June 27, 2017
They say they registered for M’agrada la recerca course because they love chemistry. But we think they just finished their school year and couldn’t resist learning even more. Students in 1st and 2nd of ESO are participating in ICIQ’s Casal d’Estiu (summer camp) taking place at the institute’s Learning Laboratory from June 26th to the 30th . Students become acquainted […]
June 26, 2017
Barcelona, June 26, 2017. At its annual meeting held today at the new Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) headquarters (the Escola Industrial), the BIST Board of Trustees, chaired by Andreu Mas-Colell, approved the appointment of Gabriel M. Silberman as the new BIST General Director. In addition, the Board approved the expansion of the […]
June 22, 2017
The Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) will celebrate its 36th Biennial Meeting in Sitges next week. We are happy that ICIQ is one of the organisers of the meeting and one of the main sponsors. Also, our Academic Vice-director, Prof. A. M. Echavarren, is member of the Scientific Committee. The programme includes several symposia […]
June 15, 2017
Ana Bahamonde, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Melchiorre (ICIQ), has defended her PhD Thesis entitled “Development and Mechanistic Understanding of Photochemical Reactions” (assigned to the Organic and Analytical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on June 15th at the ICIQ Auditorium. The members of the evaluation committee were: Prof. […]
June 9, 2017
Mª del Pilar Maldonado Illescas, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. José Ramón Galán-Mascarós (ICIQ), has defended her PhD Thesis entitled “Spin Crossover Phenomena: Towards Molecule-based Memories and Switches” (assigned to the Physical and Inorganic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on June 9th at the ICIQ Library. The members of […]
May 24, 2017
ICIQ hosts the first meeting of the PhD Students participating in the PHOTOTRAIN ITN Network. After the first kick-off meeting of the network’s principal investigators in Bologna, Italy, now ICIQ hosts the first meeting that gathers all the PhD students that participate in the PHOTOTRAIN ITN Network. During three days, students will participate in a multidisciplinary […]
May 22, 2017
The winners of the 2017 RSEQ-Lilly Awards for PhD students have just been announced. Eloísa Serrano (Martin’s group) was one of the three awardees, together with Noelia Casanova (CIQUS) and Enol López (University of Oviedo). Eloísa carries out her research in the activation of small molecules using metal catalysts towards the synthesis of value-added products. More […]