficiency of laboratory evolved retroaldolases”,
This month the Pla Serra Húnter from Government of Catalonia announced that Prof. Xavi Ribas, researcher at the Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) of the UdG has been selected to receive the Research Excellence Award, awarded through the Reconeixement al Talent Serra Húnter initiative. These individual awards recognize outstanding contributions by Serra Húnter professors in key areas such
Last week (June 30 July 3, 2025) took place the XL Bienal RSEQ in Bilbao (Spain). MSc. Filippo Scarchilli, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Miquel Costas, presented a poster titled “Chemoselective Oxygenation at C(sp3)-H over C=C Bonds Guided by Polarity Enhancement”, and won a poster prizes. Congratulations Filippo! Girona, 11th July 2025 For more info: ges.iqcc@udg.edu
Last month (June 15-19, 2025) took place the XLIX edition of the “Attilio Corbella” International Summer School on Organic Synthesis (ISOS 2025) in Gargnano (Italy). MSc. Filippo Scarchilli, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Miquel Costas, presented a poster titled “Chemoselective Oxygenation at C(sp3)-H over C=C Bonds Guided by Polarity Enhancement”, and won a poster prizes. Congratulations Filippo!
Today, the Banc Sabadell Fundation announced that Prof. Sílvia Osuna, ICREA researcher at the Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) of the UdG, received the IX Banc Sabadell Fundation award on Sciences and Engineering 2025, for her scientific career of quality and excellence achievements in enzyme design. Trajectory: Osuna received her doctorate in 2010 from the University of Girona (UdG)
Last week (June 22-27, 2025) took place the WATOC 2025 in Oslo (Norway). MSc. Hande Abes, PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Ferran Feixas and Dr. Marc Garica-Borràs, presented a poster titled “Beyond the Active Site: A Multiscale View of Enzyme Catalysis”, and won a poster prizes. Congratulations Hande! Girona, 1st July 2025 For more info: ges.iqcc@udg.edu