July 2025

Our student Jesús Damián Burgoa has defended his PhD thesis on main group metal complexes with N- and O-donating ligands. Congratulations to the new Doctor! And many thanks to the panel for an enjoyable discussion on chemistry. We wish the best of luck to Jesús in his prominent career!

July 2025

Really nice trip to Switzerland at the EuCOMC Bern 2025. The team had the opportunity to present our newest findings to the organometallic community and meet old friends.

July 2025

We could also take part in the XL Bienal RSEQ 2025 in Bilbao. It was a pleasure meeting new collaborators and colleagues.

June 2025

Our group attended the EPF European Polymer Congress in Groningen. We could show our latest results and discover new exciting materials chemistry!

June 2025

We welcome Alberto to our research group for our oncoming project, great joining!

May 2025

Estefania from Suspol is joining us to work on bioplastics, NUEBACIR project gest stronger!

May 2025

We welcome back Rocío to start her PhD with us within the NUEBACIR project. Go on bioplastics!!

April 2025

We welcome Selena, Maria and Nerea that are joining us for 4 months to perform internships within their Technical Laboratory grades.

April 2025

Adrian is leaving us to start a new postdoctoral stay in Mons University within Jean-Marie Ráquez group. All the very best for his new adventure!

April 2025

Our colleague Vanessa Tabernero has published several interesting articles in The Conversation magazine to learn a little more about chemistry. Check it out!

Wolframio: el elemento de la guerra

El tapón de mi brik es de bioplástico, ¿dónde tengo que tirarlo?

¿Por qué le importan tanto a Europa los aranceles de Trump al aluminio?

April 2025

Amazing news, check our recently accepted paper in Angewandte Chemie, fantastic work on Scalable Main Group Mechanocatalytic CO₂ Valorisation to Cyclocarbonates! Pushing the boundaries of sustainable main group catalysis through a great multilateral collaboration. Congratulations team from Universidad de Oviedo, Monash Chemistry, Max Planck Society, and Universidad de Alcalá.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202502584

March 2025

First international conference of the year, the ACS Spring Meeting in San Diego! Fantastic opportunity to share our chemistry in an incredible environment.

March 2025

Irene Embid, has joined us to work on a project focused on purification of the swimming pools water funded QUICESA. Welcome to SOSCATCOM!

March 2025

Very happy to welcome Dr Pamela Cuenca and Prof. J. A. Maidana from the Universidad Nacional de Misiones and the Parque Tecnológico Misiones, in Argentina. The have come to discuss a collaboration for developing biodegradable polymeric materials based on starch.

March 2025

Second paper of the year! Very happy to see this great work on PLLA and piezoelectricity, Great collaboration with ICMM-CSIC within the GREATBOND project, very well done team!!

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2025.128286

February 2025

We welcome Aya Ghajjou a PhD student from Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, in Morroco, that is going to be doing a research stay in our lab within the Erasmus + program (KA171).

February 2025

As well, within the program “UAH Women Scientists in the Classroom”, organized by the University of Alcalá on the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls, Vanessa went to the CEIP “Virgen de El Val” of Alcalá de Henares to talk to children of 6th grade about science. SOSCATCOM supporting science dissemination for the younger ones!

February 2025

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Vanessa Tabernero has recorded the video “Chemistry helps to save the world” to bring the major fields of knowledge of the UAH in terms of equality, to students of 4th ESO, FP and Bachillerato. This video has been awarded the prize for the best Disseminarion Video in Science within the promotion plan for undergraduate studies at the University of Alcalá in 2024-25. Congratullations!! Very well done

February 2025

NUEBACIR kick off meeting, a Public-Private joint venture (CPP2023-010679) to upscale the sustainable productions of biopolymers together with IDONIAL and SUSPOL. Fantastic starting of this great project in Gijon!

February 2025

Our yearly group photo is out! In front of our recently refurbished Faculty Building! Welcoming our new members and missing the ones that have started new adventures. Great team SOSCATCOM!

February 2025

Our first publication in 2025! Check out our latest research on poly-L-lactic acid and chemical upcycling using alkali-based metal catalysts. Congratulations to the team!

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2025.128066

January 2025

Kick off meeting of DIGIMATER-CM, Digital strategies for autonomous discovery of materials for engineering applications, an ambitious project funded by the Comunidad de Madrid. The project aims to accelerate materials development by combining laboratory automation and artificial intelligence. We are thrilled to be part of this groundbreaking project together with Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, IMDEA Materials Institute, the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, the Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP-CSIC), the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM – CSIC). Looking forward outstanding results!

Check it out: https://materiales.imdea.org/el-laboratorio-automatizado-de-imdea-materiales-que-sera-pionero-en-el-descubrimiento-de-nanocompuestos-polimericos-avanzados/

January 2025

The group attended the Science for Industry (S4I) event in Madrid. Always great to find new growth opportunities within the industrial sector.

January 2025

OASIS Network meeting in Zaragoza. We hapy to be part of these fantastic network on Sustainable Organometallic Chemistry!

January 2025

The group attended the Award Ceremony of the Grupo Especializado de Crsitalografía y Crecimiento Cristalino (GE3C) 2025. Great start of the new year!