García-Melchor Lab

Excited to see our new paper out in @NatureSynthesis! Another fantastic collaboration with the @ReisnerLab reporting a new strategy for C–H alkylation. A discovery that started from a serendipitous observation and led to a really nice story! nature.com/articles/s4416…

We are thrilled to share the new @NatureSynthesis work of @MantingMu and @TimoSommer_ together with the @ReisnerLab on a new synthetic strategy for C–H alkylation of electron-poor aromatics! Thanks also to @MGarcia_Melchor for all the supervision! www-nature-com.elib.tcd.ie/articles/s4416…

Absolutely thrilled to see this work published in @J_A_C_S with our longtime collaborators @EvaHeviaGroup! 🌟 Congrats to all coauthors, especially Ana McGinley and @MantingMu @CCEM_Group @TCD_Chemistry, on this milestone in #sodium-mediated #borylation catalysis! 👏🔥

Happy (belated) birthday to our most recent doctor @MantingMu! To many years more! 🎂🥳🎉

Congrats to @MantingMu for winning the 1st prize at the @TCD_Chemistry BOC Gases Award for her recently defended PhD thesis in our group! And congrats also to an excellent presentation of her latest research! 🫢

Big birthday week at @CCEM_Group! 🎉 Happy birthday to Cian and Ale, two brilliant humans who make our science (and days) better. Wishing you both a fantastic year ahead! 🥳🎂

Upgrading Sodium-Mediated Deprotonative Borylation to Catalytic Regimes: Regioselective Control and Mechanistic Implications | Journal of the American Chemical Society @EvaHeviaGroup @DCBPUnibern @energigune_brtaand @TCD_Chemistry @CCEM_Group pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

A cheeky pic of our half of the CCEM group now here at @energigune_brta! Who finds our new postdoc Pablo?

A huge welcome to Pablo Castro Latorre, our new postdoc here at CIC! 🎉🥳 His work will focus on the exciting #ICONIC_EU project as well as other projects in thermal catalysis. 💻🔬 We’re delighted to have you in the group, Pablo!! 🤗👏 @MGarcia_Melchor @energigune_brta #compchem

🚨 We’re hiring at @energigune_brta! 🚨 Join our team as a #postdoc in materials discovery for energy storage & conversion. Apply here 👉 cicenergigune.com/en/employment-… #PostdocPosition #EnergyStorage #EnergyConversion @TCD_Chemistry

🚨PhD opportunity alert!🚨 Want to combine AI 🤖 + DFT + high-throughput screening to design next-gen catalysts for sustainable urea production? Join the Proeza team with @energigune_brta & Prof. Federico Calle-Vallejo @upvehu, funded by @AgEInves. 👉 cicenergigune.com/en/employment-…

We have a new Dr in the group!🎓✨ Huge congrats to Dr @MantingMu on her PhD defense — we couldn’t be prouder! 🎉🥳 Big thanks to @ColavitaGroup (Chair), @TobiKraemer (Internal Examiner), & @CamposGroup (External Examiner) for your time, support, and dedication. 🙌 @TCD_Chemistry

Kudos to the @AmerChemSociety for launching the $2.5M Graduate Student Success Grant, which will support up to 100 Master's or PhD chemistry students whose research was disrupted by adviser grant cancellations! Apply Sept 15–Oct 1. More info: acs.org/campaigns/grad… #ACSFall2025

Had an amazing time at the #LINO25 @lindaunobel meeting Nobel Laureates and brilliant young researchers from around the world!🌟Huge thanks to @Researchirel for the opportunity. Proud to represent @TCD_Chemistry and @CCEM_Group and thank you to my supervisor @MGarcia_Melchor

An excellent opportunity to work on a very exciting project and in an excellent group!! @Chemjobber #postdoc

Conor Brennan: Computational insights into electrochemical biomass valorization for green hydrogen production (S05 – P6, Wed-Thurs)

Alejandro Cañete Arché: From surface configurations to binding: Optimizing the local environment for CO adsorption on CuAl alloys (S05 – P9, Wed-Thurs)

🚀 Excited to be at #BQB2025 @BEC_Bilbao this week! Our group is showcasing new work on catalysis, molecular design & hydrogen storage. Come say hi! 👋 👇Check out our contributions across talks and posters: