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Universidad de La Laguna
Dpto. de Química Orgánica
Edificio Nanotec (Apartado 456)
C/ Rectora María Luisa Tejedor Salguero
Parque Urbano Las Mantecas
38320 San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Tenerife, Spain
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José
Juan
Marrero-Tellado
obtained
his
BSc
(1983)
in
Chemistry
from
the
University
of
La
Laguna
(ULL)
and
his
MSc
(1984)
from
the
ULL
and
Instituto
de
Productos
Naturales
del
CSIC
(IPN-CSIC)
under
the
supervision
of
Profs.
Ernesto
Suárez
and
Rosendo
Hernández.
His
MSc
thesis
was
focused
on
studies
of
alcoxy
radical
fragmentation
reactions.
In
1988,
he
received
his
PhD
(Outstanding
Doctoral
Award)
from
IPN-CSIC-ULL.
From
1989
to
1991
he
carried
out
a
post-doctoral
stay
at
the
University
of
Oxford
(UK)
in
the
group
of
Prof.
Sir
J.
Baldwin
working
on
alkylation
reactions
of
alpha
and
beta-bicyclic
lactams,
studies
on
the
face
selection
of
the
process
and
Cieplak
effect.
In
1997,
he
became
Associate
Professor
of
Organic
Chemistry
at
ULL.
He
has
been
Visiting
Professor
at
University
of
Stratchclyde
working
with
catalytic
antibodies
in
the
group
of
Prof.
C.
J.
Suckling
(Glasgow),
at
Kekulé-Institut
für
Organische
Chemie
und
Biochemie
Universität,
working
on
the
synthesis
of
molecular
knots
in
the
group
of
Prof.
F.
Vögtle
(Germany),
and
at
Eidgenössische
Technische
Hochschule
(ETH)
in
the
group
of
Prof.
F.
Diederich
working
on
the
amphiphilic
dendrimers
as
vectors for gene therapy (Switzerland). His research interest is in functional materials.
Antonio
Diego
Lozano-Gorrín
obtained
his
PhD
in
the
Department
of
Inorganic
Chemistry
at
Universidad
de
La
Laguna
(ULL)
in
Spain
in
the
field
of
Solid
State
Inorganic
Materials
Chemistry
in
2003.
The
objective
of
it
was
the
search
for
materials
with
interesting
magnetic
properties
as
spin-glass
behavior
as
well
as
the
study
of
their
structures
by
means
of
X-ray
diffraction.
He
carried
out
a
post-doctoral
stay
in
the
Department
of
Chemistry
and
the
Brockhouse
Institute
for
Materials
Research
at
McMaster
University
in
Canada
from
2004
to
2007.
From
2008
to
2010
he
got
a
position
as
a
support
manager
for
the
X-ray
diffraction
facilities
at
ULL.
From
2010
on
he
has
been
a
researcher
at
different
groups
at
ULL
where
he
prepared,
characterized,
and
studied
optical
properties,
among
others,
of
different
nanomaterials.
During
those
years
of
research
he
has
been
a
frequent
user
of
neutron
and
synchrotron
facilities
at
different
locations:
ILL,
ESRF
and
LLB
in
France,
Diamond
Light
Source
in
Great
Britain,
Chalk
River
Laboratories
in
Canada
and
Los
Alamos
National
Lab
in
the USA. In 2018 he became a professor at Universidad de La Laguna.
Yanina
Moglie
was
born
on
March
8,
1981,
in
Saavedra,
Buenos
Aires,
Argentina.
She
obtained
her
B.Sc.
(2004)
and
Ph.D.
(2009)
in
Chemistry
at
the
Universidad
Nacional
del
Sur
(UNS)
(Bahía
Blanca,
Argentina)
under
the
supervision
of
Profs.
Gabriel
Radivoy
and
Cristian
Vitale.
Her
thesis
was
entitled
"Application
of
Activated
Transition
Metals
in
Organic
Synthesis.
Study
of
New
Systems
of
Reduction
and
Coupling”.
She
was
awared
“Outstanding
Doctoral
Award”
from
Sociedad
Argentina
de
Investigación
en
Química
Orgánica
(SAIQO).
She
carried
out
a
post-doctoral
stay
(2010−2013)
at
the
Universidad
de
Alicante
between
2010-2013,
under
the
supervision
of
Profs.
Francisco
Alonso
Valdés
and
Miguel
Yus
working
on
synthesis,
characterization
and
application
of
supported
metal
nanoparticles
in
organic
synthesis.
In
2014,
she
returned
to
Argentina
and
became
Associate
Researcher
of
Consejo
Nacional
de
Investigaciones
Cientificas
y
Tecnicas
(CONICET-INQUISUR-Bahía
Blanca).
In
2021,
she
became
Professor
of
Organic
Chemistry
at
UNS.
Her
research
focuses
on
the
development
of
new
synthetic
methodologies
involving
nanocatalysts
and
their
application in organic synthesis mainly in the preparation of bioactive compounds.
Raúl
González
Martín
was
born
in
Puerto
de
la
Cruz,
Tenerife,
Spain,
in
1996.
He
received
the
Degree
in
Chemistry
at
University
of
La
Laguna
(ULL)
in
2018,
granted
by
the
Spanish
Ministry
of
Education
with
a
Research
Collaboration
Fellowship.
He
has
subsequently
obtained
the
Master´s
Degree
in
Chemistry
in
2019,
being
awarded
with
the
Best
Final
Master
Project
of
Sciences
at
ULL.
He
is
currently
a
PhD
student
in
the
Doctoral
Program
of
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering
at
ULL
under
the
supervision
of
Dr.
Verónica
Pino
(Department
of
Analytical
Chemistry,
ULL)
and
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz
(Department
of
Organic
Chemistry,
ULL).
He
has
been
granted
with
a
FPU
predoctoral
contract
by
the
Spanish
Ministry
of
Universities
to
complete
his
Doctoral
Thesis.
His
research
interests
include
the
design,
synthesis
and
use
of
polymers
and
other
materials
in analytical sample preparation methods.
Diego
Walter
Allgaier
Díaz
was
born
in
Santa
Cruz
de
Tenerife,
Spain,
in
1992.
He
has
graduated
as
an
environmentalogist
in
the
Degree
of
Environmental
Sciences
at
the
Universidad
de
La
Laguna
in
2017
and
subsequently
obtained
the
Master's
Degree
in
Pollution,
Toxicology
and
Environmental
Health
from
the
Universitat
de
Valencia
in
2018,
within
the
specialty
of
environmental
toxicology.
He
also
has
a
Certificate
of
Higher
Education
in
Environmental
Chemistry.
Currently,
he
is
a
PhD
student
in
the
Doctoral
Program
of
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering
at
the
Universidad
de
La
Laguna.
His
Doctoral
Thesis,
directed
by
Dr.
Juan
Ayala
Díaz
(Department
of
Analytical
Chemistry;
ULL)
and
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz,
is
centered
on
the
preparation,
chemical
modification
and
characterization
of
hydrogels
and
biopolymers,
as
well
as
their
incorporation
into
analytical chemistry strategies.
OFFICIAL MEMBER AS EXTERNAL COLLABORATOR (AFM-NANO ULL)
Dr. SEBASTIÁN BONARDD
Sr. SCIENTIST - Centro de Física de Materiales (San Sebastián)
sbonardd@ull.edu.es
Sebastian
Bonardd
was
born
in
Chile
in
1991.
In
2014
he
earned
his
B.Sc.
degree
in
chemistry
at
the
Pontifical
Catholic
University
of
Chile,
presenting
his
B.Sc.
thesis
entitled
“Synthesis,
stabilization
and
characterization
of
noble
metal
nanoparticles
using
chitosan
graft-copolymers”.
The
same
year
he
starts
his
Ph.D.
studies
under
a
cotutelle
agreement
between
the
Pontifical
Catholic
University
of
Chile
(Chile)
and
the
University
of
the
Basque
Country
(Spain),
being
supervised
by
Dr.
Galder
Kortaberria
and
Dr.
Angel
Leiva.
In
2019
he
received
a
double
Ph.D.
degree
(Ph.D.
in
Chemistry
and
Ph.D.
in
Renewable
Materials
Engineering)
after
presenting
his
doctoral
thesis
“Synthesis,
characterization
and
study
of
dielectric
properties
of
new
polymers
containing
polarizable
groups”,
which
was
related
to
the
obtention
of
new
polymers
for
electrical
energy
storage
applications.
During
his
Ph.D.,
he
acquired
a
strong
background
in
polymer
synthesis
(by
conventional
and
controlled
processes),
along
with
a
broad
experience
in
the
physical-chemistry
characterization
of
polymer-based
materials.
From
May
2021
to
May
2023,
he
was
Juan
de
la
Cierva-
Formación
Researcher
at
the
group
of
Dr.
Díaz
and
his
work
was
focused
on
the
preparation
of
new
polymers
for
electronic
and
drug
delivery
applications,
and
on
the
confection
of
new
bio-based
polymer
nanocomposites
with
catalytic
properties
for
environmental
remediation.
He
is
currently
a
researcher
at
the
Center
for
Materials
Physics
(San
Sebastián)
in
the
"Polymers
and
Soft
Matter
Group"
(http://www.sc.ehu.es/sqwpolim/PSMG/).
José
Ignacio
Hernández
García
was
born
in
San
Cristobal
de
La
Laguna,
Spain,
in
1998.
He
obtained
his
Chemistry
Degree
in
the
University
of
La
Laguna
in
2021.
Also,
he
has
obtained
the
Master's
degree
in
Master
of
Chemistry,
getting
the
specialization
in
Organic
Chemistry
in
2022.
Currently,
he
is
working
on
his
PhD
thesis
in
the
Doctoral
program
of
Chemistry
and
Chemical
engineering
at
the
Universidad
de
La
Laguna.
His
doctoral
thesis
is
directed
by
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz
and
Dr.
Sebastian
Bonardd,
which
is
mainly
focused
in
the
synthesis and preparation of materials for the CO2 adsorption.
Paola
Domínguez
Domínguez
was
born
in
Las
Palmas
de
Gran
Canaria,
Spain,
in
1997.
She
has
graduated
as
a
chemist
in
the
Degree
in
Chemistry
at
the
University
of
La
Laguna
in
2019
and
in
2020
she
obtained
the
Master's
Degree
in
Chemistry
with
specialization
in
Organic
Chemistry
at
the
same
university.
At
present,
she
is
a
PhD
student
in
the
PhD
Program
in
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering
at
the
University
of
La
Laguna.
Her
PhD
Thesis,
supervised
by
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz
(Department
of
Organic
Chemistry;
ULL),
is
based
on
the
use
of
gel-based
materials
as
a
general
reaction
medium
to
achieve
photoredox
catalysis
with
special
emphasis on two-photon processes using visible light under aerobic conditions.
Your name
TFG/TFM/Internship
e-mail
Dr. PRADIP PACHFULE
Assistant Prof. - S. N. B. N. Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India
ps.pachfule@bose.res.in
Dr.
Pradip
Pachfule
studied
chemistry
at
Solapur
University,
India,
and
graduated
in
2008.
He
received
his
Ph.D.
at
CSIR-National
Chemical
Laboratory,
Pune,
India,
under
the
supervision
of
Prof.
Rahul
Banerjee
in
2014.
Later,
he
worked
as
a
JSPS
postdoctoral
research
fellow
in
the
laboratory
of
Prof.
Qiang
Xu
at
AIST,
Kansai,
Japan.
This
was
followed
by
working
in
the
group
of
Prof.
Arne
Thomas
as
an
Alexander
von
Humboldt
postdoctoral
fellow
and
a
postdoctoral
research
fellow
at
the
Technische
Universität
Berlin,
Germany
(2017–2021).
He
is
currently
working
as
an
assistant
professor
at
S.
N.
Bose
National
Centre
for
Basic
Sciences,
Kolkata,
India.
His
research
is
focused
on
covalent
organic
frameworks
and
their
applications
in photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction.
Cristina
del
Mar
García
Martín
was
born
in
Las
Palmas
de
Gran
Canaria,
Spain,
in
1998.
She
has
graduated
as
a
chemist
in
the
Degree
in
Chemistry
at
the
University
of
La
Laguna
in
2022
and
in
2023
she
obtained
the
Master's
Degree
in
food
safety
and
quality
at
the
same
university.
Currently,
she
is
a
PhD
student
in
the
PhD
Program
in
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering
at
the
University
of
La
Laguna.
Her
PhD
Thesis,
supervised
by
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz
(Department
of
Organic
Chemistry;
ULL)
is
focused on the valorization of bio-resources.
Eduardo
Buxaderas
was
born
in
Madrid
in
1984.
He
received
his
B.Sc.
Degree
in
Chemistry
in
2010
at
the
Universidad
Complutense
de
Madrid
(UCM),
and
in
2011
his
M.Sc.
in
Research
in
Organic
Chemistry,
presenting
his
M.Sc.
thesis
entitled
“Trifluoroacetic
anhydride-catalyzed
conjugate
addition
of
boronic
acids
to
alpha,beta-unsaturated
ketones”
under
the
supervision
Prof
Aurelio
García
Csáky.
Later
on,
he
moved
to
Universidad
de
Alicante
to
start
his
Ph.D.
(2011-2014)
under
the
supervision
of
Prof.
Carmen
Nájera
and
Prof.
Diego
Alonso.
His
thesis
was
entitled
“Cross-coupling
reactions
of
alkynes
catalyzed
by
oxime-derived
palladacycles”.
He
carried
out
a
post-doctoral
stay
in
the
Instituto
de
Química
del
Sur
(Universidad
Nacional
del
Sur)
in
Bahia
Blanca,
Argentina,
from
2014
to
2018,
working
on
Catalysis
employing
supported
nanoparticle
catalysts.
In
2019
he
became
Assistant
Researcher
at
the
Consejo
Nacional
de
Investigaciones
Científicas
y
Técnicas
(CONICET).
Currently,
his
research
is
mainly
focus
on
the
synthesis,
preparation
and
application of new phosphorus compounds.
Esteban Eloy Bjerg
Research internship (CONICET Fellow, UNS, Argentina)
e-mail
Andrea
Montón
Vicente
was
born
in
in
Madrid,
Spain,
in
1997.
She
obtained
a
BSc
degree
in
Chemistry
at
the
Complutense
University
of
Madrid
in
2020
and
in
2021
she
obtained
a
Master's
degree
in
Organic
Chemistry
at
the
same
university.
Since
2022,
she
is
working
as
a
researcher
in
Arquimea
Research
Center
while
pursuing
a
PhD
in
collaboration
with
the
University
of
La
Laguna
within
the
PhD
Program
in
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering.
Her
PhD
Thesis,
supervised
by
Prof.
David
Díaz
Díaz
(Department
of
Organic
Chemistry;
ULL),
is
based
on
the
optimisation
of
the
performance
of
aptamer-based
electrochemical
sensors
through
the
development
of
organic
compounds
that
improve
the
performance
required
for
the
continuous
and real-time monitoring of physiologically relevant biomarkers in biofluids.
Aarón
Baz
Figueroa
was
born
Aarón
Baz
Figueroa
was
born
in
Santa
Cruz
de
Tenerife,
Spain,
in
1996.
He
graduated
as
a
pharmacist
with
the
Degree
in
Pharmacy
from
the
University
of
La
Laguna
in
2019
and
in
2023
he
obtained
the
Master's
Degree
in
Pharmaceutical
Dermocosmetics
at
the
University
of
Barcelona.
He
is
currently
a
PhD
student
in
the
Doctoral
Program
in
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering
at
the
University
of
La
Laguna.
His
Doctoral
Thesis,
directed
by
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz
(Department
of
Organic
Chemistry;
ULL),
is
based on the use of soft stimuli-responsive materials for biomedical applications.