Girona, June 26, 2025. A collaboration between research teams from ICREA, University of Girona, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Minnesota has been awarded a 2025 Horizon Prize for the discovery and characterization of ligands for reactive high-valent iron-oxo oxidants by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Members of the research teams of Profs. Guo, Que
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Last week the University of Girona (UdG) announced that Dr. Eduard Matito, former member at the Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC), received the Alumin UdG award 2025, for his scientific career of research and knowledge. He did his PhD in the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) under the supervision of Prof. Miquel Solà and Prof. Miquel Duran about “Development,
This week the Societat Catalana de Química (SCQ) announced that Dr. Marc Garcia-Borràs, Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) of the UdG, received the Emerging Scientific Talent 2025 award of Societat Catalana de Química, for his outstanding scientific career. The Emerging Scientific Talent Award for Young Investigators distinguishes annually one excellent young talented Catalan researcher (<40 years) for their scientific
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
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