Santiago Garcia Granda (born 1955 in Verdicio,

Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

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

University of Oviedo The University of 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 and Mieres. History Th ...

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

University of Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, , formerly ) is a public research university located in Nijmegen, Netherlands. RU has seven faculties and more than 24,000 students. Established in 1923, Radboud University has consistently been included in ...

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

crystallography Crystallography is the branch of science devoted to the study of molecular and crystalline structure and properties. The word ''crystallography'' is derived from the Ancient Greek word (; "clear ice, rock-crystal"), and (; "to write"). In J ...

, 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 T ...

. 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. 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.

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MASTER'S DEGREE IN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND CRYSTALLIZATION - UIMP

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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 Presidents of the International Union of Crystallography University of Oviedo alumni Crystallographers Academic staff of the University of Oviedo Spanish chemists