Carla Casadevall
University Rovira i Virgili (URV)
Biography
Carla Casadevall is a Ram贸n y Cajal Assistant Professor and Group Leader at the University Rovira i Virigli (URV) and the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) (Tarrgona, Spain). Her group, , works on the development of catalyst-functionalized polymeric microreactors to produce solar fuels and chemicals within the fields of artificial photosynthesis and photoredox catalysis.
She obtained a BSc in chemistry (2013) and a MSc (2014) in Advanced Catalysis and Molecular Modelling at the University of Girona (Spain). Then she moved to ICIQ to do a PhD (2019) working on homogeneous systems for artificial photosynthesis and photoredox catalysis. She performed 4 PhD international internships: KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Arizona State University (USA), University of Groningen (Netherlands) and MPI-CEC (Germany). After obtaining her PhD she joined the University of Cambridge (UK) in September 2019 as a BBSRC postdoctoral researcher, where she received a prestigious Marie Marie Sk艂odowska鈥揅urie Individual Fellow (2020-2022) working on biohybrid systems for artificial photosynthesis. In October 2022 she came back to Spain and started her independent career at the URV and ICIQ with a 鈥淟a Caixa Junior Leader Incoming Fellowship鈥� and a Ram贸n y Cajal.
Her trajectory has been recognized by some awards, such as the 鈥漈hieme Chemistry Journals Award鈥� in 2024, the 鈥淵oung Investigator Prize 2023鈥� from the Spanish 蜜桃社区 (RSEQ) and the 鈥淓merging Scientific Talent Prize 2023鈥� from the Catalan Chemical Society (SCQ). Moreover, she is the President of the Young Section of the Spanish 蜜桃社区 (JIQ-RSEQ), member of the Board and Network Team Leader of the European Young Chemists Network (EYCN) of EuChems, and Spanish Delegate of the EYCN.
蜜桃社区 affiliations
Early Career Board, EES Catalysis