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Dr Xavier Companyó
Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
University of Barcelona | Section of Organic Chemistry
carrer Martí i Franquès 1, 5th floor, 08028 Barcelona
office 526A – lab 504
+34 934 021 245
Xavier was born and raised in Barcelona. In 2014 he received his PhD title from the University of Barcelona with the maximum qualification of Excellent Cum Laude. As a part of his doctoral training, Xavier performed a visiting research period in the group of Prof. Karl Anker Jørgensen, at the Center for Catalysis of Aarhus University (Denmark). In April 2014, funded by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, he moved to Imperial College London (United Kingdom) to conduct postdoctoral studies in the group of Dr. Jordi Burés. Subsequently, in November 2016, Xavier moved to the Department of Chemical Sciences at the University of Padova (Italy), where he was awarded a Supporting TAlent in ReSearch-Starting Grant (STARS-StG) to start his independent research.
Since autumn 2020, Xavier holds a Lectureship in Organic Chemistry at the University of Barcelona. His research agenda is aimed at academic excellence and societal impact. It capitalises on the multidisciplinary skills and knowledge acquired during his academic trajectory in different top institutions across Europe. As a result, Xavier possess a unique combination of expertise at the forefront of synthetic organic chemistry, sustainable catalysis and physical organic chemistry. In summary, his research interests span from the better understanding of catalytic reaction mechanisms to the development of more efficient and sustainable catalytic transformations and their application in asymmetric synthesis.
– CV at a glance –
2023 |
Consolidación Investigadora grant (CNS2022-135457) – Spanish Research Agency / MICINN
2023 |
The Sustainable Organic Synthesis Group (SOSyn) recognised as Consolidated Research Group (SGR 00268) – AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya
2023 |
I3 Habilitation (I3/2021/0139) – Spanish Research Agency / MICINN
2022 |
SCQ representative at the Young Investigator Workshop 2022 – European Chemical Society (EuChemS)
2022 |
Scientific-transfer projects FBG 331746 & 311924 with HDOS Innova SL – Fundació Bosch i Gimpera (FBiG)
2021 |
Research Grant PID2020-116859GA-I00 (Proyectos I+D+I) – Spanish Research Agency / MICINN
2020 |
Lecturer in Organic Chemistry – University of Barcelona
2019 |
Catalan habilitation as Associate professor (acreditació de recerca)– AQU
2018 |
Supporting Talent in ReSearch (STARS) Starting Grant – University of Padova
2018 |
Italian habilitation as Associate Professor (ASN II fascia) – MIUR
2018 |
Catalan habilitation as Lecturer (professor lector) – AQU
2015 |
Outstanding Doctorate Award 2013/2014 of the University of Barcelona
2014 |
Marie Curie Intra-European fellowship (IEF) – Imperial College London
2014 |
PhD in Organic Chemistry Excelent Cum Laude – University of Barcelona
2012 |
FPU Estancias Breves fellowship – Aarhus University
2010 |
FPU Predoctoral fellowship – University of Barcelona