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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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!
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
Dr. Jordi Soler i Parpal has been awarded the 1st prize for the best computational chemistry paper of 2024 in the postdoctoral category by the Computational Chemistry Group (GEQC) of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (Real Sociedad Española de Química, RSEQ). He has received the award for his paper “Engineering non-haem iron enzymes for enantioselective C(sp3)–F bond formation
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
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)