SANTIAGO
GARCIA GRANDA

Professor of Physical-Chemistry. Degree, 1980, and PhD, 1984, in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo. Postdoc University of Nijmegen/Radboud University (The Netherlands), 1985/87 (Professor Paul T. Beurskens). Leads the SYSTAM Group, Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry and the CSIC Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Institute (CINN), declared Group of Excellence in 2001. Specialist in materials science, structural determination, crystallography, diffraction, and calculations. Rector of the University of Oviedo 2016/21, Vice-Chancellor for Research 2008/12 and Executive Secretary of the R&D commission of the CRUE, president of the CRUE-Sustainability Commission and the Commission for the 2030 Agenda. Member of the Sustainable Development Council. President of the European Crystallographic Association (ECA). Elected Ordinary Member of the Executive Committee of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) 2014/21, former Vicepresident and current President of the IUCr. About 850 articles, book chapters and communications on physico-chemical studies of the molecular structure, crystallography, diffraction, and methods of calculation. H Index 54. Co-author of the Crystallography Program DirDif cited more than 3000 times. Leading about 50 competitive research projects, coordinator of the FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES-SOLGELSENS and PI of FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES-SiCCatalyst. Responsible for the infrastructure of the Spanish Line of the Synchrotron of the ESRF-SoLine-. Supervisor of 23 PhD theses, among these promoted PhDs are successful professionals including two Full Professors and three Associate professors in Physical Chemistry. Other Academic faculty responsibilities were, Vice-Dean of Chemistry 1998/2008; Coordinator of commissions of the Degree in Chemistry; Creator of the X-Ray Diffraction unit and Director for 20 years; Coordinator of the Network of Computers. Professor of Physical-Chemistry. University of Oviedo (8 five years lecturing periods). Member of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, Specialized Group of Crystallography and Crystal Growth (Past-President) and of the British Crystallographic Association. Coordinator of the activities of the International Year of Crystallography - IYCr 2014, for Spain and Europe. Total publications: 843; Total publications in Q1 journals: over 500; H-index: 58 (Google Scholar) / 54(Scopus) / 54 (Wos); Total citations: 13554 (Wos). Excluding self-citations: 12400; Citations in the past 5 years: 514 (2020), 526 (2021), 454 (2022), 425 (2023), 472 (2024). Number of 6 years research periods: 7 (Conferral date: 01/01/2022); Supervisor of 23 PhD Theses; Total research competitive and non-competitive projects, including teaching innovation, social science, diffusion of science and transfer of knowledge: over 200.