On September 26, the award ceremony for the cicCartuja Ebro Foods 2018 research award took place. In this ninth edition, the award was characterised by the quality of the works presented and the fact that both the award and the 2 runners-up were awarded ex aequo.
Winners
Dongling Geng, from the Institute of Materials Science of Seville (ICMS), was awarded for her studies on the production of directional light with high colour purity.
Photonic structuring improves colour purity of rare-earth nanophosphors
José Alberto Carmona, from the Institute of Chemical Research (IIQ), was awarded for his work in the area of asymmetric catalysis.
Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Heck Reaction for the Simultaneous Generation of Central and Axial Chirality
First Prize
Belén Naranjo, from the Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (IBVF) for her 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
Alejandra Guerra (IIQ) for her work on the defense mechanism of neurons against oxygen deprivation.
Oxidative stress is tightly regulated by cytochrome c phosphorylation and respirasome factors in mitochondria
Second Prize
Pablo Ríos (IIQ) has won his prize for isolating for the first time a cationic Platinum-silane sigma complex.
Isolation of a Cationic Platinum(II) s-Silane Complex
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