Arnau Call (1989, Vidreres) obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at the Universitat de Girona (UdG) in 2011 receiving the excellence award for academic performance. After that, he coursed the Master’s in Homogenous Catalysis (2012) and PhD (2016) with the FPU graduate fellowship under the supervision of Prof. Julio Lloret. Research work during his PhD involved a 3-month internship at Arizona State University (USA) in the group of Prof. Ghirlanda to develop artificial metalloenzymes. He also performed a 2 years stay at the Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ) when his supervisor became a group leader at this research center. Arnau also participated in detecting catalytic intermediates at the Diamond Light Source Synchrotron (UK). His PhD project was mainly directed to the development of molecular systems for H2 evolution and for the reduction of organic functionalities using light and water as a source of hydrides. During his PhD he established fruitful collaborations with Prof. Mas-Ballesté and Prof. Pérez-Prieto.
After defending his PhD in December 2016, he moved to the group of Prof. Sakai, at the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (Japan), where he focused on developing photocatalytic systems for CO2 reduction. In January 2021 he returned to the UdG in the group of Prof. Costas as “Juan de la Cierva” research fellow. He has recently performed a 4-month internship at the University of Utah (USA) in the group of Prof. Sigman to implement multivariate linear regression analysis in asymmetric C-H oxidation reactions.
In 2023 he started his independent career in the Universitat de Girona as “Ramon y Cajal” (RyC) researcher. His research interests involve the generation of metal nitrenoid species using light, and their application in the stereoselective amination of C-H bonds. Dr. Call also forms part of the QBIS-CAT group and actively participates in several projects focused on the asymmetric oxidation of C-H bonds.
