From left to right, top row: Margarita Paneque Sosa, Institutional Delegate of the CSIC in Andalusia and Extremadura; Julián Martinez Fernández, Vice-Rector for Research at the US; Antonio Muñoz Martínez, Mayor of Seville City Council; Rosa Mª Ríos, General Secretary of Universities, Research and Technology of the Ministry of Economic Transformation, Knowledge, Industry, Knowledge and Universities of the Andalusian Government; Antonio Hernández Callejas, President of Ebro Foods. Middle row: Fco. Javier Rojo, director of cicCartuja; Juan Pedro Espinós, director of the ICMS; Noureddine Khiar El Wahabi, director of the IIQ; José Luis Crespo, director of the IBVF. Bottom row: Raquel García, third prize (IBVF); Xabier García Casas, first prize (ICMS); Lola Azancot, second prize (ICMS); Jesús Campos, representing Marina Pérez, as first runner-up (IIQ).

Winners

Superficies nanoestructurales mediante plasma para recolectar energía vibracional
First prize: Xabier García Casas (ICMS)
Plasma engineering of microstructured piezo – Triboelectric hybrid nanogenerators for wide bandwidth
vibration energy harvesting
Nano Energy 2021, Vol. 91, 106673

Estabilización de especies monoméricas de LiH gracias a centros metálicos de Molibdeno
First accesit: Marina Pérez (IIQ)
Coordination of LiH Molecules to MoΞMo Bonds: Experimental and Computational Studies on Mo2LiH2,
Mo2Li2H4, and Mo6Li9H18 Clusters
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5222–5230

Efecto del Potasio sobre catalizadores de Níquel para el reformado de metano
Second accesit: Lola Azancot (ICMS)
IR spectroscopic insights into the coking-resistance effect of potassium on nickel-based catalyst during
dry reforming of methane
Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 2021, Vol. 285, 119822

Mecanismo que regula la expresión de genes implicados en el transporte eléctrónico fotosintético
Third accesit: Raquel García (IBVF)
A protease-mediated mechanism regulates the cytochrome c6/plastocyanin switch in Synechocystis sp.
PCC 6803
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2021, Vol. 118, e2017898118