News

  • 2025

· July – congrats
Dra. Julia Altarejos has been awarded with the Extraordinary Doctorate Awards. Wonderful recognition to her work!

· June 30 – July 3 – conference
XL Biennial Meeting of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry, Bilbao. Oral: Visible-Light Mediated Phenylalanine Modification in Oligopeptides by Debenzylation/Amination Process. G. Morales-Ortega, I. Pérez, E. Gómez-Bengoa, A. Correa, J. Carreras. Poster: Light-induced C–C bond cleavage/C–N formation in homobenzylic sulfonamides with N-iodoimides. G. Morales-Ortega, E. Merino, J. Carreras.

· May 27 – 30 – conference
5th International Symposium in Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry, Punta Umbría. Fantastic panel of speakers!!

· May 19 – publication
First publication on Guillermo´s PhD published in Chem Sci, related to visible-light-mediated Csp3–Csp3 to Csp3–N conversion. Nice work!!

· April – PhD contract
Erica Salvioli got a PhD contract from UAH to complete her PhD studies. Congratulations!

· January 17 – meeting
J. Carreras attended the second meeting of the OASIS network (Organometallic Chemistry for Sustainable Solutions) in Zaragoza.

  • 2024

· November 26 – publication
Our collaboration with Pérez & Maseras groups on barrierless alkanes C–H bond activation is now published in JACS. Great team work!!

· November 20 – conference
XX Simposio de Jóvenes Investigadores RSEQ, Ciudad Real. Poster. 1,1-Diamine scaffold synthesis under visible light irradiation. Guillermo Morales-Ortega, Javier Carreras.

· September 1 – welcome!
Welcome!! to Pablo Pastor and Erica Salvioli who are starting their PhD, Erica codirected with Dr. Martín Romero

· June 26-28 – conference
XXIX Reunión Bienal de Química Orgánica, Tenerife, Flash presentation. Visible-light-mediated modification of amino acid derivatives together. Guillermo Morales-Ortega, Javier Carreras.

· June 24 – director
J. Carreras became director of Instituto de Investigación Química «Andrés M. del Río» (IQAR), together with Cristina G. Yebra and Manuel Temprado in the direction team.

· January 15 – welcome!
Welcome!! to Elio Mollá who is starting his PhD codirected with Dr. Estíbaliz Merino

  • 2023

· December 12 – promotion
J. Carreras has been promoted to Associated Professor at UAH. The commitee was formed by Profs. Alberto Escarpa, Miguel Angel Rodríguez, Elena Fernández y Mariola Tortosa.

· November 30 – meeting
J. Carreras attended the first meeting of the OASIS network (Organometallic Chemistry for Sustainable Solutions) in Valladolid.

· November 6 – short stay
Welcome to Sarah Ramos, from P. Pérez group, who is joining us for a 3-weeks short stay

· September 30 – good luck!
Patricia Brizuela finished her research contract (Investigo). Good luck in your PhD!!

· September 22 – Ph.D. defense
Julia Altarejos has successfully defended her Ph.D. and is now Dr. Altarejos! Congratulations!! The thesis committee was formed by Prof. Martín Fañanás, Prof. Patricia García & Dr. Pilar Calleja.

· September 4 – conference
XXV EuCOMC poster participation. Direct conversion of C1−C6 alkanes into trifluoromethyl derivatives
J. Martínez-Laguna, M. Á. Fuentes, J. Altarejos, J. Carreras, A. Caballero, P. J. Pérez

· September 1 – welcome!
Guillermo Morales is joining us as PhD student. He has been already undergraduate and master student with us.

· July 21 – publication
Our contribution to trifluoromethylpyrazole synthesis is now published in JOC. Great work Julia!!