October comes to an end with the VII ICIQ – URV PhD Day, a yearly event organized by and for PhD students. Around 150 students attended to this two-day event, some of them also with a poster presentation or a 5 minutes-flash communication. From October 30th to the 31st, the VII ICIQ – URV PhD Day […]

Wen-Jun Yue, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Rubén Martín, has defended his thesis entitled “New Platforms for Incorporation of Fluorine-Containing Motifs” publicly on October 30th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. Dr. Cristina Nevado (University of Zürich, Switzerland), Prof. Dr. Marcos García Suero (ICIQ) and Dr. Pablo Mauleón (Universidad Autónoma de […]

Aliénor Jeandin, a PhD student who is under Prof. Marcos G. Suero’s supervision, has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Synthesis of cyclopropenium cations by carbyne transfer catalysis and applications in novel cyclopropene syntheses” publicly on October 27th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. Dr. Ilan Marek (Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Israel), Prof. […]

Katherine Villa, ICIQ Group Leader, was appointed as one of the ten distinguished new members of the Young Academy of Spain. This prestigious recognition was a testament to her remarkable contributions to the field of chemical research and the solid research conducted at ICIQ. The official ceremony for the new members took place at the […]

Andrea Rivoli, PhD student under Prof. Pau Ballester’s supervision, has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Aryl-Extended Calix[4]Pyrrole Receptors with Metal Centers: Organometallic Receptors and Metallo-Macrocycles Based on Coordination Bonds” publicly on October 25th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. Antonio Frontera Beccaria (Universitat de les Illes Balears), Prof. Dr. Laura Rodriguez Raurell […]

Jixiang Ni, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Arjan Kleij, has defended his thesis entitled “Ring-Opening of Cyclic Carbonates: From Fine Chemicals to CO2-based Polymers” publicly on October 24th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. Christopher J. Whiteoak (Universidad Alcalá de Henares), Dr. Arianna Brandolese (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) and Prof. […]

The event fosters knowledge sharing and hands-on expertise through talks from experts in the field Around forty researchers from centres and companies across Europe have gathered at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) for a pioneering workshop on 3D Electron Diffraction (3D-ED). The event, which aims to foster knowledge sharing and hands-on expertise […]