Last thursday, the 16th of October, Bart was part of the first Spanish Junior Leaders in Synthesis and Catalysis symposium in the beautiful Murcia, presenting about how mechanistic elucidation is highly important, especially for photoredox catalysis.

Yesterday, our group had the chance to share our research with both the (very) young and the young-at-heart at CosmoCaixa. The audience showed great curiosity as we explained how light interacts with molecules, what liposomes are, and how they can be applied across diverse fields with a significant impact on society. It was a truly rewarding experience to showcase how our publicly funded research helps advance knowledge in chemistry! Some of the kids showed such great curiosity – and even understanding – that it left us really hopeful and optimistic about the future of Catalan science!

Adn we're back! Today we welcome Ángela to the group. We'll see what beautiful porphyrins she can synthesize!

Another academic year finished! We say farewell to our students Oscar, Patrick, Andrés, and Nagore. We hope to see you around! Best of luck for the future! Now for some well-deserved holidays...

Today we had our group's team-building day on the beach playing volleyball! After a 2v2 tournament with rotating teams of 14 close matches with many smashes and unlikely saves, Patrick was crowned king of the beach.

Welcome to Andrés who is starting his final project on making new photocatalysts with improved properties for organic synthesis. Good luck, Andrés!

Today, Nagore is joining us for her bachelor thesis (TFG). Welcome, Nagore! In addition, we've made a new group photo. See it here.

Two new group members have joined us: Oscar is back for his TFM, and Patrick is joining us for an Erasmus internship from the TU Dublin. Welcome!

A warm welcome to Igor, the first postdoc in our group!

Today we welcome Arnau back, now as a PhD student on the SYNAPS project. Best of luck, Arnau!