PCM Seminar - Prof. Pablo BallesterJeudi 13 juin, 15h00 - Amphi IPREM
Le 13 juin 2024 à 15h00
Research professor at ICIQ
Institut Catala d'Investigacio Quimica
"Molecular Cages Featuring Polar Interiors: guest exchange mechanisms and acceleration of included reactions"
Pablo Ballester completed his Ph.D. in 1986 with Prof. Ramon Mestres at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). He worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Julius Rebek, Jr., at the University of Pittsburgh and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and with Prof. José M. Saá at the UIB. In 1990, he joined the Chemistry Department of UIB and went through the ranks of Assistant and Associate Professor. In 2004, he was awarded with an ICREA Research Professorship and moved to Tarragona as ICIQ group leader. His current research interests are in the areas of molecular self-assembly, molecular recognition, and supramolecular catalysis.