The 20th Congress of Students of the Chemistry Section was held with more than 60 papers presented.

He Chemistry Section Student Congress, The event, held on April 1, 2 and 3, concluded with great success after bringing together a hundred people registered for its twentieth edition, promoting the exchange of knowledge, debate and innovation.

The opening of the congress was carried out by José Manuel García Fraga, Vice-Rector of Teaching; Mª del Mar Afonso, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences; Verónica Pino, President of the Scientific Committee; and Daniela Macías, a student of the Degree in Chemistry and President of the Student Delegation of the Section.

The activities began on the afternoon of April 1st with the opening lecture by Sergio Rodríguez, a research scientist at IPNA-CSIC, who spoke about super-calimas (dust storms). On the second day, Abel López, a tenured lecturer at the University of La Laguna (ULL), gave a presentation on extreme weather phenomena in the Canary Islands. In the afternoon, Antonio García, a graduate in Education, led a discussion entitled "The University We Want.".

Due to the weather alert issued for Thursday, the 3rd, the congress continued online in the morning with oral presentations and the closing lecture by Laura Lechuga, research professor at ICN2-CSIC, who spoke on "Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Nanobiosensor Devices for Decentralized Diagnosis." Following her presentation, awards were presented for the best oral and poster presentations.

Within the framework of the congress, 41 poster presentations and 18 oral presentations were presented, as well as 2 outreach videos made by undergraduate, master's and doctoral students, mainly from the areas of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, although there were also presentations from other scientific disciplines, which allowed participants to present their research and share their findings with the academic community.

The event organizers have received very positive feedback from attendees, who highlighted the quality of the plenary lectures, the content, the diversity of the topics covered, and the opportunity to broaden their academic and professional horizons.

With the success of this edition, the congress's commitment to continue promoting these types of meetings that foster learning, collaboration, and the generation of new ideas among the student community is reinforced.

For more information about the congress and future editions, please visit the website: http://cesquim.webs.ull.es