Department of Organic Chemistry
        

     Research experience

     
       2005-present         Research Scientist (Ramón y Cajal program)
                                     University of Valencia, SPAIN

       2003-2004            Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Emmanuel A. Theodorakis
                                     University of California, San Diego, USA

       2001-2003            Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Gerald Pattenden
                                     University of Nottingham, UK

     Honors & Awards
  • Prize Enrique Nuñez Olarte for best work in basic pharmacology, 2013.
  • Generalitat Valenciana Research grant, Valencia University, 2007-2008.
  • Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry member, 2005.
  • Ramón y Cajal program Research award, 2004.
  • MECD-Fulbright Postdoctoral  fellowship, 2003-2004.
  • Award for the outstanding PhD thesis in Chemistry, Valencia University, 2001-2002 academic year
  • First award Science`s Orchid, Colombia, 2000.
  • European Union scholarship, 2nd Euroconference on Marine natural products, 1999.
  • Generalitat Valenciana Research scholarship, Nottingham University, 1999.
  • Generalitat Valenciana Pre-doctoral fellowship, Valencia University, 1998-2001.
  • 100 years of Chemistry studies award recipient, Valencia University, 1994-5 academic year
  • Ministry of Education and Science collaboration scholarship, Valencia University, 1994-5  academic  year
  • Ministry of Education and Science scholarship, Valencia University, 1990-95.


    Research interests

    
Current targets for Total synthesis and Medicinal chemistry: