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Santiago Alvarez was born in Panamá in 1950 and studied Chemistry in Barcelona where he obtained his PhD with Prof. Jaume Casabó.  He did postdoctoral work at Cornell University with Prof. Roald Hoffmann in 1983-84, was appointed as Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona in 1984 and became Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in 1987.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, corresponding member of the Real Academia Española de Ciencias and a member of the European Academy of Sciences.  He has carried out theoretical research on bonding, stereochemistry and magnetic properties of transition metal compounds.  In recent years he has been involved in the application of shape and symmetry measures to the study of stereochemistry and structure-property relationships.  He is also active in promoting an exploration of the frontiers between chemistry and humanistic culture through essay papers and the series of biannual NoSIC (Not Strictly Inorganic Chemistry) meetings.

Biography & Scientific Curriculum

• Birth: 20/6/1950  Panamá (República de Panamá)

Education

• 1968-1973: Chemistry Degree – Universitat de Barcelona
• 1972: Programmer for Scientific Applications – Universitat de Barcelona
• 1974: Analyst for Scientific Applications – Universitat de Barcelona
• 1974-1980: PdD thesis «Normal coordinate analysis of sulfur oxyanions» (advisor: Prof. Jaume Casabó)

Positions

• 1974-1979: Assistant,  Universitat de Barcelona
• 1980-1984: Associate Professor, Universitat de Barcelona
• 1984-1987: Associate Professor, permanent position, Universitat de Barcelona
• 1987-: Full Professor, Universitat de Barcelona

Grants, Honors and Awards

• 1983-84: Post-Doctoral Grant, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Spain)
• 1993: Honorary mention of the Science Award «Ciutat de Barcelona»
• 1994-1997: Iberdrola Grant for Visiting Professors in Science and Technology
• 2000-2006: Distinguished Researcher, Generalitat de Catalunya
• 2003: Award for Research in Inorganic Chemistry, Real Sociedad Española de Química
• 2003: Solvay Award for Research in Chemical Sciences
• 2005: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
• 2006: Corresponding member of the Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Spain
• 2007: Member of the European Academy of Science (EAS)
• 2009: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Division of Chemical Sciences of the EAS
• 2009: Lifetime Honorary Member of the Israel Chemical Society
• 2012: Catalan-Sabatier Award of the Société Chimique de France

Visitor

• 1983-1984: Visiting Associate Professor, Cornell University with Roald Hoffmann
• 1987: Visiting researcher, North Carolina State University with Myung-Hwan Whangbo
• 1995: Visiting Professor, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
• 1996: Visiting Professor, Universidad Catlólica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
• 1999: Dozor Visiting Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
• 2008: Gauss Professorship, Universität Göttingen, Germany

Publications

• 276 scientific publications
• 29 essay papers
• Book: De dones, homes i molècules. Notes d’història, art i literatura de la química. Ed. Univ. de Barcelona, 2017
• Editor of Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II, vol. 9: Theory and Methods (Elsevier, 2013)
• Total number of citations: 14,405
• Average per item: 54.8
• H-factor: 62