Katherine Villa
@katheVillag
Group Leader @ICIQchem. PI #ERCStG PhotoSwim @villagroup_. Photocatalysis / Self-propelled microswimmers / Solar fuels / Environmental remediation. ⚡💧☀️
Super excited 🤩 and grateful to have been awarded an #ERCStG for my project, PhotoSwim, to develop optical rechargeable nanoswimmers @ERC_Research. Big thanks to my mentors, collaborators and my institution @ICIQchem 🤖⚡️🔋
📢 The ERC's 2022 Starting Grant competition results are now revealed. Over €636 million to fund the best ideas of younger scientists. Find out who, where and why 👉 bit.ly/3JRyDDg 🇪🇺#EUfunded @HorizonEU #FrontierResearch #ERCStG
🚨We're hiring! Join our group at @ICIQchem as a postdoc to work on photoactive microswimmers for pollutant detection & environmental sensing. @ERC_Research More info at: careers.iciq.org/jobs/6218387-p… #postdocjobs #micromotors #environmentalchemistry #nanoscience #AcademicTwitter
#ICIQJobs ⚠️ ICIQ SEVERO OCHOA PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCHERS TRAINING – 2025 CALL 🧪 Research with @Echavarren_Lab, @BuresGroup, @JulioLloret, @GroupLlobet, @JRGM_ICIQ and @monicahperez 🔹 6 PhD positions available Apply now 👉🏼 careers.iciq.org/jobs/6038583-i…
🔬🧠Set investigadors a Catalunya i un a les Balears rebran subvencions de la UE per dur la seva recerca al mercat. 📝L'@ERC_Research destina més de 20 M€ per convertir la recerca de frontera en solucions tangibles a reptes de la nostra societat. europa.eu/!HW684m
Three #BISTCommunity researchers receive @ERC_Research Proof of Concept Grants #ERCPoC 👏 🏆 Katherine Villa (ICIQ) 🏆 Manuel Salmeron (IBEC) 🏆 Xavier Rovira (IBEC) Learn more ➡️ bist.eu/erc-proof-of-c…
📣 Out now! First results of the 2025 ERC Proof of Concept call. 150 grants – each worth €150,000 – will help ERC grantees to bridge the gap between the discoveries stemming from their frontier research and their practical application. More 👉 europa.eu/!hBbFwx #ERCPoC
#ICIQNews 🏅 Prof. @katheVillag has been awarded a prestigious @ERC_Research Proof of Concept Grant 🛵The project aims to develop light-powered microswimmers capable of selectively capturing and detecting harmful PFAS Read more 🔗 iciq.org/new/erc-proof-…
Very glad to have participated as a keynote speaker at the International #materialschemistry conference #MC17 @RoySocChem in Edinburgh, and to present our work on photoactive micromotors for selective reactions and colloidal self-assembly. @ICIQchem
Just out in @ChemCommun! Lanthanoid-doped BiVO₄ microswimmers with built-in photon upconversion enable light-driven motion without multi-component assembly. ⚡️🟢 @ICIQchem @MSCActions @ERC_Research @goncalvesjm_ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
Fully funded PhD position available at @ICIQchem! Join us to explore magnetically-modulated #photocatalysis for selective oxidation of organic molecules 🌱⚡ Under the supervision of @JRGM_ICIQ and myself. #PhD #phdchat #chemtwitter #AcademicTwitter 🔗careers.iciq.org/jobs/6038583-i…
#ICIQJobs ⚠️ ICIQ SEVERO OCHOA PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCHERS TRAINING – 2025 CALL 🧪 Research with @Echavarren_Lab, @BuresGroup, @JulioLloret, @GroupLlobet, @JRGM_ICIQ and @monicahperez 🔹 6 PhD positions available Apply now 🔗 careers.iciq.org/jobs/6038583-i…
Unraveling Charge Transport in Heterostructured Nanomotors for Efficient Photocatalytic Motion | Nano Letters | June 16, 2025 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…
It was a pleasure to participate in the ICRA Frontier School 2025 @IcraWater in Girona and share our work on photoactive systems for water purification. Many thanks to @WolfgangGernjak for the kind invitation! @ICIQchem
📢 Last few days to apply!! 👇👇👇 #postdocopportunity #light #physics #nanomaterials
#ICIQJobs ✨We're hiring a Postdoc in Prof. @katheVillag’s group! 🔬Design and control light-driven micromotors under structured light 🔹Combine experiments with simulations at the microscale Apply now!🔗careers.iciq.org/jobs/5912488-p… @iCERCA @_BIST @SOMM_alliance @thepostdoctoral
Our group is participating in #EMRSspring2025! 💡 Anthony and Neus presented our works on light-driven micromotors and 3D-printed photocatalytic materials for clean water. @ICIQchem
#ICIQNews 👏Prof. Katherine Villa (@katheVillag) appointed as Early Career Board member of @NanoLetters journal, published by the @AmerChemSociety (ACS) Read more 🔗iciq.org/new/prof-kathe… @villagroup_ @iCERCA @_BIST @SOMM_alliance
#ICIQJobs ✨We're hiring a Postdoc in Prof. @katheVillag’s group! 🔬Design and control light-driven micromotors under structured light 🔹Combine experiments with simulations at the microscale Apply now!🔗careers.iciq.org/jobs/5912488-p… @iCERCA @_BIST @SOMM_alliance @thepostdoctoral
🚨 We’re hiring a #postdoc! Join us @ICIQchem to explore light-driven micromotors & structured light control through experiments & EM simulations. Start: 02/06/2025 careers.iciq.org/jobs/5912488-p… @AgEInves #postdocjobs #ActiveMatter #Optics #AcademicTwitter
#ICIQJobs 🔬We’re hiring 3 Postdoctoral Researchers! Groups of Dr. Elisabet Romero and Prof. @katheVillag (@villagroup_) Are you ready to boost your scientific career at one of Europe’s leading research institutes in chemistry? 📢Apply now! 🔗careers.iciq.org