Congratulation to our PhD students Ohiane Varela and Jon Ayesteran for winning the Best Speech Award at MZT Conference! Materialen Zientzia eta Teknologia Kongresua is a congress dedicated to Science and Technology of Materials in Basque Language. This year it was held between the 3 and 4 of July....

This night at 21:00 and tomorrow at 15:00 will be transmitted Dr. Haritz Sardon interview in radio Euskadi Irratia for Norteko ferrokarrila program. Don't miss it!

Happy birthday Polymat! 25 years of research together! 🤩 For the occasion we are organizing a special event: 🗓 June 19th, 2024 at 11:00 📍 Auditorio Antonio Beristain in the Carlos Santamaria Zentroa, San Sebastian (Spain) 🥂 Free aperitif 🎨 Photo exhibition: 11 years of POLYMAT Scientific...

Our poster won the EHU contest for the Chemistry Faculty's 50 years! Two of our propositions were chosen, check them out here! Option #1 by Elena Righini Option #2 by Marta Ximesis and Ainara Tejero Parra        

This year too Polymat is presenting Polymat Spotlight, the International Workshop on Macromolecular Materials! This workshop series aims at exploring and increasing the visibility of emerging and technologically-relevant macromolecular materials. POLYMAT Spotlight 2024 was held in San Sebastian,...

Prof. Haritz Sardon gived a lecture at POLY-CHAR 2024 in Madrid. The Madrid Edition of Poly-Char highlighted “Polymers for our future” to stimulate discussions on polymeric materials that can provide answers to urgent societal demands, including sustainability, recyclability, energy storage &...

Guillem Seychal finishes his 1-year internship at Polymat and is continuing with his PhD at the University of Mons, in NIPU. NIPU-EJD is an European Joint Doctorate in “Synthesis, Characterization, Structure and Properties of Novel Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes”. NIPU-EJD is formed by a consortium...

Our PhD student Marta Mestre is going to VITO to continue her PhD project. VITO is an independent Flemish research organisation in the area of cleantech and sustainable development. Their goal is to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world. Best of luck for this new adventure!

This year the Belgium Polymer Group Annual Meeting celebrated its 30th anniversary in Blankenberge, Belgium on May 30-31. This edition provided a forum to discuss all current topics in polymer science, both by industrials and academics. The meeting was also a platform for both young polymer...

Thank you for participating in the seminar ‘Is a circular economy for plastics possible?’, held in Donostia / San Sebastian (Spain) on the 22nd and 23rd of May. It was one of our very first events, we were so proud to host you at our university and we hope you enjoyed our program and the whole...

Haritz Sardon together with our researchers Xabier Lopez De Pariza and Alice Marchand is visiting the Wacker industry in German for a special reunion. At WACKER, they are taking responsability for the large amount of energy necessary to run the chemical sector by taking difficult steps towards...

The international scientific dissemination festival took place from 13 to 15 May in 25 different countries all over the world, where city-bars became improvised laboratories to showcase the latest scientific advances. In Donostia/San Sebastian, Pint of Science was held in the bars Alboka, Amuitz,...

Our postdoctoral researcher Fernando Vidal took part in an episode of Resources Radio Podcast with "Toward a More Sustainable Plastic Economy" on April he 15th. Host Kristin Hayes talks with Fernando about technological and policy options to create a more sustainable plastics economy. They...

PhD researcher Giulia Vozzolo has just gained the CONCURSO DE FOTOGRAFIA CIENTIFICA 2024 organized by POLYMAT centre. In the photo Giulia with prof. Maria Paulis. The photo: To Gel or Not to Gel: the Luminous Dilemma in the pH Alcove The image shows the formation of twisted ribbon-type nanofibrils...

          On Friday, April 12th, a group of 4th year high school students from Sopelana Institute (Bizkaia) visited SardonLab. Last year, they received an award for one of the best projects at the Zientzia Azoka by Elhuyar, and the prize included a guided tour of POLYMAT....

Congratulations to our professor Haritz Sardon for receiving the 2024 Polymer Chemistry lectureship! This award, now in its tenth year, honours an early-career researcher who has made significant contribution to the polymer field. The recipient is selected by the Polymer Chemistry Editorial Board...

Seyedeh Maliheh Razavi Esfali is joining again our group! Welcome back Maliheh!

POLYMAT has been accredited as María de Maeztu unit of excellence! This is a prestigious accreditation that is obtained in a call open to all research centers in Spain. The application was led by Prof. David Mecerreyes and the other senior researchers involved were Prof. Alejandro J. Müller, Prof....

Researcher Akshaya Prasad is joining Sardon group as PhD student. Welcome in the team Akshaya!

Seminar coming soon! Is a circular economy for polymers possible? 🗓 May 22-23, 2024 📍 San Sebastian (Spain) 🏷 Registration available here or checking the events page in haritzsardonlab.com The transition towards a circular polymer economy is increasingly encouraged by the global concerns on the...

A Postdoctoral Fellowship in Macromolecular Science and Engineering is available at the Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and Engineering, POLYMAT Fundazioa, Catalysis and Sustainable Polymer Group. Check it out in their open positions!

European Polymer Journal is publishing the special issue Depolymerization and Polymer Degradation: Redefining the Future of Plastics. It involves contributions to the advancement of sustainable practices in harmony with the pressing global imperative for responsible material management. With guest...

Sien De Neve is joining our group for her internship! She is a last year Master student at the University of Ghent in Belgium and she is doing the internship at POLYMAT as a part of her curriculum. Her project involves the synthesis and copolymerisation of cyclo(ethylene succinate) with other...

We are so proud to announce that Doc. Gabriel Perli has obtained the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 with his proposal Isocyanate Free Self-Blowing Biobased Circular Foams. This year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community,...

Prof. Haritz Sardon has been invited to join the RSC Applied Polymers editorial board members, as a leader in his research field. RSC Applied Polymers is a leading international journal for the application of polymers, including experimental and computational studies on both natural and synthetic...

The Emakumeak Zientzian initiative took its first steps in 2017 and year after year has grown and strengthened. The United Nations General Assembly decided in 2016 to proclaim 11 February as the International Day of Women and the Girl Child in Science in order to achieve full and equal access to...

POLINA is an European Union’s Horizon EIC-Pathfinder Open project that will combine a novel, light-sensitive amino acid materials platform with established and emerging photolithographic techniques to offer an industry-ready solution and contribute to the growing biomedical market. Its aim is to...

On December 14th, Ion Olazabal defended his thesis: "Efficient and selective organocatalytic depolymerization under milder conditions." Haritz Sardon and Coralie Jehanno had supervised this doctoral thesis. Well done, Ion!

November 13th 2023, Xabier Lopez de Pariza defended his thesis: "Non-radical photopolymerizable systems; towards sustainable applications in light mediated additive manufacturing." Haritz Sardon Muguruza and David Mecerreyes have supervised this doctoral thesis. Well done, Xabier!

María Rosaría Caputo defended her thesis titled "Biodegradable polyesters with potential applications in 3D Printing: structure, morphology and crystallization" on Wednesday, November 8th, 2023. The doctoral thesis was supervised by Prof. Alejandro Jesús Muller Sánchez and Dr. Haritz Sardón...