Joan Enrique Romero awarded the 2022 ACS Astrochemistry Outstanding Dissertation Award

It is with great pleasure that we report the ACS announce that the first PhD of the DOC group, Joan Enrique-Romero has been awarded by a very prestigious prize:
The 2022 ACS Astrochemistry Outstanding Dissertation Award.
His dissertation work, "Surface chemistry of molecules of astrophysical interest: theory and simulations," was performed under co-advisors Prof. Cecilia Ceccarelli (Université Grenoble Alpes) and Prof. Albert Rimola (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) in the ERC DOC framework.

The Publications of Joan Enrique-Romero’s doctoral research include "Theoretical computations on the efficiency of acetaldehyde formation on interstellar icy grains" (Astronomy and Astrophysics), "Reactivity of HCO with CH3 and NH2 on Water Ice Surfaces. A Comprehensive Accurate Quantum Chemistry Study" (ACS Earth and Space Chemistry), and "Quantum Mechanical Simulations of the Radical-Radical Chemistry on Icy Surfaces" (Astrophysical Journal Supplemental Series).

The graphic is adapted from the A&A article (background picture credit: ESO/T. Preibisch, licensed under CC 4.0, ESO Id. eso1208a, https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1208a/).

See the official news on the Astrochemistry subdivision of the Americal Chemical Society website: Astrochemistry ACS news

Updated on 26 May 2022