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Scientific Program

Monday, May 25th, 2026

17:00 - 18:15 Registration
18:15 - 18:30 Welcome and Introduction

Pedro Lozano (GEQV), Eduardo Garcia-Verdugo (GEQV) and Andres R. Alcantara (ESAB)

18:30 - 19:15 Opening Lecture (Isaac Peral Room)

Chair: Eduardo Garcia-Verdugo

PL-1. The role of chemists in a sustainable world1

David Cole-Hamilton

Professor of Sustainable Chemistry
Scholl of Chemistry. University of Saint-Andrews. UK
European Chemical Society (EuChemS) Past President

19:15 - 20:30 Welcome cocktail

Tuesday, May 26th, 2026

8:30 - 9:15 (Isaac Peral Room)

Chair: Pedro Lozano

PL-2. The Intergovernmental Panel for Chemicals, Waste and Pollution

Tom Welton

Professor of Sustainable Chemistry
Imperial College London - UK
RSC Past President
RSC Sustainability, Editor-in-Chief

9:15 - 9:30 Opening Ceremony
9:30 - 10:00 (Isaac Peral Room)

Chair: David Cole-Hamilton

KN-1. Ionic-Liquid-Modified Semiconductor Interfaces for Artificial Photosynthesis

Jairton Dupont

Professor of Organic Chemistry-Distinguished Researcher
Faculty of Chemistry. University of Murcia. Spain

  Symposium 1 (Isaac Peral Room)
Plastic Depolymerization and Circular Chemistry#1

Chair: Maria J. Hernaiz / Elena Ibañez

Symposium 2 (Salón de Grados)
Non conventional Reaction Media for (Bio)catalysis

Chair: Andrés R. Alcantara / Susana Nieto

10:30 - 11:00 KN-2 - abst.#16 Biocatalytic Alcoholysis of Polyurethanes Using Short-Chain Alcohols.
F. Lopez-Gallego
KN-3 - abst.#29 Entrapment of Enzymes in Ionic Liquid Gels, Towards Biocatalytic NaturIL Gels
A. C. Marr
11:00 - 11:20 Coffee + Poster Visit
11:20 - 11:40 OC-1 - abst.#145 Toward Sustainable Plastic Recycling using Supercritical CO2
A. Cabañas
OC-6 - abst.#69 Exploring hydrolase promiscuity towards chitosan in hydrated DES media
D. A. Durante-Salmerón
11:40 - 12:00 OC-2 - abst.#17 Ionic Liquids and Superbase Catalysts for the Sustainable Depolymerization of Polyurethane Foam Waste
R. Villa
OC-7 - abst.#95 Application of DESs as cosolvents in redox biocatalysis
G. de Gonzalo
12:00 - 12:20 OC-3 - abst.#55 Integrating enzyme kinetics and biocatalyst engineering for sustainable PET degradation
J.M. Bolivar
OC-8 - abst.#21 Rational DESs design for unspecific peroxygenase (UPO) stabilization
N. Yilmaz
12:20 - 12:40 OC-4 - abst.#23 Magnetically recoverable catalysts for polymer wastes recycling
C. Martin
OC-9 - abst.#34 Bifunctional Uncoupled Catalysis Enabled by Deep Eutectic Solvent Systems for C-4 Functionalization of Isoquinolines
A. Cores
12:40 - 13:00 OC-5 - abst.#13 Synthesis and Chemical Recycling of Crosslinked Poly(ether-co-carbonates
D. Rigo
OC-10 - abst.#40 Modulating enzymatic phloretin gluycosylation through deep eutectic solvents (DES)
D. Rodriguez-Garcia
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 15:45 (Isaac Peral Room)

Chair: Andrew C. Marr

PL-3. Enzymatic Synthesis in Deep Eutectic Solvents: Catalysis Across Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Realms

Selin Kara

Professor of Biocatalysis and Bioprocess Engineering
Head of the Institute of Technical Chemistry
Leibniz University Hannover (DE) and Aarhus University (DK)

Symposium 3 (Isaac Peral Room)
Sustainable Chemical Processes#1

Chair: Belen Altava / Jesus Esteban

Symposium 4 (Salón de Grados)
CO2 capture and/or Transformation#1

Chair: Rocio Villa / David-Cole-Hamilton

15:45 - 16:05 OC-11 - abst.#11 Laboratory to Market: Development of Water-Soluble Catalysts For Solving Key Research Problems
A. N. Kapdi
OC-15 - abst.#166 Efficient and Sustainable CO2 Conversion into Fuels and High-Value Products
L. C. Branco
16:05 - 16:25 OC-12 - abst.#48 Mechanism-driven sustainable Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction methodologies
I. J. S. Fairlamb
OC-16 - abst.#109 Green synthesis of Limonene-based NIPUs precursors: A comparative catalytic study in supercritical CO2
P. Cruza-Rodelgo
16:25 - 16:45 OC-13 - abst.#41 Designing Renewable Functional Ionic Liquids: Toxicity, Catalytic performance, and Green metrics evaluation
A. Leal-Duaso
OC-17 - abst.#170 Unlocking the Potential of Biocatalysis-driven CCU: A sustainable production of valuable chemicals from industrial feedstocks
O. Romero
16:45 - 17:05 OC-14 - abst.#8 Uncatalyzed aerobic epoxidation of liquid alkyl alkenes
J. Oliver-Meseguer
OC-18 - abst.#70 Electrochemical biogas upgrading: Direct CO2 to CH4 conversion employing Cu-based MOFS
Jose Antonio Abarca
17:05 - 17:30 Coffee + Poster Session
17:30 - 18:15 (Isaac Peral Room)

Chair: Selin Kara

PL-4. Discovery and engineering of enzymes for the depolymerization of polyurethanes

Uwe T. Bornscheuer

Bornscheuer Professor of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis
Institute of Biochemistry. University of Greifswald, Germany

18:30 - 20:15 Visit to Cartagena
20:30 - 24:00 PhD & Young Researchers Night

Dinner + Live Music + 2 Drinks (Not included in registration fees)

Symposium Building Courtyard


Wednesday, May 27th, 2026

8:45 - 9:30 (Isaac Peral Room)

Chair: Tom Welton

PL-5. Valorization of whatever comes out of the eggs

Joao M. C. A. P. Coutinho

Professor of Chemistry
Director of CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials
University of Aveiro, Portugal.

  Symposium 5 (Isaac Peral Room)
Plastic Depolymerization and Circular Chemistry#2

Chair: Eduardo Garcia-Verdugo / Joaquin Garcia-Alvarez

Symposium 6 (Salón de Grados)
Sustainable (Bio)catalytic and down-stream processes

Chair: Martina L Contente / Vicente Gotor-Fernandez

9:30 - 9:50 OC-19 - abst.#73 Advancing circular economy through sustainable metal recovery from waste tantalum capacitors
Flavia Braga
OC-27 - abst.#74 Sustainable Biocatalytic Production of Bio-Based Diethyl Succinate in Ionic Liquids
S. Nieto
9:50 - 10:10 OC-20 - abst.#111 Py-GC-MS-based methodology for the environmental assessment of PHB in agricultural soils.
M. Alcaraz-Dolera
OC-28 - abst.#86 Enhancing Laccase-Driven Poly(vinyl alcohol) Depolymerization Using Polyol-Based Biosolvents
M. Prazeres
10:10 - 10:30 OC-21 - abst.#93 Circular enzymatic biobleaching: revalorization of high-polluted waste streams
Y. Fredes
OC-29 - abst.#107 Redesign of cheese whey permeate upcycling: a biocatalytic approach guided by green metrics
M. S. Robescu
10:30 - 10:50 OC-55 - abst.#2 DOZN™3.0 - A Quantitative Green Chemistry Evaluator for a Sustainable Future OC-56 - abst.#189 Sustainable biocatalytic processes in green solvents for the production of bioactive compounds
M. Bigliardi
10:50 - 11:10 Coffee + Poster Visit
11:10 - 11:40 (Isaac Peral Room)

Chair: Selin Kara

KN-4 Can biocatalysis be even greener?

Francesca Paradisi

Professor of Sustainable Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Bern, Switzerland.

  Symposium 7 (Isaac Peral Room)
Sustainable Chemical Processes#2

Chair: Marcileia Zanatta / Tom Welton

Symposium 8 (Salón de Grados)
Biomass and Bioresources

Chair: Marina Cvjetko/Uwe Bornscheuer

11:40 - 12:00 OC-22 - abst.#81 Synthesis and Solubilization Potential of Glycerol-Derived Solvents: A Sustainable Approach to Green Chemistry
E. Pires
OC-30 - abst.#162 A Sweet Flow: HMF Production and in-situ Valorization into Valuable Nitrile-containing Compounds via Telescopic Flow Chemistry.
J. E. Sanchez-Velandia
12:00 - 12:20 OC-23 - abst.#19 Cu-catalyzed stereodivergent decarboxylative amination of bicyclic carbamates: Access to cyclobutane-1,3-diamine synthons
Y. Ren
OC-31 - abst.#35 Effect of chao - and kosmotropic natural deep eutectic solvents on the chitin separation and from h. Illucens pupae molt shells
G. A. Portillo Perez
12:20 - 12:40 OC-24 - abst.#65 Closing the Loop: Flow Platform for the Sustainable Synthesis, Application and Electrochemical Recovery of Nickel Catalysts
Charlotte Willans
OC-32 - abst.#45 Extraction and purification of Phlorotannins from Sargassum muticum using natural deep eutectic solvents
M. X. Zhang
12:40 - 13:00 OC-25 - abst.#72 Visible Light-Induced Catalyst-Free Decarboxylative Povarov-Type Reaction of N-Aryl Glycines with Maleimides in Deep Eutectic Solvents
J. A. Ñiguez-Elena
OC-33 - abst.#153 Evaluation of different surfactants in the etherification of glycerol with tert-Butanol using microemulsions
F. Perez
13:00 - 13:20 OC-26 - abst.#119 Sustainable approaches to sulfur containing polymers through the exploitation of carbon disulfide as a sulfur-rich feedstock
C. J. Whiteoak
OC-34 - abst.#164 Sustainable Valorization of Insect Biomass: Optimized Oil Recovery Using Green Solvents
L. C. Branco
13:20 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 15:45 (Isaac Peral Room)

Chair: Joao Coutinho

PL-6. Catalysis and Sustainability from Atom to Planetary Scale

Javier Perez-Ramirez

Professor of Catalysis Engineering at the Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Green Chemistry, Editorial Board Chair

  Symposium 9 (Isaac Peral Room)
Flow, Biphasic and Multi-phase green catalytic systems

Chair: Juan M Bolivar / Selin Kara

Symposium 10 (Salón de Grados)
CO2 capture and/or Transformation#2

Chair: airton Dupont / Fernando Lopez-Gallego

15:30 - 16:00 KN-5 - abst.#6 Biphasic production of HMF and furfural: lessons learned from green alternative solvent use and macrokinetic studies
J. Esteban
KN-6 - abst.#155 Sustainable Decarbonization Pathways for CO2 Conversion
M. Zanatta
16:00 - 16:20 OC-35 - abst.#42 Green in Motion: Biocatalysis–Reactor Synergy in Sustainable Manufacturing M. L. Contente OC-38 - abst.# 59 Green metal-organic framework for CO2 fixation F. G. Cirujano
16:20 - 16:40 OC-36 - abst.#156 3D printed biocatalytic flow reactors
A. Pordea
OC-39 - abst.#31 Redefining Sustainable Synthesis: Mechanochemistry as a Driver for Advanced Coordination Chemistry and Green Catalysis
J. F. Reynes
16:40 - 17:00 OC-37 - abst.#122 Pickering Emulsion-Templated Ultra-Porous Films from Biopolymers as Supports for Enzyme Immobilization
W. Dang
OC-40 - abst.#57 An Iron-Based MOF as a Versatile Catalyst for CO2 Valorization and Renewable Feedstok Transformation
I. M. Pastor
17:00 - 17:15 Coffee + Poster Visit
GEQV 2025 Awards
17:15 - 17:50 (Isaac Peral Room)

Chair: Pedro Lozano

Lecture “2025 GEQV Medal”

Avelino Corma

CSIC Reseach Professor - Distinguished Researcher
Polytechnical University of Valencia. Spain

17:50 - 18:30 (Isaac Peral Room)

Chair: Pedro Lozano

GEQV 2025 Awards Ceremony
18:30 - 19:30 Beer -Poster Session
20:00 - 24:00 Gala Dinner
Restaurante Alviento - Pier of Cartagena
https://www.espacioalviento.com/restaurante-alviento

Thursday, May 28th, 2026

8:45 - 9:30 (Isaac Peral Room)

Chair: Elena Ibañez

PL-7. Mechanochemistry and Aging-Based as Innovative Methods for the Valorization of Biomass into Nanocrystals and Nanofibers

Audrey Moores

Professor of Chemistry, Materials group of the McGill Sustainable Systems Initiative (MSSI).
McGill University. Montreal, QC, Canada.

  Symposium 11 (Isaac Peral Room)
Green Energies

Chair: Andrew C Marr / Pedro Cintas

Symposium 12 (Salón de Grados)
Bio-based materials

Chair: Andres R. Alcantara/Joao Coutino

9:30 - 9:50 OC-41 - abst.#163 Catalytic higher ether synthesis and characterization: elevating Power-to-liquids higher alcohol products to a drop-in e-fuel
D. De Baker
OC-48 - abst.#100 Predicting Partition Coefficients of Biomolecules in Aqueous Biphasic Systems
M. D. Pinhao
9:50 - 10:10 OC-42 - abst.#68 Exploring the role of zeolite structure and acidity on Cu-based catalysts for dimethyl ether steam reforming
J. J. Lopez-Martin
OC-49 - abst.#169 Bioengineering Lysozyme-Loaded Alginate/Chitosan Films for Therapeutic Applications
M. H. Ribeiro
10:10 - 10:30 OC-57 - abst.#84 Hollow Rotating Disk Electrode (h-RDE): Bridging Conventional RDE and GDE Testing for Gas-Fed Electrocatalysis
F. Santos
OC-58 - abst.#132 Choline-Based Ionic Liquids as Selective Cytotoxic Agents Against Cervical Cancer Cells
J. J. Delgado-Marin
10:30 -10:50 Coffee + Poster Visit
  Symposium 13 (Isaac Peral Room)
Sustainable Chemical Processes#3

Chair: Nuria Martin / Audery Moores

Symposium 14 (Salón de Grados)
Enzyme Stability and Stabilization

Chair: Gonzalo de Gonzalo / Francesca Paradisi

10:50 - 11:20 KN-7 - abst.#20 Design of One-Pot Chemoenzymatic Cascades Merging Polar Organometallic Reagents (RLi/RMgX) with Laccases and ADHs
J. Garcia-Alvarez
KN-8 - abst.#96 Recent progress on gold-enzyme cascades for the synthesis of optically active organic molecules
V. Gotor-Fernández
11:20 - 11:40 OC-43 - abst.#130 Highly active Metathesis Catalysts for Industrial Applications
T. Gazdag
OC-50 - abst.#25 Eutectozymes: a novel platform based on solid eutectic matrices for advanced biocatalysis
A. Beloqui
11:40 - 12:00 OC-44 - abst.#44 Electrocatalytic Access to Quinoline Sulfones under Sustainable Conditions in Deep Eutectic Solvents
D. Adsuar
OC-51 - abst.#32 Coimmobilization of enzymes with different stabilities. How to re-use of the most stable immobilized enzyme after the inactivation of the least stable enzyme using the glutaraldehyde chemistry.
P. Abellanas-Perez
12:00 - 12:20 OC-45 - abst.#87 Chemical Valorization of Lindane Residues
J. M. Fraile
OC-52 - abst.#154 Engineering of rubber degrading enzymes
A. Pordea
12:20 - 12:40 OC-46 - abst.#161 Earth abundant catalysts for the sustainable production and upcycling of biobased polyesters with advanced properties
M. E. G. Mosquera
OC-53 - abst.#78 Levoglucosenone-derived solvents prevent aggregation and tune substrate accessibility of immobilized CALB
M. Mangiagalli
12:40 - 13:00 OC-47 - abst.#141 Synthesis of C4 α-hydroxyesters from C2-biomass derived glycolaldehyde with Sn-β
V. de Blas-Sanchez
OC-54 - abst.#152 Designing Designer Solvents: Optimizing Protein Stability in Deep Eutectic Solvents through a Combined Experimental and Computational Approach
A. Damjanović
13:00 - 13:20 (Isaac Peral Room)

Awards and Closing Ceremony

13:20- 15:00 Closing Lunch