Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) Areas of research: Chemistry. Location: Tarragona (Catalonia) Website: www.iciq.eu; Contact: lpiazzi@iciq.es
ICIQ is one of the world’s leading institutions in chemical research. The institute provides facilities, state-of-the-art equipment and excellent scientists and professionals, to ensure a rewarding career. Our programmes are thoughtfully designed to prepare a new generation of researchers with the skills and knowledge needed to tackle the most important challenges in chemical research. Our comprehensive training programmes include opportunities for short stays in renowned international research institutions, weekly seminars by leading scientists and complementary training designed to ensure a successful career in a variety of areas such as hands-on training in the use of state-of-the-art scientific instrumentation, development of communication and leadership skills and training in entrepreneurship and technology transfer. ICIQ hosts 19 research groups envisaging a multidisciplinary research model based on collaboration between different research groups both at internal and external levels. ICIQ is focused in four main research areas: • Catalysis, aimed at developing new catalytic processes and products for industrial use that exploit resources more efficiently and minimise waste • Renewable energy from sunlight, new technologies for transforming solar energy into electricity and fuels (artificial photosynthesis, molecular photovoltaics) • Materials for bio-applications, preparation of new materials that can be applied in medicine for diagnosis and theragnosis, and • CO2 Recycling, capture and valorisation of CO2 and other small molecules for its conversion into substances of interest (fuels, organic carbonates and (bio) polymers) ICIQ’s Scientific Core Facilities provide the scientific instrumentation and highly specialized technicians to assist the research groups in their daily research tasks. Researchers and students benefit from state-of-the-art equipment to make the most of their research. The institute’s excellence has been recognized with 15 European Research Council projects (ERC Grants) and the Severo Ochoa accreditation of excellence awarded by the Spanish 56 II. Mathemathics, Experimental Sciences and Engineering
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