Santiago Garcia Granda (born 1955 in Verdicio,

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...

), studied chemistry and graduated in 1980, and earned his PhD in 1984 at the

University of Oviedo The University of Oviedo ( es, Universidad de Oviedo, Asturian: ''Universidá d'Uviéu'') is a public university in Asturias (Spain). It is the only university in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo, Gijón ...

. He completed his academic training as a postdoctoral fellow at the

University of Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century ...

, Holland with Professor Paul T. Beurskens. He specialised in structural determination,

crystallography Crystallography is the experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in crystalline solids. Crystallography is a fundamental subject in the fields of materials science and solid-state physics (condensed matter physics). The wor ...

, diffraction and methods of calculations. He is ex-president of the European Crystallographic Association (ECA) where he has served since August 2006 and has just been elected ordinary member of the executive committee of the

International Union of Crystallography The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) is an organisation devoted to the international promotion and coordination of the science of crystallography. The IUCr is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU). Objectives ...

. He also teaches chemistry and bilingual Master courses, Spanish-English, at the University of Oviedo and the Menéndez Pelayo International University. He has supervised more than 18 PhD theses. He is the author of more than 500 scientific and dissemination papers, several chapters of books and numerous communications and lectures presented in conferences on physico-chemical studies of new materials, molecular structure, crystallography, diffraction and methods of calculation. He is co-author of the crystallography programme DirDif cited more than 3000 times and he has led more than 30 research projects, both national and European, establishing contracts with firms and scientific dissemination projects. He is the head of the SYSTAM research group of the Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, declared Group of Excellence of the Principality of Asturias in 2001. He was responsible for the infrastructure installation in the Spanish line of the

ESRF The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) is a joint research facility situated in Grenoble, France, supported by 22 countries (13 member countries: France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, ...

. In 2016, he joined the elections to become rector of the University of Oviedo, and he was the winning candidate. From 2008 to April 2012 he was Vice rector for Research of the University of Oviedo, and Executive Secretary of the Sectoral R+D of the CRUE. During the 35 years he has been devoted to the University of Oviedo, he has held several positions and undertaken different academic tasks and duties.

References

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MASTER'S DEGREE IN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND CRYSTALLIZATION - UIMP

Scholar Google Profile

Profile in Researchgate.net

Structural and optical properties of hydrothermally-synthesized single-crystalline Sb2O3 nanowires

Chiral Triazolium Salts and Ionic Liquids: From the Molecular Design Vectors to Their Physical Properties through Specific Supramolecular Interactions - IQAC- CSIC

Ferrer, S., Lloret, F., Bertomeu, I., Alzuet, G., Borrás, J., García-Granda, S., ... & Haasnoot, J. G. (2002). Cyclic Trinuclear and Chain of Cyclic Trinuclear Copper (II) Complexes Containing a Pyramidal Core. Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties of [(μ (aaat(](•[aaat = 3-Acetylamino-5-amino-1,2,4-triazolate] and [aat = 3-Acetylamino-1,2,4-triazolate]: New Cases of Spin-Frustrated Systems. Inorganic chemistry, 41(22), 5821-5830.

External links

Official site of the University of Oviedo

Official site of Researchers of the University of Oviedo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Granda, Santiago Living people 1955 births People from Asturias