12/2024-now
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Part-time (10%) Full Professor at University of Girona
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09/2009-now
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ICREA Professor at IQCC, University of Girona
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07/2015-06/2023
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Director IQCC institute, University of Girona
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05/2006-09/2009
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ICREA Junior Fellow at IQC, University of Girona
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05/2004-05/2006
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VICI Postdoctoral Fellow Prof. Bickelhaupt, VU University of Amsterdam
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05/2002-05/2004
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Chemistry of Complex Molecules Postdoctoral Fellow, VU University of Amsterdam
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03/1998-09/2002
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PhD Theoretical Chemistry, University of Groningen (Netherlands) "Density Functional Theory Applied to Copper Proteins" Supervisors: Prof. HJC Berendsen, Prof. GW Canters, Prof. JG Snijders Reading committee: Prof BW Dijkstra, Prof K Lammertsma, Prof AE Mark |
08/1996
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MSc Organic Chemistry, University of Groningen (Netherlands)
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2019
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Elected Member of Academia Europaea
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2017
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Special award in honour of 120 years anniversary of Serbian Chemical Society for my
continuous support for advancing chemical sciences in Serbia, as first and only foreigner
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2017
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Award for Best Paper in 2016 at the University of Belgrade (Serbia) with Maja Gruden
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2015
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Elected Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
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2014
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Elected Fellow of Young Academy of Europe
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2012
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MGMS Silver Jubilee Prize from Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society
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2010
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Premi Extraordinari for best PhD thesis under my supervision: Dr. Sílvia Osuna
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2009
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ICREA Senior Research Professorship (permanent position) awarded
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2009
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Premi Extraordinari for best PhD thesis under my supervision: Dr. Mireia Güell
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2006
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ICREA Júnior Fellowship awarded (2006-2011)
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2005
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Young Scientist Excellent Award received from International Conference of
Computational Methods in Science and Engineering (ICCMSE), Loutraki, Greece
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06/2026
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Member of International Scientific Committee ICCC 2026 (Odense, DK)
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04/2023
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Member International Scientific Committee 2023 FrenchBIC annual meeting (Logonna-Daoulas, FR)
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10/2021
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Member International Scientific Committee HPC-Europa3 Transnational Access Meeting (Amsterdam, NL)
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04/2014-04/2018
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Chair of COST Action CM1305 (ECOSTBio); Supervision of activities and
co-organization of meetings in Girona (09/2014), Marseille (01/2015),
Warwick (04/2015), Belgrade (08/2015), Prague (04/2016), Brest (07/2016),
Kraków (09/2016), Lisbon (03/2017), Dublin (12/2017), Berlin (04/2018)
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06/2010-now
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Annual DFT Popularity Poll, see guest post on Nature
Chemistry's Sceptical Chymist blog
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06/2026
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Member of International Scientific Committee ICCC 2026 (Odense, DK)
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06/2023
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"Chemical Reactivity: Computational Methods and Applications"
Symposium at XXXIX Reunión Bienal RSEQ (Zaragoza, ES)
(main organizers: Carme Rovira, MS) |
05/2023
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The Academia Europaea & The Wenner-Gren Foundations International Symposium Publishing in Academia: Digital Challenges
(main organizers: Lars Engwall, Theo d'Haen, Kirsten Drotner and MS) |
04/2023
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Member International Scientific Committee 2023 FrenchBIC annual meeting (Logonna-Daoulas, FR)
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04/2023
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"30 years IQC(C)"
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10/2021
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Member International Scientific Committee HPC-Europa3 Transnational Access Meeting (Amsterdam, NL)
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04/2014-04/2018
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Chair of COST Action CM1305 (ECOSTBio); Supervision of activities and
co-organization of meetings in Girona (09/2014), Marseille (01/2015),
Warwick (04/2015), Belgrade (08/2015), Prague (04/2016), Brest (07/2016),
Kraków (09/2016), Lisbon (03/2017), Dublin (12/2017), Berlin (04/2018)
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04/2018
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Girona Seminar on Predictive Catalysis: Transition-Metal Reactivity by
Design (gender-balanced invited speaker list; presence of Prof B Feringa,
Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2016); including support for Young Researchers
Symposium (Girona, ES)
(main organizers: Anna Company, Miquel Costas, Sílvia Osuna, Xavi Ribas, MS) |
06/2017
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"Progress in Theoretical Chemistry: Biomolecules and Materials"
Symposium at XXXVI Reunión Bienal RSEQ (Sitges, ES)
(main organizers: Nuria López, Gonzalo Jiménez-Osés, MS) |
07/2016
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Summer Training School COST Action CM1305 (ECOSTBio) (Groningen, NL)
(main organizers: Wesley Browne, Carole Duboc, Ricardo Louro, Edwin Otten, MS) |
04/2016
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Girona Seminar on Predictive Catalysis: Transition-Metal Reactivity by
Design, with gender-balanced invited speaker list, (Girona, ES)
(main organizers: Anna Company, Miquel Costas, Sílvia Osuna, Xavi Ribas, MS) |
07/2015
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Summer Training School COST Action CM1305 (ECOSTBio) (Groningen, NL)
(main organizers: Wesley Browne, Carole Duboc, Ricardo Louro, Edwin Otten, MS) |
06/2015
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XXXI Meeting of the XRQTC Research Network (Girona, ES)
(main organizers: Lluis Blancafort, Sílvia Osuna, MS) |
09/2012
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CECAM/ESF Workshop on "Spin states in biochemistry and inorganic chemistry", highlighted in Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 7-9 (Zaragoza, ES)
(main organizers: Mikael Johansson, MS) |
08/2022-now
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04/2022-now
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01/2022-now
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Editor Inorganica Chimica Acta (impact)
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06/2021-now
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Member Editorial College SciPost Chem
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09/2015-now
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Member Editorial Board Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling (impact)
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03/2014-now
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Member Editorial Board Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society (impact)
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02/2006-02/2024
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Member Editorial Board Journal of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering
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07/2020-12/2021
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Assoc. Editor Inorganica Chimica Acta
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03/2016-06/2020
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Member Editorial Board Inorganica Chimica Acta
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10/2015-10/2016
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Associate Editor RSC Advances
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06/2013-12/2015
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Editor first text-book on spin states, "Spin states in biochemistry and
inorganic chemistry: Influence on Structure and Reactivity" (Wiley, 2015)
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06/2013
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Guest editor special issue Current Organic Chemistry on "Nanoreactors
And Molecular Prisons"
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06/2012
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Guest editor special issue Current Inorganic Chemistry on "Chameleon-like
behavior of transition-metal complexes"
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Reviewer activity
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See profile at Publons and at ORCID
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05/2023
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Pint of Science, Girona
Invited talk: "El ball del combustible humà" |
02/2022
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COST Academy event Sustainability of COST Actions, COST Association, (online)
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02/2021
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QBtopIC discussion panel (session leader), QBIC Society, (online)
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02/2021
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COST Action Chairs Forum, COST Association, (online)
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10/2019
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Discussion meeting Young Science and Engineering Network, Groningen (NL)
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05/2019
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Promotor Doctor Honoris Causa Prof. EJ Baerends, Girona (ES)
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09/2018
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Validation workshop for 'Study on career impacts of ERC funding', Brussels (BE)
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04/2018
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Annual meeting EuroDoc, Tampere (FI)
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04/2018
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Panel member Foster Open Science (H2020), Barcelona (ES)
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01/2018
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Panel member ALLEA Workshop "Ethical aspects of Open Access: A Windy Road", Brussels (BE)
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10/2017
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Panel member SAPEA Workshop, Talinn (EE) (cancelled because of family circumstances)
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09/2017
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Panel member SAPEA Workshop, Madrid (ES)
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09/2017
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Panel member AE/ALLEA/YAE meeting, Budapest (HU)
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05/2012
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TEDxUdG, "I'm a Chemist....."
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06/2023-now
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Member of the SAPEA Working Group related to the work package on ‘Early and mid-career researchers’ (WP6)
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04/2023-now
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Member of Steering Committee for Academia Europaea Barcelona Knowledge Hub
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04/2018-11/2025
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06/2019-present
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Member of UdG committee for Communication
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10/2019-08/2024
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Member Advisory Council of Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
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09/2019-06/2023
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Member of UdG Steering Committee for HRS4R
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04/2019-08/2023
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Founding Member and Vice-President Quantum-BioInorganic Chemistry (QBIC) Society
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03/2012-05/2023
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Member of UdG Claustre
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05/2017-12/2022
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Member Higher Education, Research and Culture in European Societies (HERCulES) group
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09/2021-11/2021
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Member Scientific Committee TAM meeting (HPC Europa3, H2020-INFRAIA-2016-1)
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01/2018-09/2021
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Member of UdG committee for Quality Control, and committee for International Policy
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03/2016-07/2020
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Member Management Board, Catalonian Research Network Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (XRQTC)
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04/2014-10/2019
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Member of Comité de Usuarios de la Red Española de Supercomputación (CURES)
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11/2018-10/2019
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Outgoing Chair Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
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09/2016-10/2019
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Board Member of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
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03/2018-09/2019
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External Scientific Advisory Board, Foster Open Science +
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01/2017-11/2018
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Chair of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) and YAE representative at
Academia Europaea Board of Trustees, and at Academia Europaea Communications Group
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07/2015-12/2017
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Member of UdG University Council, UdG Committee for Research and
Doctorate Studies, UdG Committee for Personnel, UdG Committee for
International Policy
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03/2012-03/2014
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Member of UdG Committee for Doctoral Programme in Chemistry
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2020-now
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Member American Association for the Advancement of Science
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2019-now
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2018-2025
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Founding Member and Vice-President Grupo Especializado Química y Computación (GEQC) of Spanish Chemical Society (RSEQ)
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2015-now
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2011-now
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Member Society of Bioinorganic Chemistry
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2009-now
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Member Spanish Chemical Society (RSEQ)
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2008-now
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Member Catalan Chemical Society (SCQ)
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2017-2024
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Member EuroScience
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2018-2023
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Founding Member and Vice-President Quantum-BioInorganic Chemistry (QBIC) Society
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2006-2020
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Member Research Network XRQTC
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2014-2019
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2015-2018
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Member American Chemical Society
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02/2024
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Visits by high schools to IQCC: INS Celestí Bellera, INS Josep Brugulat, INS Narcís Monturiol and INS Montgrí
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05/2023
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A Pint of Science
Invited talk: "El ball del combustible humà" |
03/2023
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Visits by high schools to IQCC: INS Sagulla Blanes, INS de Celrà and Les Alzines
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02/2023
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Un dia en la #UdGRecerca: Popular science talk for high-schools in Catalonia, "I"m a Chemist..... (Sóc químic)", 4 schools, 140 pupils
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09/2022
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IQCC Challenge on "Density functional developments" with Prof John Perdew and Frederico Martins (IQCC)
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12/2021
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Visits by high schools to IQCC: INS Celrà
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10/2021
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Un dia en la #UdGRecerca: Popular science talk for high-schools in Catalonia, "I"m a Chemist..... (Sóc químic)", 22 schools, 700 pupils
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06/2021
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V Jornades d’Investigadors Predoctorals de la UdG
Invited lecture: "Open science" |
02/2021
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First QBtopIC on Spin states
(Session leader) |
02/2021
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Visits by high schools to IQCC: INS Salvador Espriu
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11/2020
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Un dia en la recerca a la UdG (Setmana de la Ciència): Popular science talk for high-schools in Catalonia, "I"m a Chemist..... (Sóc químic)", 9 schools, 390 pupils
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11/2020-now
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11/2018
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Visit to INS Llagostera; (high-school, Girona), Dia de
La ciència en primera persona
2018 program, "I'm a Chemist....."
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11/2017
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Visit to INS Ermessenda; (high-school, Girona), Dia de
La ciència en primera persona
2017 program, "I"m a Chemist....."
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11/2016
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Visit to INS Santiago Sobrequés; (high-school, Girona), Dia de
La ciència en primera persona
2016 program, "I"m a Chemist....."
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2015-now
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11/2015
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Visit to INS Salvador Espriu - CRP del Gironès; (high-school, Girona), Dia de
La ciència en primera persona
2015 program, "I"m a Chemist....."
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2014-2015
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01/2014
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Matins de la Química, XI Edició Popular science talk, "Sóc Químic....." (I'm a Chemist.....) Facultat de Ciències, Univ. Girona |
11/2013
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05/2013
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Host at Fira de la Ciència de Secundària de Química (visit by high-school students at Science Park of Univ. Girona), [video] |
03/2013
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Invited popular science paper in Anales de Química, "Regioselectividad en fullerenos, una visión computacional", An. Quím 2013, 109, 11-19, [pdf]
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11/2012
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Visit to INS Vilablareix (high-school, Girona), La ciència en primera persona program,
"I'm a Chemist....." Plus interview by high-school students |
05/2012
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2011
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Member of CatQuímica.Cat team, blog created for International Year of Chemistry
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2009
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