Issued the ruling of the XI Edition of the SusChem-Young Chemical Researchers Awards 2019
The SusChem-Young Chemical Researchers Awards recognize and support the important work of Young Researchers in the Chemistry Sector in Spain, being awarded with an economic endowment and distributed in four categories: Futura, Innova, Predoc and Postdoc.
An expert jury gathered at the headquarters of the Business Federation of the Spanish Chemical Industry (FEIQUE), which represents the different fields of chemistry in Spain, has failed the tenth edition of the SusChem-Young Chemical Researchers awards.
This jury was constituted by Eva García Muntion, director at RTDI, (as representative of SusChem Spain)Gonzalo Jiménez-Osés (representing the Group of Young Chemical Researchers of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry RSEQ – JIQ), Josep Mota (representing the Business Federation of the Spanish Chemical Industry – Feique ), Carmen Cartagena (representing the National Association of Chemists and Chemical Engineers of Spain-ANQUE), Inmaculada Rodríguez (representing the General Council of Official Colleges of Chemists of Spain-CGCOQE), Mar Gómez (representing the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry-RSEQ) and Jesús Torrecilla (representing Tecnalia Ventures).
The awards, which have been presented annually since 2009, are convened by the Sustainable Chemistry Technology Platform SusChem-Spain and the Group of Young Chemical Researchers of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (JIQ-RSEQ). In addition, they are promoted in their four categories (Innova, Predoc, Postdoc and Futura) by the Business Federation of the Spanish Chemical Industry (FEIQUE), the National Association of Chemists and Chemical Engineers of Spain (ANQUE), the General Council of Official Colleges of Chemists of Spain (CGCOQE), the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (RSEQ), Tecnalia Ventures and the Chemistry and Society Forum.
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The SusChem-JIQ Awards, aimed at young people under 40 years of age, are structured in four different categories: Innova, Predoc, Postdoc and Futura, with a cash endowment of 2,000 euros for each of them:
The winners in the XI Edition have been:
INNOVATE:
Award for the best work (patent, scientific publication and/or final project or master’s degree) developed from a public-private collaboration. The work presented must have been developed in the last two years (2017-2018) in any area related to Sustainable Chemistry.
The Jury, chaired by Eva García Muntión on behalf of SusChem-Spain, has decided to unanimously award this award to JOSÉ LUIS GONZÁLEZ ALFONSO, Graduate in Chemistry, for his outstanding work Enzymatic Synthesis of a Novel Pterostilbene a-Glucoside by the Combination of Cyclodextrin Glucanotransferase and Amyloglucosidase, developed at the Institute of Catalysis and Petroleochemistry of the Spanish National Research Council (ICP-CSIC), in collaboration with Enzyme Techno.
The Jury has declared Rebeca González Fernández, Master in Chemistry and Sustainable Development, a finalist for her work Strengthening the Combination between Enzymes and Metals in Aqueous Medium: Concurrent Ruthenium-Catalyzed Nitrile Hydration – Asymmetric Ketone Bioreduction , developed at the University of Oviedo, in collaboration with EntreChem S.L.
PREDOC:
Award to the author of the best scientific publication, with page number of 2018, in any area of chemistry, and who was not in possession of the title of doctor on December 31, 2018.
The Jury, chaired by Mar Gómez, representing the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry, has decided to unanimously award this award to ANDREU TORTAJADA NAVARRO , current doctor in chemical science and technology, for his work Ni-Catalyzed Site-Selective Dicarboxylation of 1,3-Dienes with CO2 developed at the Catalan Institute of Chemical Research.
The Jury has declared finalists Javier López Cabrelles, graduated in Chemistry, for his publication Isoreticular two-dimensional magnetic coordination polymers prepared through pre-synthetic ligand functionalization, and Víctor Rubio Giménez, current doctor in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, for his work Bottom-Up Fabrication of Semiconductive Metal–Organic Framework Ultrathin Films, both developed at the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol) of the University of Valencia.
POSTDOC:
Award to the author of the best scientific publication, with page number of 2018, in any area of chemistry, and who was in possession of the title of doctor on December 31, 2018.
The Jury, chaired by Mar Gómez, representing the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry, has decided to unanimously award this award to ZHAOFENG WANG, PhD in Chemistry, for his work Generating carbyne equivalents with photoredox catalysis, developed at the Catalan Institute of Chemical Research (ICIQ).
The Jury has declared benjamí Oller Salvia, PhD in Organic Chemistry, finalists for his work Rapid and Efficient Generation of Stable Antibody–Drug Conjugates via an Encoded Cyclopropene and an Inverse-Electron-Demand Diels–Alder Reaction, developed at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC-LMB) in the United Kingdom and Christian Vidal Vides, PhD in Chemistry, for his work Concurrent and orthogonal gold(I) and ruthenium(II) catalysis inside living cells , developed at the Singular Research Center in Biotoxic Chemistry and Molecular Matter (CIQUS) of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
FUTURE:
Award for the best academic record of a degree in chemistry or any other related to chemical science and technology and whose degree would have been obtained in 2018.
The jury, chaired by Carmen Cartagena, on behalf of ANQUE, has decided to unanimously award this award to PABLO SERNA GALLEN, Graduate in Chemistry from the Jaume Icon University , an average grade of 9.71 out of 10.
The Jury has declared finalists Carlos Rodríguez Franco, Graduate in Chemistry from the University of Seville, and Diego Rodríguez Llorente, Graduate in Chemical Engineering from the Autonomous University of Madrid.