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15/11/2023
Miguel Ángel presented his PhD work at the Symposium for Young Chemists that took place in Murcia.

07/11/2023
Roberto, Jose and Jose Antonio visited Lilly Laboratories in Alcobendas, Madrid. Roberto received the XXI Lilly-RSEQ Research Award and gave a conference about his research.

16/10/2023
Benedetta and Montaña attended the 3rd Japanese-Spanish Symposium on Organic Synthesis celebrated in San Sebastián.

29/09/2023
Andrea and Laura participated in the European Researchers Night at UAM.


06/09/2023
Andrea, Laura and Jose attended the 1st School in Photochemistry organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry in Castro Urdiales (Cantabria).


14/07/2023
Leonardo defended his PhD Thesis entitled "Design of new redox processes: enantioselective reactions based on chiral-rhodium catalysis and use of sulfinate salts". Congratulations once again, Leo!!


07/07/2023
Noelia defended her PhD Thesis entitled "Novel strategies for the photocatalytic photofunctionalization of arenes and double bonds". Big congrats Noe!! You did amazing!!


29/06/2023
Jose, Silvia, Alberto, Pipe and Roberto have attended the XXXIX Biennial of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry in Zaragoza.




21/06/2023
And one more prize! Our previous member, Alberto Garrido, has been recognized with the BASF-ICIQ award to the best PhD thesis. Congratulations Alberto! More info here.

16/06/2023
Good news never come alone! Roberto has been recognized with the XXI Research Award for PhD Students granted by Lilly and the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (RSEQ). Big congrats Rober! Very happy for you!

13/06/2023
Alba has been recognized with the 2023 Award for Young Researchers granted by the Specialized Group of Organometallic Chemistry (GEQO) of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (RSEQ). Congratulations Alba! Well deserved!

13/06/2023
Laura presented her PhD project in the workshop organized by the Doctoral School of the UAM.

12/05/2023
We celebrated the FRONCAT Cocktail Contest. It was a very funny evening during which we made and could try cocktails with a chemistry theme. Thanks to the jury, Javier, Jonathan and Pablo, for your comments on our creations!! And congratulations to the winners!!





25/04/2023
Alberto López defended his PhD Thesis entitled "Perspectives on the photocatalytic behavior of extended organic materials". You did an outstanding defense, Alberto!! Big congrats once again!!

03/03/2023
We celebrated a lunch in honor of Carmen who is retiring after 47 years working at the UAM. Enjoy your retirement, Carmen! You will be always welcome at FRONCAT!

17/02/2023
Jose and Diana organized the II IAdChem 1-Day Workshop "Materials for Biosensing & Bioimaging" together with Sergio Díaz Tendero, Tania García Mendiola and Encarnación Lorenzo. There was a total of 2 invited lectures, 5 oral communications, 17 posters and about 50 attendants. A big success!!!


10/02/2023
The FRONCAT girls celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩🔬💜

26/01/2023
Laura got a FPI-UAM fellowship to do her doctoral studies. Congratulations Laura! Well deserved! 🔝

21/12/2022
After two years of pandemic, we have celebrated our traditional Christmas lunch together with the PiMPaM group 🎄🎅🏼

11/11/2022
Jose and Diana organized the I IAdChem 1-Day Workshop "Porous Materials Day" together with Rubén Mas, Pilar Amo and Ana Platero. Alberto López gave a talk entitled "Heterogeneous C-C couplings enabled by metalated Covalent Organic Frameworks", while Matías presented the poster "Molecular photocatalyst encapsulated at carbon nanotubes for the development of hybrid photocatalytic materials".



28/10/2022
José received the GEQOR-José Barluenga-Medal 2022 at the 2022 Barluenga Lecturship that took place in Oviedo. A toast to you, José! With cider of course!


11/10/2022
Andrea obtained a FPU fellowship to do her PhD studies with us. A big congratulations from the whole group!!

05/10/2022
Noelia, Jose Luis and Laura attended the 2022 GSK Synthetic Organic Chemistry Symposium, where they presented their PhD work. The symposium took place in the GSK Medicines Research Centre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK.



30/09/2022
Jose was appointed as new Director of the Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem).

16/09/2022
Jose participated as a member of the PhD Thesis committee of Igor Echevarría from Espino's Group (University of Burgos). All the best to the new doctor!!



12/09/2022
Ricardo defended his Thesis entitled "Holistic design of triorgano- and photo-catalyzed novel transformations: Synthesis of thiotrifluoromethylated heterocycles, difluoroalkylated enals, cyclic imines and aminoamides". Congratulations! You did an amazing defense! We wish you all the best during your postdoc at the University of Padua!
05/09/2022
Benedetta and Montaña attended the VII Iberian Conference in Photochemistry held in Alcalá de Henares from 5th to 8th September.
27/06/2022
Jose, Leyre, Alberto F., Miguel Ángel, José Luis, Alberto L. and Jorge attended the XXXVIII Biennial Meeting of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry held in beautiful Granada.



23/06/2022
Jorge defended his PhD thesis entitled "Non-covalent asymmetric organocatalysis for the activation of silyl-reagents and sulfonium salts". Congratulations Dr. Humbrías! We wish you all the best in your postdoc!

22/06/2022
Jose gave a lecture entitled "Flow, flow, photo-flow... What else, photosynthesis express!" in the FotoArt-CM Summer School 2022 celebrated at the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry.

15/06/2022
Noelia and Laura attended the XIII International School on Organometallic Chemistry held in Santiago de Compostela. Both presented a poster and a flash talk about their research.



22/04/2022
The group celebrating José's prize with beers, croquetas and Spanish omelettes.
18/04/2022
José has been awarded the "José Barluenga Medal 2022" by the Organic Chemistry Division of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry. A big congratulations from the whole group! Well deserved!
https://geqor.rseq.org/premiosgeqor/
11/02/2022
The FRONCAT girls celebrating the International Day of Women in Science.

27/01/2022
Great presentation!! Congratulations Daniel!!

03/12/2021
Andrea, excellent Thesis and defense. Congratulations!

21/06/2021
Great thesis defense, Alicia! Congratulations!


09/04/2021
Amazing defense and fantastic Thesis. Well deserved!!


11/03/2021
Nice PhD defense and presentation. Congratulations Alberto! Well done!
23/12/2020
Happy Xmas and Happy new year!!

23/07/2020
Thanks Miguel Ángel for this amazing talk.


20/04/2020
Dear Thomas, congrats!!! Very nice defense and thesis. Best regards.

11/02/2020
Thanks, David Nelson for comming to our department and talk about nickel catalysis.

10/09/2019
The group FRONCAT in the Radio. José is talking about the last work of the group:
https://www.madridnorte24horas.com/universidad-autonoma-de-madrid/30584-un-nuevo-metodo-utiliza-la-luz-como-fuente-de-activacion-en-procesos-quimicos
5/04/2019
Amazing talk from Prof. Werz in Palladium chemistry. Thanks for visiting us!!

22/03/2019
Thanks, Prof. Willis for comming to our deparment and talk about sulfur chemistry.

14/02/2019
Thanks, Jony for this amazing talk about neuroscience and motivation!!


14/11/2018
Congratulations RAFA for the best poster award presentation in PHOTO4FUTURE CONGRES!!

08/11/2018
Congratulations Alicia, for the best poster award presentation in the Youth research Congress!!

03/11/2019
Welcome Nacho, a new Postdoctoral Researcher in the group from Mexico. Good luck!!

03/10/2019
Welcome Ricardo, a new Ph. D. student from Mexico in the group.

21/09/2018
Congratulations Fran, you are a new DOCTOR in the ARMY, now

19/07/2018
Thanks a lot, Lucasz Albrecht for comming and visiting us!!

20/04/2018
Great success in the 2nd workshop in catalytic materials

11/04/2018
Our group on the radio:
http://cadenaser.com/emisora/2018/04/10/ser_madrid_norte/1523379173_922955.html

09/04/2018
Our work highlighted in
http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/sociedad/noticias/9057538/04/18/Las-fibras-de-carbono-podrian-utilizarse-para-producir-hidrogeno-como-alternativa-a-los-combustibles-fosiles.html
http://www.europapress.es/sociedad/noticia-cientificos-espanoles-disenan-material-barato-producir-hidrogeno-forma-masiva-sostenible-20180409122633.html
http://www.uam.es/ss/Satellite?c=UAM_NotCientific_FA&cid=1446760639025&language=es&pagename=UniversidadAutonomaMadrid%2FUAM_NotCientific_FA%2FUAM_notCientific&pid=1242652870949&title=Nuevo+paso+hacia+la+producci%C3%B3n+masiva+y+sostenible+de+hidr%C3%B3geno
https://www.retema.es/noticia/nuevo-avance-hacia-la-produccion-masiva-y-sostenible-de-hidrogeno-0Rgz
15/03/2018
Congratulations to Ana, Alberto and Andrea. Most download articles of 2017 in Chem. Commun:
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=cc&themeid=848115c4-4962-4175-b931-999761b4fa73
14/03/2018
Congratulations to Fran, Pipe, Andrea, Alberto and Wioleta: One of the most read articles in ACS catalysis:
https://pubs.acs.org/action/showMostReadArticles?journalCode=accacs
02/03/2018
Nice Angewandte Chem. Congratulations, Andrea, Fran and Alberto!!!!
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201800435/full
01/03/2018
A New Senior Researcher in our group. Leyre Marzo. Good luck!!

31/01/2018
Our work highlighted as cover picture in Chemistry European Journal: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201705891/abstract
18/01/2018
María Frías has successfully presented and defender her PhD thesis. Congratulations María!

29/11/2017
Congratulations María!! Nice Work: CEJ: Chem. Eur. J. 2017, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705218
10/11/2017
Our work highlighted: http://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit5/716.shtm
23/09/2017
On the radio: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/el-laboratorio-de-jal/laboratorio-jal-disenando-moleculas-interes-industrial-25-09-17/4240785/
08/09/2017
Congratulations to Andrea for your prize: best talk in International Symposium on Synthesis and Catalysis 2017 (ISySyCat2017).

06/09/2017
New accepted paper!!
Congratulations to Andrea and Ana. Thiol-Ene/Oxidation Tandem Reaction under Visible Light Photocatalysis: Synthesis of Alkyl Sulfoxides Chem. Commun., 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C7CC05672A.
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