RTDI as part of the jury in XII SusChem Awards, young chemical researchers
On July 15, 2020, the Technological Platform for Sustainable Chemistry Innovation SusChem Spain, failed the twelfth edition of its SusChem Young Chemical Researchers awards, whose objective is to recognize, support, promote and promote scientific-informative activity among young Spanish chemical researchers.
The jury of experts met electronically and consisted of:
– Eva García (CEO in RTDI), representing SusChem Spain.
– Pilar Aranda (representing the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC).
– Francisco Ortega (representing the Spanish Conference of Deans of Chemistry, CEDQ).
– Gabriel González (representing the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, SPTO).
– Carmen Cartagena (representing the National Association of Chemists and Chemical Engineers of Spain, ANQUE).
– Pilar Navarro (representing the International Meeting of Chemistry – Expoquimia).
The prizes awarded to the young winners are a recognition and support for the important work they have done in the field of Chemistry. These are divided into three categories: Futura (public recognition of the best academic career), Investiga (the best scientific-research work) and Innova (the best work in the field of innovation, based on public-private collaboration).
ROBERTO SAEZ HERNÁNDEZ
Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Valencia.
The Jury has declared finalists Lucía Vizcaíno Anaya, Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Malaga, and Javier Fernández González. Graduated in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cantabria.
SUSCHEM AWARD 2020 – RESEARCH CATEGORY:
Award to the author of the best scientific publication, with page number of 2019, in any area of chemistry, and who was in possession of the title of doctor on December 31, 2019.
With an endowment of 3,000 euros and one year of affiliation to SusChem-Spain and ANQUE, the Jury, chaired by Pilar Aranda (Higher Council for Scientific Research) has decided to unanimously award this award to.
FELIPE ANDRÉS GARCÉS PINEDA
PhD in Chemistry, for his work Direct magnetic enhancement of electrocatalytic water oxidation in alkaline media, developed at the Catalan Institute of Chemical Research (ICIQ).
The Jury has declared finalists Juan del Pozo del Valle, Doctor in Chemistry, for his publication Delayed catalyst function enables direct enantioselective conversion of nitriles to NH2-amines, developed at Boston College (USA), and Irene Bosque Martínez, PhD in Chemistry, for her work 3-Acetoxyquinuclidine as Catalyst in Electron Donor-Acceptor Complex-Mediated Reactions Triggered by Visible Light, developed at Technische Universität München, Munich (Germany).
SUSCHEM AWARD 2020 – INNOVA CATEGORY:
Award for the best work developed from a public-private collaboration. The work presented must have generated results in the last three years in any area related to Sustainable Chemistry, including work on the transition to the Circular Economy and Decarbonization.
Endowed with an amount of 5,000 euros, one year of affiliation to SusChem-Spain and ANQUE, and the possibility of enjoying a stay in the applied chemistry research laboratories of Tecnalia or a mentoring by the teams of Tecnalia Ventures, focused on improving their capabilities in the field of technological entrepreneurship, the Jury, chaired by Eva García (SusChem-Spain), has unanimously decided to award this award to.
MARIO CULEBRAS RUBIO
PhD in Chemistry, for his outstanding work Lignin Based Carbon Fibres for Composites, developed at the University of Limerick, in collaboration with Tecnaro GmbH, Centro Ricerche Fiat Scpa, Dralon Gmbh, Eire Composites, C-Tech Innovation Limited, Institut Fuer Verbundwerkstoffe Gmbh, Fraunhofer, Centexbel, Deutsche Institute Fur Textil – Und Faserforschung Denkendorf, Institute of Textile Chemistry and Chemical Fibers (ITCF) and the Universities of Chalmers and Bolton, as part of the LIBRE project funded by BBI JU under the H2020 framework programme (Grant Agreement: 720707).
The Jury has declared finalists Sebastià Puig Broch, Graduate in Chemical Sciences, for his work Bioelectrochemical batteries: from carbon dioxide to value-added products, developed at the University of Girona in collaboration with FCC Aqualia S.A, and Francisco Manuel Baena Moreno, Master in Chemical Engineering, for his work Integration of CO2 capture in urban WWTPs to obtain new valuable resources (NURECCO2), developed at the University of Seville in collaboration with the Association of Research and Industrial Cooperation of Andalusia (AICIA) and Emasesa.