Feliz Rodríguez, Marta

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Marta Feliz Rodríguez was born in Castellón de la Plana (1976) and obtained her Bachelor in Chemistry at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón (Spain). She did her PhD at Universitat Jaume I (1998-2003) directed by Profs. Rosa Llusar and Santiago Uriel on the development of cubane-type molybdenum and tungsten chalcogenide cluster complexes, with potential applications in catalysis and as optical limiters. During her post-doc, M. Feliz got expertise in reaction mechanism studies catalyzed by transition metal organometallic complexes by means of computational methods like DFT and QM/MM. In a first period (2004-2005), she carried out her research at the groups directed by Prof. Feliu Maseras and Prof. Carles Bo at the Institut Català d’Investigació Química in Tarragona (Spain). Afterwards, she moved to the group leaded by Profs. Odile Eisenstein and Eric Clot at the Institut Charles Gerhardt in Montpellier (France), where she worked for two years. In 2007, Dr. Feliz joined the Molecular Materials group directed by Prof. Llusar at the Universitat Jaume I, where she carried out combined theoretical and experimental catalytic studies with transition metal cluster complexes. After being promoted to Tenured Scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in 2009, she joined the Institute of Chemical Technology (UPV-CSIC) in Valencia (Spain), where she works at the moment.

During her pre- and post-doctoral period, Dr. Feliz has collaborated in teaching courses at the Universitat Jaume I and Universitat Rovira I Virgili in Tarragona, where has been associated professor. Nowadays, she participates in two official master courses which belong to the Universitat Politècnica de Valencia and to the Universitat Jaume I, respectively.

At present, the principal research lines of Marta Feliz are focused on the development on coordination complexes and organic-inorganic hybrid materials based on transition metals with potential catalytic applications, and combined experimental and theoretical studies of reaction mechanisms.

García Gómez, Hermenegildo

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Hermenegildo García Gómez (Canals 1957) studied Chemistry at the University of Valencia (extraordinary degree award, 1979) and did his PhD at the Organic Chemistry Department of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Valencia under the supervision of Professor Miguel A. Miranda Alonso in the field of Preparative Organic Photochemistry obtaining his PhD degree in 1983 (Extraordinary Thesis Award). In 1983 he joined the Chemistry department of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia chaired by Professor Jaime Primo Millo being Full Professor in 1996. He joined the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ) since its foundation in 1991. He did a postdoctoral stay at the University of Reading with Professor Andrew Gilbert (1987) and many other sabbatical leaves at the University of Ottawa joining the Laser Flash Photolysis group of Professor J. C. Scaiano with whom he has maintained a fluid collaboration since 1992.

Prof. García has focused his research in the field of photochemistry and heterogeneous catalysis where he has studied different materials like periodic mesoporous organosilicas, carbon nanotubes, diamonds nanoparticles and metal-organic framework among other materials. Prof. Garcia has published more than 450 scientific publications in journals in the area of Chemistry, Materials and Environmental Science and has directed 31 Doctoral Thesis. He has filed more than 20 patents, one of them has been commercialized and other two are in precommercial stage. He has given more than 40 lectures in different Congress and is member of the Advisory Council of Energy and Environmental Science, Photochemical and Photobiological Science and Journal of Molecular Catalysis. At present he is working in the field of photocatalytic hydrogen generation in collaboration with Prof. Vicente Fornés and in water depuration with Prof. Mercedes Alvaro.

2011 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Bucharest
2011 Janssen-Cilag Award for Organic Chemistry given by the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry
2011 Distinguished Visiting Professor of University of Ottawa
2009 Alpha Gold Award given by the Spanish Society of Glass and Ceramics for the best innovation in the area.
2008 Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

González Cardenete, Miguel Angel

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Miguel Angel González Cardenete studied Chemistry at the University of Valencia, Spain, where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in 1995, a Master’s Degree (1997, Excellent) and finally a Doctorate in Chemistry (2001, Excellent Cum laude, PhD Extraordinary award). In his Doctorate under the supervision of Professors Manuel Arnó Giribet and Ramón José Zaragozá Cardells, he developed the synthesis of a variety of skeletons of terpenoid natural products and started collaborations to study their biological properties. Also, he joined the group of Prof. Gerald Pattenden at the University of Nottingham (UK) to study radical cascade reactions for obtaining polycyclic systems. At the end of the Doctorate, he went back to the Pattenden’s group as Postdoctoral researcher and worked on a project for the synthesis of one of the most potent antitumor agents known to date, the Phorboxazole A. Then, he made a Postdoctoral stay with a Fulbright fellowship in the group of Prof. Emmanuel A. Theodorakis at the University of California, San Diego (USA).

After three years of postdoctoral research abroad, he returned to Spain to work as “Ramón y Cajal” researcher at the University of Valencia, where he worked in two research lines, development of synthetic methodology and medicinal chemistry from natural compounds. There, he worked as Assistant Professor and senior researcher. In 2015, he got a position as tenured scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and moved to the Institute of Chemical Technology.

Main lines of research:

  1. Sustainable synthesis of Natural Products, derivatives and analogues of pharmacological interest.
  2. Medicinal Chemistry

His research has led to more than 60 publications and conference communications and one patent.

His publication list as well as his h-index (h= 22, July 2023) can be seen in the following link: Publications in Scopus. (Link)

 

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Iborra Chornet, Sara

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Sara Iborra was born in Carlet (Spain). Currently she is Full Professor at the Chemistry Department of the Technical University of Valencia. She received her Ph. D. in 1987 at the Universidad de Valencia and in the same year she joined to the Chemistry Department of the Technical University of Valencia as Assistant professor.  She teaches Chemistry at the Technical School of Industrial Engineers, and in the Master of Sustainable Chemistry and in the Master of Chemical Engineers in the subjects of Fine Chemistry and Biorefineries respectively. Since 1991 she is member of the Institute of Chemical Technology (UPV-CSIC), working in the group of Prof. Avelino Corma. The main focus of her work is the application of heterogeneous catalysts (acid-base and redox) to the synthesis of fine chemicals, green chemistry and biomass transformation. In this area, she is author of more than 100 publications including articles, patents, conference proceedings and book chapters.

Jordá Moret, José Luis

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Jose Luis Jordá holds a PhD in Chemical Sciences and is a Tenured Scientist at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).

Jose Luis obtained a degree in Chemical Sciences from the Universitat de València in 1996, receiving the Extraordinary Degree Award, and a PhD in Chemistry from the Universitat Politècnica de València in 2001 with the thesis entitled “Síntesis, caracterización y actividad catalítica en reacciones de oxidación selectiva de olefinas de materiales mesoporosos ordenados Ti-MCM-41”, directed by Prof. Fernando Rey at the Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ, UPV-CSIC). After two postdoctoral stays at the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) with Prof. Jordi Rius and at the Laboratory of Crystalography (ETH-Zurich, Switzerland) with Prof. Lynne McCusker, Jose Luis returned to ITQ with an I3P postdoctoral contract in 2004, a Juan de la Cierva contract in 2005, and a position of Tenured Scientist of the CSIC since 2006.

Jose Luis is co-author of 66 articles published in high impact scientific journals, that have received more than 4700 citations, with an index h = 34. The publication list includes three articles in Science, two in Nature Materials and one in Nature, three scientific book chapters, the coordination of the book “Materiales porosos y de alta superficie” (2014), several international patents, and the participation in numerous national and international congresses, including several invited conferences.

The main lines of research are zeolite crystallography and structural studies by X-ray, electron and/or synchrotron radiation.

Jose Luis collaborates since 2006 as lecturer in the course “Characterization of Solid Catalysts” of the Master in Sustainable Chemistry of the Universitat Politècnica de València, taught at ITQ, and since 2015 is the director the CSIC Specialization Course about “Applied Laboratory Techniques”.

Jose Luis is responsible for the X-ray diffraction equipments at ITQ since 2008, for the social networks of the institute since 2013, member of the ITQ Communication Area since 2013, of the ITQ Scientific Dissemination Commission since 2014 and of the ITQ Equality Commission since 2018.

Profile in Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=isOKuEsAAAAJ&hl

Leyva Pérez, Antonio

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Antonio Leyva Pérez is a Titular Scientist from the CSIC. He completed his doctorate under the supervision of Prof. Hermenegildo García in 2005, and stays with Prof. Steven L. Buchwald at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA, Boston, 2004) and with Prof. Steven V. Ley at the University of Cambridge (UK, 2005-2007). In 2008 he joined the group of Prof. Avelino Corma to develop sustainable reactions in organic chemistry through the design of catalysts. In 2016, he obtained a Distinguished Researcher contract and started his independent CSIC group named “Catalysis for Sustainable Organic Synthesis”. He has supervised 6 doctoral theses and several end-of-graduate/master projects, and published about 100 papers and 13 patents, many of them as the main author and in prestigious international journals such as Science and Nature Series, with an index h=40 (2022). Among other distinctions, he has received the Extraordinary Prize from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2006) and a Ramón y Cajal contract (2013), and is PI of projects of the national plan and the fBBVA foundation.

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Lhiaubet, Virginie Lyria

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Virginie Lhiaubet-Vallet graduated from the University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France); in 2001, she defended her Doctoral Thesis untitled “Mechanisms of DNA damage photosensitized by drugs derived from aromatic ketones” supervised by Nicole Paillous and Nadia Chouini-Lalanne. In 2001, she was granted with an Individual Marie Curie Fellowship to join Prof. M. A. Miranda’s group at the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ) as a postdoctoral researcher. In 2008, she obtained a ‘‘Ramón y Cajal’’ contract; and since 2016, she is a Tenured Scientist of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

Her main research interests are:

  • Interaction between light and biomolecules (particularly DNA) to obtain information on the molecular processes responsible for photosensitivity and to design new photoprotection tools
  • Study of DNA photodamage formation and repair (such as thymine dimers)
  • Design of photocages based on prodrug/profilter systems to allow a controlled photorelease of photosensitizing drugs together with a solar filter acting as protecting shield

 

ORCID number: 0000-0002-8205-8892

The list of its scientific publications, as well as its index h, can be seen in this link

 

Her scientific career has been recognized internationally in 2007 by the “Young Investigator Award of the European Society for Photobiology”, an outstanding award given biennially by the society to a scientist under 35 years old. In addition, Dr. Lhiaubet has given 2 plenary lectures, 15 invited lectures and 14 oral communications. She has been PI of 7 projects, including national and international projects. She has been the supervisor of 4 theses and is currently supervising 2 others. She has also tutored 6 postdoctoral students and 9 short-stays of PhD or graduated students.

In addition, she is the author of 66 publications, being corresponding author of 19 of them. Since her doctoral thesis, her research has been centered on the study of DNA damage and photochemistry of drugs and biomolecules. Thus, she participated in central contributions such as (i) the reductive photocycloreversion of azetidines as a model of DNA repair by (6-4) photolyase (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, Chem. Eur. J. 2018) (ii) the discovery of the role of DNA lesions as intrinsic photosensitizer (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, ACS Chem. Biol. 2018), (iii) the study of np* higher excited states of thymine (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013), (iv) establishing the energy of the excited triplet state of thymine in DNA (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006), (v) demonstrating the stereoselective quenching of ketoprofen triplet excited state in the presence of thymine (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005), (vi) the use of triplet excited states as probes for protein binding sites (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004).

 

Most successful publications in the last 10 years:

  1. A. B. Fraga-Timiraos, A. Francés-Monerris, G. M. Rodríguez-Muñiz, M. Navarrete-Miguel, M. A. Miranda, D. Roca-Sanjuan, V. Lhiaubet-Vallet “Experimental and theoretical study on the cycloreversion of a nucleobase-derived azetidine by photoinduced electron transfer” Chem. Eur. J. in press, doi: 10.1002/chem.201803298
  2. M.-D. Li, Z. Yan, R. Zhu, D. Lee Phillips, I. Aparici-Espert, V. Lhiaubet-Vallet, M. A. Miranda “Enhanced drug photosafety by interchromophoric interaction due to intramolecular charge separation” Chem. Eur. J. (2018) 24, 6654.
  3. I. Aparici-Espert, G. Garcia-Lainez, I. Andreu, M. A. Miranda, V. Lhiaubet-Vallet “Oxidatively generated lesions as internal photosensitizers for pyrimidine dimerization in DNA” ACS Chem. Biol. (2018), 13, 542.
  4. I. Aparici-Espert, M. C. Cuquerella, C. Paris, V. Lhiaubet-Vallet, M. A. Miranda “Photocages for protection and controlled release of bioactive compounds” Chem. Commun., (2016), 52, 14215.
  5. A. B. Fraga-Timiraos, V. Lhiaubet-Vallet, M. A. Miranda “Repair of a dimeric azetidine related to thymine–cytosine (6-4) photoproduct by electron transfer photoreduction” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2016) 55, 6037.
  6. I. Aparici-Espert, A. Francés-Monerris, G. M. Rodríguez-Muñiz, D. Roca-Sanjuán, V. Lhiaubet-Vallet, Miguel A. Miranda “A combined experimental and theoretical approach to the photogeneration of 5,6-dihydropyrimidin-5-yl radicals in non aqueous media” J. Org. Chem. (2016), 81, 4031.
  7. V. Vendrell-Criado, G. Rodríguez-Muñiz, M. C. Cuquerella, V. Lhiaubet-Vallet, M. A. Miranda* “Photosensitization of DNA by 5-methyl-2-pyrimidone deoxyribonucleoside: (6-4) photoproduct as a possible Trojan horse” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2013) 52, 6476.
  8. V. Vendrell-Criado, G. Rodríguez-Muñiz, M. Yamaji, V. Lhiaubet-Vallet, M. C. Cuquerella, M. A. Miranda “Two-photon chemistry from upper triplet states of thymine” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2013) 135, 16714.
  9. G. Rodriguez-Muñiz, M. L. Marin, V. Lhiaubet-Vallet, M. A. Miranda “Reactivity of nucleosides with hydroxyl radical in non-aqueous medium” Chem. Eur. J. (2012) 18, 8024.
  10. M. C. Cuquerella, V. Lhiaubet-Vallet, J. Cadet, M. A. Miranda “Benzophenone photosensitized DNA damage” Acc. Chem. Res. (2012) 45, 1558.

 

 

 

Llabrés i Xamena, Francesc X.

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Francesc X. Llabrés i Xamena (Xesc) was born in Alaró (Mallorca). He received his PhD in Chemistry in 2000 from the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain) working with Prof. C. Otero in the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of zeolites. After a 2-years post-doctoral stage at the University of Turin with Prof. A. Zecchina, a short stay as invited researcher at Polimeri Europa (ENI) in Novara, and one year at the University of Padua with Prof. G. Granozzi, he joined the group of Prof. A. Corma at the ITQ in 2004 as a Ramón y Cajal Fellow. In 2010 he was appointed as Tenured Scientist of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at the ITQ.

His current research interests are in the preparation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and the study of their applications, including heterogeneous catalysis.

He has co-authored over 70 scientific papers, 6 patents, 5 book chapters, and has edited a book for the RSC Catalysis Series on the catalytic properties of MOFs.

With a h index of 40 and over 13000 citations, Xesc is a Highly Cited Researcher (among the top 1%) in the area of CHEMISTRY.

Among other prizes and recognitions, Xesc has been distinguished with the Alpha Gold award 2009 of the Spanish Ceramic and Glass Society and the Duran Farrell Award of Technological Research of the Technical University of Catalonia and Gas Natural Fenosa.

(Further information can be found in his personal website: http://personales.upv.es/fllabres/)

López Nieto, José Manuel

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A Research Professor at the CSIC since 2004 (six six-year terms), he works on catalyst design, sustainable processes, and biomass conversion. He has published more than 250 articles in international SCI journals (h-index = 59; 10,900 citations). He has authored 1 book, 14 book chapters, and several literature reviews. He is the author of 14 international and 7 national patents, has supervised 20 doctoral dissertations, led more than thirty research projects (R&D&I), and managed 10 projects in collaboration with industry.

Marín García, María Luisa

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María Luisa Marin was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1968. She did her PhD at the University of Valencia working on the synthesis of natural products. In 1996, she moved to Imperial College where she spent two years as postdoctoral Pierre and Marie Curie fellow. In 1998, she moved to the Technical University of Valencia (UPV) and started working in the field of photochemistry, photophysics and photobiology.

Since 2001 she belongs to the Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica (UPV-CSIC). Recently, in February 2019, she was promoted to Full Professor at the Chemistry Department of the UPV.

Moreover, she collaborates with the group of Prof. J.C. Scaiano at the University of Ottawa where she has spent several periods since 2006. In 2013-2014, she was awarded for the competition of the Distinguished Visiting Researcher Program at the University of Ottawa.

M.L. Marin participates as teacher in postgraduate courses in the University of Valencia, University of Ottawa (2014) and Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina) in 2014, 2017 and 2018.

Her current research interests are focussed on the mechanistic studies of different photochemical processes, and can be grouped in three main lines:

  1. Stereodifferenziation in photophysical and photochemical processes within supramolecular biomimetic systems.
  2. Mechanistic aspects of photocatalysis using organic photocatalysts.
  3. Photocatalytic degradation of aqueous contaminants.