Since Friedrich Wohler synthesized urea (by accident) back in 1828, chemical synthesis – and organic synthesis for that – has been a driving force in pharmaceutical innovation. Improving the lives of people worldwide, the medicines available nowadays are only possible thanks to the continuous advancement of synthetic chemistry, allowing scientists to design and build new […]

José Enrique Gómez, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Arjan Kleij (ICIQ), has defended his PhD Thesis entitled “Stereoselective Synthesis of Sulfones and Amino Acids from Functionalized Heterocycles” (assigned to the Department of Analytical & Organic Chemistry of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on September 12th at the ICIQ Auditorium. The members of […]

Bibiana Campos Seijo is an editor, publisher, and media executive currently working as the Editor-in-Chief of Chemical & Engineering News. Originally from Galicia, Spain, she studied chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela and then moved to Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK to pursue her PhD. Campos Seijo began her publishing career in […]

Representatives from the EU Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs) SUNRISE and ENERGY-X announced their joint cooperation on August 20, 2019 during the 14th European Congress on Catalysis, EuropaCat 2019. The two initiatives will continue to pursue their roadmapping actions until February 2020, when they plan to merge in a new initiative, with a […]

Prof. Walter Thiel, who served until quite recently as a highly dedicated member of the Scientific Advisory Board of ICIQ, passed away on the 23rd of August. The ICIQ community joins his family and friends in their mourning. Born in Treysa, Germany, Thiel studied chemistry at the University of Marburg (West Germany), where he subsequently […]

Prof. Ruben Martin, ICIQ group leader, has been awarded the prestigious Arthur C. Cope Mid-Career Scholars Award 2020, granted by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Established in 1984, the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards recognise excellence in organic chemistry over the trajectory of the recipient’s career. Prof. Martin’s research focuses on the development of novel […]

Pollutants coming out of cars’ exhausts are harmful to the environment and public health. With the goal of overall curbing car emissions, the US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a challenge to scientists worldwide: catalytically converting 90% of all critical pollutants (hydrocarbons, CO, NOx etc.) in car exhaust into less harmful substances at 150ºC. However, […]