News – ITQ

Kick-off meeting of H2020 project eCOCO2 in Valencia, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, UPV. Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 of May

A great Kick-off, excellent participation and interesting discussions as a start point for this project! The eCOCO2 (Direct electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 into chemical energy carriers in a co-ionic membrane reactor) kick-off meeting is held on May 21th-22nd 2019, at…

ITQ researchers participate in the Pint of Science International Scientific Festival. May 20 and 21

ITQ researchers participate in the Pint of Science International Scientific Festival on May 20, in the session “El futur de l’energia: de gasos i aigua”, María Balaguer, Julio García and Sonia Remiro will talk about the reuse of CO2 and the use of hydrogen as fuel. And on May 21, in the session “Women scientists and the history of the universe”, Jose Luis Jordá will show us a review of the role that women have played in science throughout history.

Valencia will hold the 3rd DNA Damage and Repair workshop (DNADNR) on September 25-26th 2019

All the information is available at http://dnadnr.uv.es/ Workshop limited to 50 participants Registration is free. Registration deadline: July, 15th, 2019 Abstract submission deadline: June, 15th, 2019. Lectures will take place in Centre Cultural La Nau Any question? Just send us…

ITQ researchers take part in the european project REDIFUEL which aims to produce a new generation of biogenic liquid fuels. April 8

El objetivo de este proyecto es el desarrollo y la demostración de un proceso para la producción de combustibles diesel, 100% drop-in y biogénicos, a partir de una gran variedad de biomasa, incluidos los residuos biomásicos.

Offer of internships for students of chemical engineering. Application before April 20

Se busca candidato/a para realizar prácticas de investigación en química dentro de un proyecto en colaboración con la Cátedra de Empresa AINIA de la UPV.

3rd Workshop about Sustainable Chemistry under the slogan: “Nuestra huella verde” / 5th of April

Aula-empresa Cemex Sostenibilidad in collaboration with Instituto Universitario Mixto de Tecnología Química (CSIC-UPV) organize the 3rd Workshop about Sustainable Chemistry under the slogan: “Our green footprint”.

ITQ researchers participate in the 7th ENMIX WORKSHOP, Rome – Italy. 3rd – 4th April

El 3 y 4 de abril se lleva a cabo en CNR Headquarter, Roma – Italia, el 7th ENMIX WORKSHOP (10th ENMIX ANNVERSARY) en donde participa el director del ITQ, Prof. Fernando Rey – con la conferencia “The use of zeolites as adsorbents for gas separations” y la Dra. Cristina Martínez con el Poster “Overview on research activities of the Instituto de Tecnología Química (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València – Spain”

El programa de ciencia À Punt entrevista a Avelino Corma. Martes 2 de abril

En Vides de Ciència, el programa de ciencia de À Punt, Maria José Picó entrevista a Avelino Corma.

The European project iCAREPLAST has published on 01 April 2019, its first Newsletter

El proyecto iCAREPLAST (Integrated catalytic recycling of plastic residues into added-value chemicals, en español: Reciclaje catalítico integrado de residuos plásticos para obtener productos químicos de valor añadido), en el cual participan investigadores del ITQ, ha publicado ya su primer Newsletter en la cual se difundirán actualizaciones e información sobre el progreso del proyecto.

PhD position available to work at ITQ. Deadline for applications: 15th June, 2019

ITQ: The right answer for cost and Energy-Efficient Plastic Recycling

Valencia, 14 March 2019 – Approximately 70% of European plastic waste (18.5 Mt/year) is not being recycled due to technical or economic reasons and is thus sent to landfill (27%) or incinerated (42%). This situation affects negatively the environment in terms of pollution and greenhouse gases emissions, as well as social perception regarding waste management, consumer’s products industry and policy makers.

Professor Jean-Pierre Sauvage (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016) has visit the ITQ on March 14

The researcher Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016, has been invested today Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV).

The ITQ visits primary classrooms of CEIP Carles Salvador de Valencia / Friday 01 March

El ITQ visita las aulas de infantil y primaria del CEIP Carles Salvador de Valencia

International Women’s Day. WOMEN AND SCIENCE: a path to the future Thursday, March 7th, 2019

On Thursday, March 7th, 2019, starting at 10:00 a.m., the event “Women and science: a path to the future” will be held in the Assembly Hall of the School of Civil Engineering (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos) of the UPV on the occasion of the International Women’s Day.

Novel nanomedicines open the door to highly efficient and lower intrusive prostate cancer treatment

Now, a research team of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe and the Principe Felipe Research Center (CIPF), has developed a new nanomedicine to treat non-metastasic prostate cancer.

February 11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science to be held on February 11, the ITQ has organized, in collaboration with various schools and institutes and the initiative 11defebrero.org, a series of talks and workshops aimed at students of ESO and high school.

1st Theoretical-practical school of Laser Flash Fotolysis

Next Monday, January 14 begins the 1st Theoretical-practical school of Laser Flash Fotolysis
This School is aimed at PhD students and postdoctoral researchers who want to acquire theoretical-practical knowledge in a technique with great potential for the elucidation of reaction mechanisms.

1st Scientific Photography Contest “La Ciencia es FantástITQa”

The video with the participating photographs and winners of the 1st Scientific Photography Contest “La Ciencia es FantasticITQa”, organized by the Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ, UPV-CSIC) is now available.

ITQ researchers, among the most influential in the world

Four researchers from the UPV, among the most influential in the world
The researchers Avelino Corma (ITQ), Amparo Chiralt, Hermenegildo García (ITQ) and Pedro Luis Rodríguez, who carry out their scientific work at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), are among the most influential scientists in the world. The four scientists have been included in the Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) 2018 list, a classification developed annually by Clarivate Analytics, which recognizes the most cited researchers in the world

The ITQ participates in “Desataca 2018”

From 14 to 16 November, ITQ participates in the Fair of Scientific, Technologic and Innovation Transfer “Destaca2018” Congress, which will be held at the Centre de Congressos, Fires i Trobades de Vila-real (Castellón, España), where some of ITQ´s latest advances and research lines will be shown, Destaca2018 is attended by Ximo Puig, President of the Generalitat Valenciana.