Sílvia Escayola won an accesit PhD Thesis Awards 2024 for the best PhD in Chemistry in 2024 from the Grupo Especializado de Nanociencia y Materiales Moleculares (GENAM) of the Real Sociedad Española de Química (RSEQ) and RSEF. She did her PhD in the DIMOCAT group of the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) under the supervision of Prof. Miquel
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Last month the Catalan Chemical Society (SCQ) announced that BSc. Carles Alcaide received the TFG award – Premis Sant Jordi 2025. He completed the BSc degree in Chemistry at the University of Girona (UdG) last academic course. Carles did his final degree project with a summer IQCC fellowship under the supervision of Dr. Albert Poater from the DIMOCAT group at our Institute. In the
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,
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