Last Monday 18th of May, Prof. Marcel Swart organized the Dalton Horizon Symposium at Sala IQCC. The event recognized the 2025 Dalton Horizon Prize awarded for the discovery and characterization of reactive ligands for high-valent iron-oxo oxidants. He brought together the four “Girona” members of the winning team, creating a great opportunity to share results, experiences, and future perspectives.

Schedule (sala IQCC – Parc-UdG):

09.15-09.30h Opening of the symposium (M. Swart)
09.30-10.00h Marcel Swart – Characterization of ligands for high-valent iron-oxo oxidants
10.00-10.30h Rosa Mollfulleda – How good are composite DFT methods for transition metal chemistry?
10.30-11.00h Mehmet Jahja (Dijon) – Phenoxy-imine to phenoxy-amidine ligands: a small change with surprising
coordination consequences
11.00-11.30h Coffee break
11.10-11.15h Picture time
11.30-12.00h Rupal Sharma – Reactivity of Non-Heme Iron-Oxo Complexes in Tripeptide Environments: A
Computational Study
12.00-12.30h Sami Mahri (Strasbourg) – Quantum State Engineering of Lanthanide Complexes for Optimally Controlled
Quantum Information Processing
12.30-13.05h Sílvia Osuna – Computational Design Of Efficient Enzymes Through Coevolution And
Correlation-Mediated Allosteric Networks
13.05-14.15h Lunch
14.15-14.45h Jonnely Luizaga – Computational insights into L-asparaginase promiscuity
14.45-15.15h Athul Santha Bhaskaran – Bond patterns and reactivity of Fullerenes
15.15-15.45h Fiza Fariha – Computational Investigation On Chiral Cavitand Receptors: Tuning The
Chiroptical Response Of Achiral Fullerenes
15.45-16.00h Coffee break
16.00-16.30h Mursaleem Ansari – Computational Insights into Glycal-Directed Stereoselectivity in Pd-Catalyzed
Enol Ether Coupling
16.30-17.00h Zanira Mushtaq – Computational Study of Anion-Controlled Allosteric Regulation in a Cationic
Capsule
17.00-17.30h Faiza Ahsan – C-H Activation via Non-Heme Iron Oxo Intermediates: A Quantum Chemical Study
17.30-18.05h Miquel Costas – Dearomatization reactions with biomimeti

Below you can find some photos of the different speakers.

Girona, May 22nd, 2026
For more info: ges.iqcc@udg.edu