Manuel Ángel Fernández

Manuel Ángel Fernández

Full Professor

ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-0120-5599

    • Full Professor Universidad de Alcalá (2022)
    • Associate Professor Universidad de Alcalá (2016-2022)
    • Associate Professor Universidad de Burgos (2013-2016)
    • Ramón y Cajal researcher, Universidad De Burgos (2009-2013)
    • Juan de la Cierva researcher, CSIC (2006-2008)
    • Postdoctoral researcher Department of Chemistry, Yale University (EEUU) (2004-2006)
    • Ph.D. Universidad de Oviedo (2003)
    • Graduated at the Universidad de Oviedo (1998)

    Ph.D. from the Universidad de Oviedo, he has extensive research experience in different universities and research centres in Spain and USA, mainly in organometallic chemistry, catalysis and organic synthesis. Throughout his research career he has participated in 20 research projects (4 of them as a PI) and has published more than 50 scientific articles in JCR indexed journals, 3 book chapters and 8 patents (1 of them international). It is worth noting that almost 90% of his publications are in journals in the first quartile Q1, presenting an h index = 24. On the other hand, he has presented more than 60 contributions to national and international conferences. In addition, he has directed 3 Doctoral Thesis and 10 Master’s Thesis and is currently directing another 4 Doctoral Thesis.
    As full professor in the Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry at the Universidad de Alcalá, his research focuses on the development of new catalytic and synthetic processes and their application in the field of new materials and medical chemistry.