"The SusChem Awards, aimed at young people under the age of 40, are structured into three categories in the field of chemistry: future, research and innovate"
The SusChem Spain Technology and Innovation Platform for Sustainable Chemistry, has awarded its SusChem Awards for Young Chemistry Researchers for the fifteenth consecutive year.
The goal is to recognise, support, encourage, foster, and promote scientific-informative activities among young Spanish chemistry researchers, while promoting, developing, and sharing the discipline of Chemistry, both as a pure science and in regards to its applications, in Spain.
The jury of experts was made up of Eva García (representing SusChem-Spain), Francisco García Labiano (representing the Spanish National Research Council - CSIC), Mª Belén Yélamos (representing the Spanish Conference of Chemistry Deans - CEDQ), Gabriel González (representing the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office - OEPM), Carmen Cartagena (representing the Spanish National Association of Chemists and Chemical Engineers - ANQUE), Beatriz Fernández (representing the International Chemistry Forum - Expoquimia) and Jesús Torrecilla (representing TECNALIA Ventures, TECNALIA’s Deep Tech Venture Builder).
Winning young researchers
The SusChem Awards, aimed at young people under the age of 40, are structured into three categories representing different areas of performance of young chemistry researchers: future, research and innovate. These awards provide recognition to the best academic career (Future), the best scientific publication (Research), and the best work in the field of innovation based on public-private collaboration (Innovate).
The winners of the 15th Edition:
- Future Category
The finalists were Esther Calviño Sanlés, Chemistry graduate from Coruña University, and Guillermo Gómez Tenés, Chemistry graduate from Valencia University. The winner is Francisco Javier Sánchez Baygual, a graduate in Chemistry from the Ramon Llull University (Institut Químic de Sarrià) for his brilliant academic career and extracurricular merits.
- Research Category
In this case, the finalists were Iago Pozo Míguez, PhD in Chemical Science and Technology, and Laura Mariño Pérez, PhD in Chemical Science and Technology.
Pablo Garrido Barros, PhD in Chemistry, was selected as the winner for his work Tandem electrocatalytic N2 fixation via proton-coupled electron transfer, developed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
- Innovate Category
Finally, in this category, the Jury declared Lucía Pola Fernández, PhD in Chemical, Environmental and Biofood Engineering, and María Inmaculada Valls, MSc in Chemical Engineering, as finalists. The winner of the innovation category is Marta Mon Conejero, PhD in Chemistry, for her promising results in the project on the Development of a more economical and sustainable methodology with industrial application for the selective production of internal alkenes, using parts per million of ruthenium.
About the SusChem - Young Chemical Researchers Awards
The establishment of these awards, organised by SusChem - Spain, is promoted by the Spanish Chemical Industry Business Federation (FEIQUE), the Spanish National Association of Chemists and Chemical Engineers (ANQUE), the Spanish Conference of Chemistry Deans (CEDQ), Expoquimia, the Chemistry and Society Forum and TECNALIA Ventures.
