Eva Hevia

Eva Hevia
Professor Eva Hevia
Born	1976 Gijón, Spain
Alma mater	Universidad de Oviedo
Occupation	Professor
Employer	University of Bern
Known for	Organometallic Chemistry

Eva Hevia is a Professor of Organometallic Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the University of Bern.

Education

Hevia was born in Gijón in 1976.[1] She became interested in a science at a very young age.[2] She earned her Masters and PhD from the University of Oviedo in 2002.[1][3]

Research

Hevia was appointed a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Strathclyde working with Robert Mulvey in 2006. She became Senior Lecturer in 2010 and Reader in 2011.[4] She was appointed Professor at the University of Strathclyde in 2013, when she was only 38 years old.[5] Since February 2019 Eva is a Professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Bern.

When receiving the 2016 SRUK Emerging Talent Award, Eva Hevia was named by Professor Morata, who was chair of the Award's scientific committee, as "one of the strongest and most promising researchers in her field at international level."[6]

Hevia's research is in polar organometallic chemistry. Her research group are interested in the development of multicomponent reagents containing earth-abundant metals for synthesis. The chemistry uses the cooperative effects of two metals, which allows of new areas of chemistry based on metal-mediated organic synthesis and building supramolecular structures.[7] These areas include: metallation for chemoselective functionalisation of organic molecules,[8] sensitive anion trapping,[9] deep eutectic solvents and salt supported organometallic reagents[10] and the catalytic applications of cooperative bimetallics.[11] Her recent focus has been on the activation of N-heterocyclic molecules and green chemistry.[4] Her research will have applications in pharmacology and agricultural chemistry, and will have profound implications on the environment.[5]

Hevia has given over a hundred of invited talks and lectures worldwide.[12][13]

Awards

2019 - Sociedad Espanola de Quimica, Premio GEQO a la Excelencia Investigadora[14]

2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[15][16]

2017 - Royal Society of Chemistry Corday-Morgan Prize[15][4]

2016 - Society of Spanish Researchers Emerging Talent Award[6][17][18][19][5]

2013 - Elected Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland[20][7]

2011 - Sigma-Aldrich Emerging Investigator Award[21]

2011 - Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry-Sigma-Aldrich Emerging Investigator Award

2009 - Royal Society of Chemistry Harrison Meldola Memorial Medal and Prize

2006 - Royal Society University Research Fellowship[22]

References

1. "Bio". evaheviagroup.com. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
2. "madri+d. Entrevista a: Eva Hevia". www.madrimasd.org. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
3. Innovación, Centro de. "Universidad de Oviedo - La gijonesa Eva Hevia, premiada en Reino Unido por su trayectoria investigadora - Noticia". www.uniovi.es (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
4. "RSC Corday-Morgan Prize 2017 Winner". www.rsc.org. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
5. "Eva Hevia, professor at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, receives the 2016 SRUK Emerging Talent Award - Sruk". Sruk. 2016-12-12. Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
6. "The Spanish researcher Eva Hevia receives SRUK Emerging Talent Award - Sruk". Sruk. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
7. "YAS Members - Eva Hevia". www.youngacademyofscotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
8. Hernán-Gómez, Alberto; Herd, Emma; Uzelac, Marina; Cadenbach, Thomas; Kennedy, Alan R.; Borilovic, Ivana; Aromı́, Guillem; Hevia, Eva (2015-06-08). "Zincate-Mediated Arylation Reactions of Acridine: Pre- and Postarylation Structural Insights" (PDF). Organometallics. 34 (11): 2614–2623. doi:10.1021/om501251q. ISSN 0276-7333.
9. Martínez‐Martínez, Antonio J.; Fuentes, M. Ángeles; Hernán‐Gómez, Alberto; Hevia, Eva; Kennedy, Alan R.; Mulvey, Robert E.; O'Hara, Charles T. (2015-11-16). "Alkali‐Metal‐Mediated Magnesiations of an N‐Heterocyclic Carbene: Normal, Abnormal, and "Paranormal" Reactivity in a Single Tritopic Molecule" (PDF). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54 (47): 14075–14079. doi:10.1002/anie.201507586. ISSN 1521-3773. PMID 26417985.
10. García‐Álvarez, Joaquin; Hevia, Eva; Capriati, Vito (2015-11-01). "Reactivity of Polar Organometallic Compounds in Unconventional Reaction Media: Challenges and Opportunities (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 31/2015)". European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2015 (31): n/a. doi:10.1002/ejoc.201590088. ISSN 1099-0690.
11. Armstrong, David R.; Clegg, William; García-Alvarez, Pablo; McCall, Matthew D.; Nuttall, Lorraine; Kennedy, Alan R.; Russo, Luca; Hevia, Eva (2011-04-11). "Shedding New Light on ZnCl2-Mediated Addition Reactions of Grignard Reagents to Ketones: Structural Authentication of Key Intermediates and Diffusion-Ordered NMR Studies". Chemistry - A European Journal. 17 (16): 4470–4479. doi:10.1002/chem.201002544. ISSN 1521-3765. PMID 21365695.
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14. EdJA. "Miguel Ángel Ciriano, Eva Hevia y Arkaitz Correa, Premios GEQO 2019 – GEQO, Grupo Especializado de Química Organometálica" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-05.
15. "Strathclyde Chemistry Professors named RSE Fellows | University of Strathclyde". www.strath.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
16. "Professor Eva Hevia FRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
17. "La investigadora Eva Hevia recibe en Londres el premio Talento Emergente CERU". La Vanguardia. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
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19. Cuatro.com. "La investigadora Eva Hevia gana el Premio Talento Emergente 2016 de CERU y Fundación Banco Santander". cuatro. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
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