Month: December 2025

Two former IQCC researchers awarded Ramón y Cajal contracts

Two former members of the IQCC were obtained the Ramón y Cajal contract with which they can continue their research careers in Spain. Both researchers, Anton Stasyuk  and Olga Stasyuk did a Postdoc at DIMOCAT (IQCC) in the group of Prof. Miquel Solà (2018-2023). Now Olga will continue her work in Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA) and Anton in Instituto

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IQCC Forum: Xmas edition 2025

Last 12th December took place the Xmas edition of the IQCC Forum, a quarterly meeting-place where high-quality science will be discussed. The IQCC Forum gives the opportunity for PhD and postdoc members of the IQCC to present their work to a wide audience. This will lead to better knowledge of the work that is being performed

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Marc Garcia-Borràs granted an ERC Consolidator grant

A research project led by Marc Garcia-Borràs, Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) of the University of Girona (UdG), has been funded with 2 million euros within the Consolidator Grant call of European Research Council (ERC). Research projects funded by the ERC have as their main objective to

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Roger Monreal wins Best Presentation Award at TraPCat4 2025

Last month (November 20-21, 2025) took place the 4th Trans Pyrenean Meeting on Catalysis in Barcelona. MSc. Roger Monreal, PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Albert Poater and Dr. Anna Pla-Quintana, presented a talk about “DFT study on C(sp³)–H insertion by Rh, Ag, and Cu vinylcarbenes”, and won a best oral presentation prizes.   Congratulations to Roger on this well-deserved recognition!

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Albert Poater repeats the Academy of Excellence Program -ICREA award

ICREA is a foundation promoted by the Catalan Government whose aim is to stimulate excellent research in Catalonia. Albert Poater, a principal investigator of IQCC, won the Academy of Excellence Program (ICREA Acadèmia) awards 2025 for his research carrier. It is the second time that he receives this award (after 2019) to recognize the research work that he is doing in

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New Full Professor Prof. Jordi Mestres

In the last weeks, a visiting professor of the Institut de Químicia Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) was promoted to part-time Full professor at the University of Girona: Prof. Jordi Mestres.   Jordi Mestres Jordi Mestres holds a PhD in Computational Chemistry from the University of Girona. After a post-doctoral stay at Pharmacia&Upjohn (Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA), in

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