The award ceremony for the 2018 prize was held on 26 September 2019. Given the high level of the works presented, all the prizes were awarded ex aequo. The winning scientists were:
Winners
Dongling Geng, from the Institute of Materials Science of Seville (ICMS), is awarded for its studies on the production of directional light with high color purity.
Photonic structuring improves colour purity of rare-earth nanophosphors
Materials Horizons, 2018
José Alberto Carmona, from the Institute of Chemical Research (IIQ), is awarded for his work in the area of asymmetric catalysis.
Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Heck Reaction for the Simultaneous Generation of Central and Axial Chirality
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 35, 11067-11075
Belén Naranjo, from the Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (IBVF) for his studies on the regulation of redox processes in chloroplasts.
NTRC-dependent redox balance of 2-Cys peroxiredoxins is needed for optimal function of the photosynthetic apparatus
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2017, 114, 12069-12074.
Alejandra Guerra (IIQ) for his work on the defense mechanism of neurons against lack of oxygen.
Oxidative stress is tightly regulated by cytochrome c phosphorylation and respirasome factors in mitochondria
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2018, 115, 7955-7960.
Pablo Ríos (IIQ) has won his prize for isolating for the first time a cationic sigma complex Platinum-silane.
Isolation of a Cationic Platinum(II) s-Silane Complex
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018
Nuria García (ICMS) for the design and synthesis of a more efficient catalyst for hydrogen production.
A direct in situ observation of water-enhanced proton conductivity of Eu-doped ZrO2: Effect on WGS reaction
Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 2018, 231, 343-356
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