Juan de la Cierva researcher at CAB, Miguel Sanz-Novo, has been awarded the 2025 Miller Prize at the 78th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy (ISMS), the world’s premier annual meeting in the field of atomic and molecular spectroscopy. The prize, now in its eleventh edition, was established in honor of Professor Terry A. Miller and recognizes the best presentation delivered by a recent PhD in this interdisciplinary field.
The award-winning talk, entitled “A sulfur factory in the Galactic Center: discovery of DMS, HNSO, and HOCS+ in the G+0.693-0.027 molecular cloud”, reports the first interstellar detection of several sulfur-bearing molecules, including the HOCS+ cation, thionylimide (HNSO; the first known interstellar molecule containing N, O, and S simultaneously), and dimethyl sulfide (CH3SCH3, DMS), the most complex sulfur-bearing molecule detected in space to date.
This distinction adds to the Hougen Award (2023)
(https://isms.illinois.edu/HougenAward.php), which Miguel previously received at the same symposium. Established in memory of Professor Jon T. Hougen, this award recognizes and supports highly promising early-career spectroscopists worldwide, and includes an honorarium of US $1,500.
