October 15, 2024
The Joan Oró Predoctoral Fellowships, sponsored by AGAUR, are now open for applications! This initiative offers an opportunity for aspiring researchers to embark on an enriching journey into the realms of academia and innovation. If you are passionate about advancing your expertise in chemistry, this fellowship serves as the perfect launchpad for your career. Fostering […]
October 14, 2024
The event, which grants a total of €9,000 in prizes, aims to recognize and promote scientific excellence and talent in the field of chemistry in Spain and Portugal BASF and the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) held the third edition of the BASF-ICIQ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awards today at the ICIQ headquarters in […]
October 11, 2024
With great sadness, we inform you of the passing of Paula de Mendoza, who was a PhD student in Prof. Echavarren’s group from 2006 to 2010. During her time at ICIQ, she successfully defended her thesis titled “Design and Synthesis of New Polyaromatic Scaffolds for Nano-Scale Applications“. She left a significant mark not only through […]
October 11, 2024
Tania Medina, a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Antonio M. Echavarren, has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Development of Gold(I)-Catalyzed Reactions Between Alkenes and Acetylene Gas” publicly on Friday, October 11th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. Ruben Martin (ICIQ), Prof. Rosa María López (Universidad del País Vasco) and Prof. […]
October 11, 2024
The IVORI Programme has welcomed its first group of students at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), marking a key moment in the institute’s efforts to support the next generation of female researchers. These grants are designed for talented female graduates in chemistry from Latin America, Spanish-speaking countries, and Brazil, encouraging their pursuit […]
October 10, 2024
Saeed Shareef, a PhD student who is under Dr. Elisabet Romero supervision, has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Engineering Excitonic and Charge-Transfer States in Bio-Inspired Chromophore-Protein Assemblies” publicly on Thursday, October 10th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. Dr. Joanna Grzyb (University of Wroclaw, Poland), Prof. Dr. John Leslie Ross Anderson (University of […]
October 10, 2024
The group of Prof. Kleij present a versatile approach that enables the development of biobased hybrid materials with diverse structures based on polymer brush-type macromolecules Dr. Dimitrios Skoulas from the group of Prof. Arjan W. Kleij at ICIQ in collaboration with the Catalan company ONYRIQ have reported a straightforward functionalization protocol for poly(limonene carbonate) (abbreviated […]