Saila: Química Orgánica

Ikerketa institutua: Instituto de Biomoléculas (INBIO)

Ikerketa taldea: FQM286 Alelopatía en Plantas Superiores y Microorganismos

Áreas PAIDI: Física, Química y Matemáticas

Doctor por la Universidad de Cádiz con la tesis Síntesis de análogos de estrigolactonas con esqueleto de eudesmanolida 2020. Tesiaren zuzendaria Dr. Francisco Antonio Macías Domínguez, Dra. Rosa María Varela Montoya.

I am a graduate in Chemistry (2015) with two master's degrees, and PhD (2020) with the cum laude thesis "Synthesis of strigolactone analogs with an eudesmanolide backbone" by the University of Cadiz (UCA). My research experience is centered around Natural Products Chemistry, having trained and working in Organic Chemistry departments since 2012. My research covers multidisciplinar aspects of Organic Chemistry, including the synthesis and purification of natural products and derivatives for finding novel models for agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals; structural characterization of organic molecules using techniques like Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Mass Spectrometry (MS) or circular dichroism; analyses by chromatographic and MS methods; or performing bioassays. In 2024, the Phytochemical Society of Europe awarded me the prize for the best contribution to research in Natural Products Chemistry for young researchers. I have been awarded with research contracts through competitive calls: from the Spanish National Youth Guarantee System (18 months, 2018–2019) and as a NextGenerationEU Margarita Salas Postdoctoral Researcher (3 years, 2022–2024), the latter involving a two-year international postdoctoral stay at the University of Naples Federico II (UNINA; Italy). Working with international teams is frequent in my research, with stablished collaborations with groups from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the UNINA, the U.S. Rocky Mountain Research Forest Service, the University of Sousse, the National School of Biotechnology - Taoufik Khaznadar, and the Edmund Mach Foundation, among others. I have been revisor of several articles for different peer-reviewed journals, co-edited two special issues, been an invited speaker at various seminars and lectures, including an invited plenary communication for an international congress, and organized scientific activities. At the UCA and the UNINA, I have taught in different courses (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Oenology, Biology, and Biotechnology) and supervised theses for bachelor and master's degrees.