Associated Professor, Universidad de Valladolid (2022)
Assistant Professor, Universidad de Alcalá (2019-2022)
Postdoctoral researcher, Prof. J. L. Vicario group, Universidad del País Vasco (2017-2019)
Marie-Curie Fellowship, Prof. D. J. Dixon group, Universidad de Oxford (2015-2017)
Postdoctoral researcher ICIQ-IPMP, Prof. R. Martín group, ICIQ (2013-2015)
Postdoctoral researcher, Prof. A. S. K. Hashmi group, CaRLa-Universidad de Heidelberg (2011-2013)
Ph.D. Universidad de Valladolid (2010), supervisors Prof. R. Pedrosa and Prof. J. M. Andrés
Graduated at the Universidad de Valladolid (2005)
I developed my PhD Thesis at the Universidad de Valladolid on the synthesis of chiral thioureas derived from amino acids and their applications as organocatalysts in enantioselective reactions of interest. Later, as postdoctoral researcher in the groups of Prof. A. S. K. Hashmi and Prof. R. Martín, I developed synthetic methodologies with gold, ruthenium, nickel and palladium catalysis. I then obtained a prestigious Marie-Curie Fellowship to carry out a project of dual enantioselective catalysis (aminocatalysis and metal catalysis with silver and copper) in the laboratories of Prof. D. J. Dixon at Oxford University. After this stage, I joined Prof. J. L. Vicario’s group at the Universidad del País Vasco as a contracted researcher, where I worked on the discovery of new reactivity patterns by enantioselective catalysis by phosphoric acids and by chiral phosphines, as well as on the synthesis of natural products. In October 2019 I joined the Universidad de Alcalá as Assistant Professor. The results of my research are collected in twenty publications, most of them with a high impact rate (ACIE (3), JACS (2), CEJ (3)…). During my research career I have supervised many students during the completion of their Master thesis and Bachelor thesis, as well as during external internships.
Thesis defense, 22.09.2023 (“Estudio de la reactividad del 2,2,2-trifluorodiazoetano en la síntesis de ciclopropanos y pirazoles y en la funcionalización de alcanos”)
Predoctoral stay, Prof. John F. Hartwig (University of California, Berkeley)
FPU grant Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional 2019-2023
Master Drug Discovery Universidad de Alcalá (2018/2019)
Graduated at the Universidad de Jaén (2014-2018)
Publications in the group
Alkanes C(1)-C(6) C-H Bond Activation via a Barrierless Potential Energy Path: Trifluoromethyl Carbenes Enhance Primary C-H Bond Functionalization.
Jonathan Martínez-Laguna, Julia Altarejos, M Ángeles Fuentes, Giuseppe Sciortino, Feliu Maseras, Javier Carreras, Ana Caballero, Pedro J Pérez
2019-present: Senior Research Fellow , Talent Attraction Program of Community of Madrid-Type 1, Universidad de Alcalá (Madrid)
2013-2019: Associated Researcher, University of Zurich (Switzerland) (Prof. Cristina Nevado). Development of new methodologies in organic synthesis and study of reaction mechanisms through computational calculations.
2011-2013: «JAE-Doc» Researcher, Instituto de Química Orgánica General (IQOG-CSIC) (Madrid) (Prof. Félix Sánchez). Design and synthesis of new functionalized micro and mesoporous organic materials.
2010-2011: «Juan de la Cierva» Researcher, Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ, CSIC-UPV) (Prof. Avelino Corma). Development and study of the properties of new multifunctional hybrid materials.
2007-2009: Postdoctoral Researcher, RWTH Aachen University (Germany) (Prof. Magnus Rueping).
2007: Ph.D. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Prof. Mª Carmen Carreño) Nuevas Aplicaciones de los Sulfóxidos: Síntesis de Moléculas Naturales a partir de p-(tolilsulfinilmetil)-p-Quinoles. Síntesis y Propiedades Fotocrómicas de Sulfinil Azocompuestos Enantiopuros.
2000: Graduated at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Center for Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology – UAH (2024-)
Predoctoral stay, Prof. Luc Brunsveld (Chemical Biology, Eindhoven University of Technology)
Project associate researcher. Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
Master Organic Synthesis Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2017/2018)
Graduated at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2013-2017)
Publications in the group
Identification and study of new NF-κB-inducing kinase ligands derived from the imidazolone scaffold.
Francisco Maqueda-Zelaya, Lara Valiño-Rivas, Ana Milián, Sara Gutiérrez, José Luis Aceña, Javier Garcia-Marin, Mª Dolores Sánchez-Niño, Juan J Vaquero, Alberto Ortiz
Thesis defense, 12.04.24. “Síntesis de aminoácidos bicíclicos y peptidomiméticos conformacionalmente restringidos derivados de prolina y ácido pipecólico”
Predoctoral stay, Prof. Maria Laura Bolognesi (BoMedChem Lab, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna)
Expanding the BN-embedded PAH family: 4a-aza-12a-borachrysene.
Alberto Abengozar, Isabel Valencia, Guillermo G Otarola, David Sucunza, Patricia Garcia-Garcia, Adrian Perez-Redondo, Francisco Mendicuti, Juan J Vaquero
Predoctoral stay, Prof. David Sarlah (Illinois University, Urbana-Champaign)
FPI grant Universidad de Alcalá (2016-2020)
REDINREN associate researcher Universidad de Alcalá (2016)
Master Food and nutrition, Universidad de Barcelona (2017)
Master Drug Discovery, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2016)
Graduated at the Universidad de Barcelona (2014)
Publications in the group
Identification and study of new NF-κB-inducing kinase ligands derived from the imidazolone scaffold.
Francisco Maqueda-Zelaya, Lara Valiño-Rivas, Ana Milián, Sara Gutiérrez, José Luis Aceña, Javier Garcia-Marin, Mª Dolores Sánchez-Niño, Juan J Vaquero, Alberto Ortiz
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