The 11th edition of the cicCartuja Ebro Foods award already has a winner

The jury of the cicCartuja Ebro Foods 2020 award, which this year celebrates its eleventh edition, met on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 via videoconference and after the corresponding deliberation, has agreed to award the following prizes in this ninth edition of the awards:

  • First Prize to José Luís Santos Muñoz from the ICMS
  • First Runner-up Prize to Macarena González Alférez from the IIQ
  • Second Runner-up Prize to Ester López Fernández from the ICMS

The winning work corresponds to the “article of the month” of February 2020 and the runner-ups to October and June respectively. All of them have been published in journals with high impact indices.

The work of José Luís Santos shows a complete work on the synthesis and characterization of heterogeneous catalysts supported on biomass-derived carbon. This represents a new milestone for obtaining biomass catalysts with high metal dispersion and a high and interesting applicability in reactions of high industrial interest within the field of energy and the environment.

Winner of the cicCartuja Ebro Foods Award 2020

The “cicCartuja-Ebro Foods” Award recognises the work carried out by young researchers under the age of 31 who have previously published scientific articles in prestigious international journals in areas such as chemistry, biochemistry and materials science. Since 2011, the Isla de la Cartuja Scientific Research Centre (cicCartuja) and the Ebro Foods Foundation have awarded these prizes to promote the career of young researchers working at cicCartuja – a joint centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the Regional Government of Andalusia and the University of Seville. In this edition, the Prize is worth 20,000 euros, of which 10,000 euros are for the winner, 5,000 euros for the first runner-up and another 5,000 euros for the second runner-up. These amounts have been donated by the Ebro Foods Foundation, which – through its president, Antonio Hernández Callejas, has been supporting the scientific excellence of young researchers at cicCartuja and the transfer of knowledge from the laboratory to society.

Jury of the award by videoconference

With F. Javier Rojo Marcos, Director of cicCartuja, as President, the Evaluation Committee was composed of Salvador Loring, representing Antonio Hernández Callejas, President of the Ebro Foods Foundation; Margarita Paneque Sosa, Institutional Delegate of the CSIC in Andalusia and Extremadura; Concepción Yoldi, President of the social council of the University of Seville; Jesús Cintas Physicist, Director of the Research, Technology and Innovation Center of the University of Seville, representing Julián Martínez Fernández, Vice-Rector of Research of this University; Eva Martín Ruíz, head of the innovation and projects department of the Cartuja Science and Technology Park; Beltrán Calvo Borrego, President of the Business Circle of the PCT Cartuja; Francisco Javier Cejudo Fernández, Director of the Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis; Juan Pedro Espinós Manzorro, Director of the Institute of Materials Science of Seville; and Noureddine Khiar El Wahabi, Director of the Institute of Chemical Research. The Commission is chaired by F. Javier Rojo Marcos, and acting as secretary with voice but no vote, José Enrique Díaz Ruíz, Manager of cicCartuja.

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