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Katherine Villa

@katherinevilla.bsky.social
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ICREA Research Professor and Group Leader at ICIQ. PI #ERCStG PhotoSwim. Photocatalysis / Light-driven microswimmers / Solar fuels / Environmental remediation. ⚡💧☀️

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Katherine Villa @katherinevilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Photosensitizers in Motion: Micro- and Nanomotor-Assisted Photodynamic Therapy pubs.acs.org/anmafm/artic...
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Photosensitizers in Motion: Micro- and Nanomotor-Assisted Photodynamic Therapy
Abstract. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically relevant and minimally invasive strategy for treating diseases associated with uncontrolled tissue gro
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Institut Català d'Investigació Química (ICIQ) @iciq.org · 15/07/2026
#ICIQInstitutional 👏 Yesterday at #EuChemS2026, Prof. Katherine Villa delivered her EuChemS Lecture Award talk: "Photocatalytic Micromotors as Programmable Active Materials." Missed the story? 🔗 iciq.org/new/katherin... @katherinevilla.bsky.social @cerca.cat @bist.eu @sommalliance.bsky.social
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Institut Català d'Investigació Química (ICIQ) @iciq.org · 17/06/2026
#ICIQInstitutional 👏🏼 La Prof. Katherine Villa, líder de grup i investigadora ICREA, va recollir ahir al TNC el Premi Nacional de Recerca al Talent Jove ex aequo, atorgat per la FCRI i el Govern. 🔗 iciq.org/ca/new/la-pr... 📸 Jordi Bedmar @cerca.cat @bist.eu @sommalliance.bsky.social
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ICREA Community @icreacommunity.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
2⃣ recercaires ICREA han estat guardonats amb els Premis Nacionals de Recerca! 🏆 Luis Serrano (@crg.eu) ha rebut el Premi Nacional de Recerca 2025 i @katherinevilla.bsky.social (@iciq.org), el PNR Talent Jove 2025. Enhorabona per aquest gran reconeixement! 👏 bsky.app/profile/fcri...
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Institut Català d'Investigació Química (ICIQ) @iciq.org · 20/02/2026
#ICIQNews 👏La Prof. Katherine Villa guardonada amb el Premi Nacional de Recerca al Talent Jove 2025 #PNR25, atorgat pel Govern de la Generalitat de Catalunya i la @fcri.bsky.social Llegeix la notícia aquí 🔗 iciq.org/ca/new/la-pr...
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Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació @fcri.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
👏Enhorabona a les guanyadores i guanyadors dels Premis Nacionals de Recerca 2025! 🏅Luis Serrano @crg.eu, Premi Nacional de Recerca 2025. 🏅Nadia Blagorodnova @icc-ub.bsky.social i Katherine Villa Gómez @iciq.org, Premi Nacional de Recerca al Talent Jove 2025 ex aequo. #PNR25 👇
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ICREA Community @icreacommunity.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
#NousICREAs2025 |💡@katherinevilla.bsky.social (@iciq.org) impulsa tecnologies sostenibles per afrontar els reptes ambientals i energètics globals. Crea micromotors que es mouen amb llum i materials capaços de netejar contaminants i generar combustibles solars. short.do/JYHhN1
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Katherine Villa @katherinevilla.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Light-programmable photoredox colloids for reconfigurable assemblies | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
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Light-programmable photoredox colloids for reconfigurable assemblies
The dynamic self-assembly of colloids under non-equilibrium conditions offers a pathway to reconfigurable materials and adaptive soft systems, yet current approaches often require particle anisotropy...
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ICREA Community @icreacommunity.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🎉Welcome Katherine Villa (@katherinevilla.bsky.social) and José A. Berrocal! The #ICREACommunity is growing with you on board. We can't wait to see everything that's ahead in @iciq.org!
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Katherine Villa @katherinevilla.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Thrilled to share that I’m starting a new position as ICREA Research Professor @icreacommunity.bsky.social. Grateful to my team, collaborators, and mentors 😊
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Katherine Villa @katherinevilla.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
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Institut Català d'Investigació Química (ICIQ) @iciq.org · 14/07/2025
#ICIQNews 🏅 Prof. Katherine Villa has been awarded a prestigious @erc.europa.eu 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-proo...
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ERC Proof of Concept Grant awarded to Prof. Katherine Villa for pioneering PFAS detection technology - ICIQ
14th July 2025 – Prof. Katherine Villa, group leader at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), has been awarded a prestigious ERC Proof of Concept Grant for her project PhotoSERS. The...
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 14/07/2025
📣 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. Recipients, projects, locations👉 buff.ly/pPccOPc #ERCPoC
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Institut Català d'Investigació Química (ICIQ) @iciq.org · 26/05/2025
#ICIQNews Prof. Katherine Villa (@katherinevilla.bsky.social) appointed as Early Career Board member of Nano Letters journal, oublished by the American Chemical Society (@acs.org‬) Read more 🔗 iciq.org/new/prof-kat... @cerca.cat @bist.eu #SOMM_alliance
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Prof. Katherine Villa appointed as Early Career Board member of Nano Letters - ICIQ
26th May 2025 – Prof. Katherine Villa, ICIQ group leader, has been selected as an Early Career Board Member of Nano Letters, one of the most prominent journals in the fields of nanoscience and nanotec...
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BIST-Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology @bist.eu · 25/04/2025
A #multidisciplinary collaboration led by @iciq.org and involving @icfo.eu, #IREC & @vschtpraha.bsky.social unveil a new strategy to convert CO₂ into valuable products using visible light. Published in @pubs.acs.org #BISTCommunity ➡️ bist.eu/iciq-researc...
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Katherine Villa @katherinevilla.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🚨 We are hiring! 🚨One #postdoctoral position available in my group to work on photoactive colloids & structured light control. Start date: 05/05/2025. Apply now! @iciq.org @ageinves.bsky.social #postdocjobs #ActiveMatter #Optics #AcademicTwitter 📍 More details 👇 careers.iciq.org/jobs/5707322...
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Postdoctoral Researcher (Ref: Postdoc 2025-06 KV) - ICIQ
Looking for an exciting research opportunity in one of the leading scientific research institutes? Come join us at ICIQ!
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Katherine Villa @katherinevilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
✨Thrilled to announce our newly funded project, Steermotors, under the Consolidación Investigadora 2024 program! ✨.This project will enable us to develop steerable light-driven micromotors with tailored motion control and programmability under structured light patterns 🔬⚡
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ChemRxiv Bot @chemrxivbot.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Nanomotors: 20 years anniversary and future roadmap Authors: Shuqin Chen, Donglei Fan, Peer Fischer, Ambarish Ghosh, Kerstin Göpfrich, Ramin Golestanian, Henry Hess, Xing Ma, Bradley Nelson, Tania Patiño, Jinyao Tang, Katherine Villa, Wei Wang, ... DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-lczw9
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Institut Català d'Investigació Química (ICIQ) @iciq.org · 20/02/2025
#ICIQNews ➡️ ICIQ has been awarded 4️⃣ MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships and 3️⃣ Beatriu de Pinós fellowships! ⭐ They will acquire new skills, develop their careers and gain experience! Read more 📎 iciq.org/new/seven-po... @cerca.cat | @bist.eu | @sommalliance.bsky.social
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Seven postdoctoral researchers awarded with MSCA-PF and Beatriu de Pinós fellowships to join ICIQ - ICIQ
The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships call (MSCA-PF) for the year 2024 has successfully awarded four postdoctoral researchers. In addition, ICIQ has also secured three Beatriu de...
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