Albert Artigas Ruf (Barcelona 1990) is a researcher at the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Girona.
He graduated in Pharmacy from the University of Barcelona (2008-2014) and pursued a master's degree in Organic Chemistry (2014-2015) at the same university. Later, he moved to the University of Girona where he obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry (2015-2020) under the supervision of Professor Miquel Solà, Professor Anna Roglans, and Dr. Agustí Lledó. During his postdoctoral period, he spent 30 months at the Institute des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille (ISM2) at the University of Marseille (2020-2023). In April 2023, he returned to IQCC as a Margarita Salas researcher (REQ2021), where he continues to work currently under a contract within the framework of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA 2023).
His research interests focus on the study of complex chemical transformations from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. Specifically, he has worked on the study of transition metal-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions mainly applied to the functionalization of fullerenes and the synthesis of chiral polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. In the theoretical field, he also conducts studies in the area of aromaticity. Currently, he is focusing his efforts on the theoretical study and synthesis of materials with potential interest in the field of photovoltaic energy.