Last month the University of Girona (UdG) announced that Dr. Irene Casademont, former member at the Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC), received the Alumin UdG award 2026, for her scientific career of research and knowledge. Irene, who graduated in Chemistry from the University of Girona and did her Master in Advanced Catalysis and Molecular Modelling in the Institute of Computational
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Two former members of the IQCC have been awarded the Juan de la Cierva fellowship, allowing them to continue their research careers in Spain. Both researchers, Gibu George and Michele Tomasini, obtained their PhDs at DIMOCAT (IQCC) in 2025, under the supervision of Prof. Miquel Solà and Dr. Anton J. Stasyuk, and Dr. Albert Poater and
A former members of the IQCC has been awarded an MSCA-PF fellowship, which will allow her to continue her research career in Manchester. Sílvia Escayola completed her PhD in Chemistry ( 2024) between Universitat de Girona and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) under the supervision of Prof. Miquel Solà, Dr. Albert Poater, and Dr. Eduard Matito. She will now continue
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
Last week, Maricel Torrent, former member of IQCC, has been honored as one of the Influential Women 2025, a recognition spotlighting her leadership and impact. The accolade highlights Torrent’s contributions in her field, emphasizing her role as an inspiration and a model for women striving for excellence and influence The announcement underlines her professional achievements,
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
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,
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
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