Real Sociedad EspaÇola de Qu�micaPrizes 2015

The Real Sociedad EspaÇola de Qu�mica (SpanishRoyal Society of Chemistry) has recently honoredseveral outstanding chemists in its annual prizeprogram. We feature the awardees here.

Jos� Luis MascareÇas (Universidad de Santiagode Compostela; USC) is the recipient of the“Medalla de Oro de la RSEQ” (Gold Medal ofthe RSEQ), which is the society�s highest honor.MascareÇas studied at the USC, where he workedwith Antonio MouriÇo and Luis Castedo for hisPhD (awarded in 1988). From 1989–1990, he was apostdoctoral researcher with Paul A. Wender atStanford University, and in 1991, he joined thefaculty at the USC (with research stays in 1992 and1995 with Gregory L. Verdine at Harvard Univer-sity), and is currently Professor of Organic Chemis-try. MascareÇas and his group are interested in bothmetal-catalyzed processes and also the develop-ment of DNA- and protein-binding peptides. Hehas reported in Angewandte Chemie on rhodium-catalyzed annulations.[1] MascareÇas is on theEditorial Advisory Board of ChemBioChem andthe International Advisory Board of the AsianJournal of Organic Chemistry.

The “Premios a la Excelencia Investigadora”are given for outstanding research achievements,and have been awarded to Nuria L�pez, Concepci�Rovira, Kilian MuÇiz, Rub�n Mart�n, and F�lixZamora.

Nuria L�pez (Institut Catala d�Investigaci�Qu�mica; ICIQ) studied at the Universitat deBarcelona, where she completed her PhD in 1999.From 2000–2001, she was a postdoctoral fellow withJens K. Nørskov at the Technical University ofDenmark, and from 2001–2005, she was aresearcher at the Universitat de Barcelona. In2005, she moved to the ICIQ, where she is currentlysenior group leader. L�pez is interested in theoret-ical studies of heterogeneously catalyzed processes.Her report on a single-site palladium catalyst wasfeatured on the cover of Angewandte Chemie.[2]

Concepci� Rovira (Institute of Materials Sci-ence of Barcelona (ICMAB)–Consejo Superior deInvestigaciones Cient�ficas (CSIC)) was featuredhere when she was named one of the IUPAC 2013Distinguished Women in Chemistry or ChemicalEngineering.[3]

Kilian MuÇiz (ICIQ) studied at the Universityof Hannover, and worked with Carsten Bolm at theRWTH Aachen for his PhD (completed in 1998).After postdoctoral research with Bolm (1998–1999)and Ryoji Noyori at Nagoya University (1999–2000), he carried out his habilitation (2001–2005)with Karl Heinz Dçtz at the University of Bonn. In2005, he joined the faculty at the Universit� LouisPasteur, Strasbourg, and in 2009, he moved to the

ICIQ, where he is currently group leader andprofessor at the Catalan Institution for Researchand Advanced Studies (ICREA). MuÇiz is inter-ested in the oxidative amination of hydrocarboncompounds. He has recently reported in Ange-wandte Chemie on an iodine-catalyzed Hofmann–Lçffler reaction.[4] MuÇiz is on the InternationalAdvisory Board of The Chemical Record.

Rub�n Mart�n (ICIQ) was awarded his PhD in2003 for work carried out under the supervision ofAntoni Riera Escal�. After research fellowshipswith Alois F�rstner at the Max Planck Institute forCoal Research, M�lheim (2004–2005) and Ste-phen L. Buchwald at the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology (2005–2008), he was made groupleader at the ICIQ in 2008 and professor at theICREA in 2013. Mart�n�s research is primarilyfocused on the catalytic activation of carbondioxide and unreactive C�H, C�C, and C�Obonds. He has reported in Angewandte Chemie onnickel-catalyzed C�C bond cleavage.[5] Mart�n is onthe International Advisory Board of the EuropeanJournal of Organic Chemistry.

F�lix Zamora (Universidad Aut�noma deMadrid; UAM) received his PhD in 1994 forwork supervised by Carmen Navarro-Ranningerat the UAM. After postdoctoral work with Bern-hard Lippert at the University of Dortmund andwith Michal Sabat at the University of Virginia, herejoined the UAM, where he is currently ProfesorTitular. Zamora�s research is focused on thepreparation and characterization of novel materialsat the nanoscale level. He has reported in Chemis-try—A European Journal on imine-based covalentorganic frameworks.[6]

Roc�o Ponce Ortiz, Mois�s Gul�as, Julio Lloret-Fillol, and Carlos Mart�-Gastaldo are the winnersof the “Premios Sigma–Aldrich a J�venes Inves-tigadores RSEQ”, which are awarded to early-career researchers.

Roc�o Ponce Ortiz (Universidad de M�laga;UMA) studied at the UMA, where she wasawarded her PhD in 2008 for work supervised byJuan T. L�pez Navarette. From 2008–2011, she wasa postdoctoral researcher with Tobin J. Marks atNorthwestern University, and she subsequentlyreturned to the UMA where she currently holds aRam�n y Cajal Fellowship. She is co-author of areport in Chemistry—A European Journal onethylenedioxythiophene–vinylene oligomers.[7]

Mois�s Gul�as (USC) studied at the USC,where he completed his PhD (supervised byJos� L. MascareÇas) in 2006. From 2007–2009, hewas a postdoctoral researcher with Matthew Gauntat the University of Cambridge, and in 2010, hereturned to the USC as a Parga Pondal Fellow.Gul�as is interested in topics such as the develop-ment of new methods based on the activation ofunreactive bonds with metal catalysts. He has also

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reported in Angewandte Chemie on rhodium-cata-lyzed annulations.[1]

Julio Lloret-Fillol was featured here when hewon the Young Scientist Award of the RSEQGrupo Especializado de Qu�mica Organomet�l-ica.[8]

Carlos Mart�-Gastaldo (Universidad de Valen-cia; UV) studied at the UV, where he worked withEugenio Coronado and Jos� R�mon Gal�n-Mas-car�s for his PhD (awarded in 2009). After post-doctoral research at the UV (2009–2010) and withMatthew J. Rosseinsky at the University of Liver-pool (2010–2013), and an independent researchfellowship at Liverpool (2013–2014), he was made aRam�n y Cajal Fellow at the UV in 2014. Mart�-Gastaldo�s research is currently focused on metal–organic frameworks and layered inorganic solids.He is co-author of a recent report in AngewandteChemie on zirconium-based metal–organic frame-works.[9]

Luisa De Cola (Universit� de Strasbourg) is therecipient of the Premio Hispano–Franc�s (Catal�n–Sabatier). De Cola was featured here when she wasnamed one of the 2011 IUPAC DistinguishedWomen in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering.[10]

She is on the Editorial Boards of ChemPhysChemand ChemPlusChem.

Evamarie Hey-Hawkins (University of Leipzig)has been honored with the Premio Hispano–Alem�n (Elhuyar–Goldschmidt). Hey-Hawkinswas featured here when she was named one ofthe 2013 IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemis-try or Chemical Engineering.[3a] She is on theInternational Advisory Board of ChemPlusChem.

Ferenc Jo� (University of Debrecen) is thewinner of the Premio Hispano–Hfflngaro(Gamboa–Winkler). Jo� studied at Kossuth Uni-versity (now part of the University of Debrecen),and completed his PhD (supervised by Mih�ly T.Beck) there in 1975. He subsequently remained atthe same institution, and also carried out postdoc-toral research with Howard Alper at the Universityof Ottowa (1983–1985). He is currently Leader ofthe Research Group on Homogeneous Catalysisand Chair of the Chemistry Section, HungarianAcademy of Sciences. Jo� and his research groupare interested in the use of organometallic catalystsin aqueous systems. He has reported in ChemSus-Chem on the use of water-soluble iridium–NHC–phosphine complexes.[11] Jo� is on the InternationalAdvisory Board of ChemCatChem.

Jo¼o Rocha (Universidade de Aveiro) is therecipient of the Premio Hispano–Portugu�s (Med-inabeitia–LourenÅo). Rocha received his PhD(supervised by Jacek Klinowski) from the Univer-sity of Cambridge in 1990. After postdoctoral workin Cambridge, he moved to the Universidade de

Aveiro, where he was made Professor of Inorganicand Materials Chemistry in 1999. He is alsoDirector of the Aveiro Institute of Materials(CICECO). Rocha�s research includes micropo-rous and mesoporous materials, metal–organicframeworks, solid-state NMR spectroscopy, andX-ray diffraction. He has reported in Chemistry—AEuropean Journal on enhancing the photocatalyticactivity of MIL-125.[12] Rocha was on the EditorialBoard of the European Journal of InorganicChemistry from 2005–2013 (and was its Chairfrom 2011–2013), and is currently on the EditorialBoard of Chemistry—A European Journal. He wasrecently made a Fellow of ChemPubSoc Europe,the organization of 16 European chemical societies.ChemPubSoc Europe is also the owner of Chemis-try—A European Journal, the European Journal ofOrganic Chemistry, and the European Journal ofInorganic Chemistry, among other chemistry jour-nals.

[1] N. Casanova, A. Seoane, J. L. MascareÇas, M. Gul�as,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 2374; Angew. Chem.2015, 127, 2404.

[2] G. Vil�, D. Albani, M. Nachtegaal, Z. Chen, D.Dontsova, M. Antonietti, N. L�pez, J. P�rez-Ram-�rez, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 11265; Angew.Chem. 2015, 127, 11417.

[3] Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 10154; Angew.Chem. 2013, 125, 10340.

[4] C. Mart�nez, K. MuÇiz, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015,54, 8287; Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 8405

[5] F. Juli�-Hern�ndez, A. Ziadi, A. Nishimura, R.Martin, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9537;Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 9673.

[6] A. de la PeÇa Ruig�mez et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2015,21, 10666.

[7] P. Mayorga Burrezo, B. Pelado, R. Ponce Ortiz, P.De la Cruz, J. T. L�pez Navarrete, F. Langa, J.Casado, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 1713.

[8] Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 393; Angew. Chem.2015, 127, 401.

[9] S. B. Kalidindi et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54,221; Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 223.

[10] Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 10763; Angew.Chem. 2011, 50, 10951.

[11] H. Horv�th, G. Papp, R. Szabolcsi, . Kath�, F. Jo�,ChemSusChem 2015, 8, 3036.

[12] R. M. Abdelhameed, M. M. Q. Simes, A. M. S.Silva, J. Rocha, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 11072.

International Edition: DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508762German Edition: DOI: 10.1002/ange.201508762

In this section, we report on various awards forchemists who are closely connected withAngewandte Chemie and its sister journals asauthors, referees, or board members.

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