By the end of 2017, eight researchers of the ICMAB had been granted with nine projects of the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC operates according to a “curiosity-driven”, or “bottom-up”, approach, allowing researchers to identify new opportunities in any field of research. Accordingly, the portfolio ERC funded projects spans a wide range of topics and research questions.
Arántzazu González, Ramon y Cajal researcher at ICMAB and participant of the program “A Researcher in your classroom” was at two primary schools in November, in the framework of the “Science Week” to show the students what is a scientist and what type of research we do at the ICMAB.
On Saturday 29 September, the dramatised reading “Madame Châtelet and her Instagram followers”, which features the life and discoveries of several women scientists throughout history, was represented in the Library “Biblioteca Sagrada Família”, Barcelona, at 1 pm, in the framework of the activities of the European Researchers’ Night (Nit Europea de la Recerca), organised in Catalonia.
Continuing the Strategic Vision for the Severo Ochoa programme FUNMAT (“Smart FUNctional MATerials for social grand challenges”), the ICMAB opened the call for the third edition of the Frontier Interdisciplinary Projects (FIP) earlier this year 2018. Out of all the proposals submitted, 9 projects in different fields have been granted.
The PhD Researcher Raúl Díaz Torres from the FunNanoSurf group will defend his PhD thesis on Friday, 20 July at 11 am:
Dr. Wenjie Qian defended her PhD thesis on “Preparation and processing of molecular materials with optoelectronic properties”on Tuesday, 17 July 2018 at 11 am. Congratulations Wenjie!
Three ICMAB researchers have been granted with a Ramon y Cajal grant from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness.
The Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC) hosted the XXX IEC Chemistry Debate “Connect the Materials Science with the young students”. Susagna Ricart and Arántzazu González took part in the event, which was held from 4 to 7 pm at the amazing “Sala Prat de la Riba”.
The “Societat Catalana de Química” (SCQ-IEC) organizes every year the contest on the best research chemistry projects for secondary school students (Premis als Treballs de Recerca de Batxillerat dins l’Àmbit de la Química). The award for the finalist students is a two-week scientific internship in a Catalan research center or university during July 2018.
The awards ceremony took place on May 9, 2018, at the IEC, and was introduced by a debate on “Connecting materials science to the young students and adults” by our researchers Susagna Ricart and Arántzazu González, and followed by the awards delivery and the talks of the winners.