This week the Real Sociedad Española de Química (RSEQ) announced that Prof. Miquel Solà, full professor at the Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) of the UdG, received the 2025 RSEQ Medal, the highest institutional distinction given by the RSEQ in recognition of his outstanding scientific career, his pivotal contribution to the growth and consolidation of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry in Spain,
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This week the BIOTRANS announced that Prof. Sílvia Osuna, ICREA researcher at the Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) of the UdG, received the BIOTRANS 2025 award, for her scientific career of quality and excellence achievements in biocatalysis. She will present her work at BIOTRANS 2025 in Basel. Trajectory: Osuna received her doctorate in 2010 from the University of Girona (UdG) at
Alicia Casitas receives Marcial Moreno-Mañas Award 2024 for young researchers of RSEQ-Cat Last week the Real Sociedad Española de Química (RSEQ) announced that Dr. Alicia Casitas, former member at the Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) of the UdG, received the Marcial Moreno-Mañas Award 2024, for his scientific career of quality and excellence. The Marcial Moreno-Mañas Prize for Young Investigators distinguishes annually one
Sílvia Escayola won the Josep Castells awards from the Real Sociedad Española de Química, Catalan section (RSEQ-Cat) for the best PhD in Chemistry in 2024. She did her PhD in the DIMOCAT group of the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) under the supervision of Prof. Miquel Solà, Dr. Albert Poater and Dr. Eduard Matito about “Exploring
This month (Feb 5-7, 2025) took place the 2nd meeting of Inorganic & Organometallic Chemistry of the Catalan Chemistry Society in Tarragona (Spain). Dr. Carles Fuertes, postdoc researchers under the supervision of Prof. Xavi Ribas, presented a talk titled “Light-driven molecular motors within confined spaces ” and won a best oral communication award and MSc. Christos Christou, PhD student under the
Last month (Jan 30-31, 2025) took place the I meeting of Organic Chemistry of the Catalan Chemical Society in Barcelona (Spain). MSc. Valentina Iannace, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Xavi Ribas presented a talk titled “Regioswitchable Bingel bis-functionalization of fullerene C70 via supramolecular masks” and won one best oral communication award. Congratulations Valentina! Girona, 18th February 2025 For more info: ges.iqcc@udg.edu
Last month (Jan 27-28, 2025) took place the II Reunió de Química Teòrica i Computacional in Barcelona (Spain), which included a poster session. MSc. Guillem Pey, PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Josep Maria Luis and Dr. Julio Lloret from ICIQ, presented a poster titled “Mechanistic study of the eletrochemical reduction of CO2 with a Mn(I) catalyst: the microkinetic point of
Jordi Soler won the II edition of the best PhD in Chemistry award from the Real Sociedad Española de Química, Jóvenes Investigadores Químicos (RSEQ-JIQ) for the best PhD in Chemistry in 2023. He did his PhD in the TCBioSys group of the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) under the supervision of Prof. Sílvia Osuna and
Yesterday ICREA announced the list of winners of the ICREA Acadèmia awards 2024, among which are four (!!!) names from the University of Girona: Sebastià Puig (Engineering), Anna Maria Romani (Ecology), Miquel Costas and Miquel Solà (both IQCC and Chemistry). Congratulations to all four! Girona, December 13th, 2024 For more info: ges.iqcc@udg.edu
Last week the Jóvenes Investigadores Químicos (JIQ-RSEQ) announced that Prof. Sílvia Osuna, ICREA researcher at the Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) of the UdG, received the Chemitry Europe Lecture Award 2024, for her scientific career of quality and excellence. Trajectory: Osuna received her doctorate in 2010 from the University of Girona (UdG) at the Computational Chemistry Institute (IQC) under supervision of