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The researchers Francesc Illas and Òscar Millet receive an award from the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry

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 01.09.2004

The researchers Francesc Illas and Òscar Millet receive an award from the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry

Francesc Illas, senior professor with the Department of Physical Chemistry and director of the Centre on Theoretical Chemistry (CeRQT), has been awarded the 2004 ex-aequo Chemistry Prize by the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) for his theoretical studies on solid phase chemistry. In the section for young scientists, one of the awardees is Òscar Millet from the Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Platform at the Parc Científic de Barcelona, for his contribution to the study of the interrelation between the function, stability and mechanism of action of enzymes and other proteins of biological interest.

Holder of the The Promotion of University Research Prize granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Autonomous Government), Francesc Illas specializes in the study of the electronic structure of surfaces and solids, which aim to further the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of heterogeneous catalysis and excited states in solids, including the magnetic properties and spectroscopy of impurities. The awards will be presented on 15 November, Chemistry Day, in an institutional act at the Auditorium Hall of the University of Alcalà. The other prize winners in 2004 are Jaume Veciana from the ICM-CSIC (Research); José Gimeno from the University of Oviedo (Inorganic Chemistry); Antonio Echavarren from the Catalan Institute of Chemical Research (Organic Chemistry); Toribio Fernàndez from the UPC (Physical Chemistry ex-aequo); Mª Dolores Pérez from the University of Cordoba (Analytical Chemistry) and Antonio de Lucas from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Chemical Engineering). The young scientists awards have been presented to Juan Modesto Clemente (University of Valencia); Jorge Andrés Fernàndez (University of Granada) and Mª Àngeles Herranz (Complutense University of Madrid). The Catalan-Sabatier Prize has been granted to Miquel Verdaguer (University of Paris VI) and the Premi Elhuyar-Goldschmidt Prize goes to Silvia E. Braslavsky (Max Planck Institute for Bioorganic Chemistry).