MARIA GONZALEZ BEJAR
PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
Knowledge area: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Department: Organic Chemistry
Department: Organic Chemistry
María González Béjar
Universidad de Valencia
Instituto de Ciencia Molecular
C/ Catedrático José Beltrán, 2
46980, Paterna – (Valencia)
44433
44433
Subjects taught and teaching methods
| 34062 - Química Orgánica - Double Degree in Pharmacy and Human Nutrition and Dietetics | |
| 36455 - Lab.Química Orgánica I - Degree in Chemistry | |
| 34062 - Química Orgánica - Degree in Pharmacy |
Tutorials
| 01/09/2026 - 29/01/2027 |
| MARTES de 09:00 a 12:00 0.2.5 DESPATX 0.2.5 DESPATX INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA MOLECULAR |
| 01/02/2027 - 31/07/2027 |
| LUNES de 09:00 a 12:00 0.2.5 DESPATX 0.2.5 DESPATX INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA MOLECULAR |
| Observations |
| Participate in the e-tutoring programme of the Universitat de València |
Academic training
- Licenciada en CC. Química. Facultat de Quimiques. 24/07/2002 (Diploma / Degree / Activities).
- Diploma Estudios Avanzados. Facultat de Quimiques. 26/11/2004 (Ph.D.).
- Tesis Doctoral (Doctorado Europeo). Facultat de Quimiques. 27/04/2007 (Ph.D.).
- Postdoctoral Fellowship. Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (University of Ottawa). 31/05/2010 (Ph.D.).
Journal Publications
- Laura Francés-Soriano,a Marta Liras; Agnieszka Kowalczyk; Artur Bednarkiewicz; Maria González-Béjar; Julia Pérez-Prieto (2016) Energy Transfer in diiodobodipy-grafted upconversion nanohybrids. Nanoscale, 8, pp. 294 - 208 . ISSN: 2040-3364
- Ileana Recalde; Nestor Estebanez; Laura Francés-Soriano; Marta Liras; María González-Béjar; Julia Pérez-Prieto (2016) Upconversion nanoparticles with a strong acid-resistant capping. Nanoscale, 8, pp. 7588 - 7594 . ISSN: 2040-3364
- Julie P. Vanegas; Elena Zaballos-García; María González-Béjar; Pablo Londoño-Larreaa; Julia Pérez-Prieto (2016) Adenosine monophosphate-capped gold(I) nanoclusters: synthesis and lanthanide ion-induced enhancement of their luminescence. Rsc Advances, 6, pp. 17678 - 17682 . ISSN: 2046-2069
- Laura Francés-Soriano; Soranye lGonzalez-Carrero; Enrique Navarro-Raga; Raquel E. Galian; María González-Béjar; Julia Pérez-Prieto (2016) Efficient cementing of CH3NH3PbBr3 nanoparticles to up-conversion nanoparticles visualized by confocal microscopy. Advanced Functional Materials, 26, pp. 5131 - 5138 . ISSN: 1616-301X
- Soranyel Gonzalez-Carrero; Laura Francés-Soriano; María González-Béjar; Saïd Agouram; Raquel E. Galian; Julia Pérez-Prieto (2016) The luminescence of CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite nanoparticles crests the summit and their photostability under wet conditions is enhanced. Small, 12, pp. 5245 - 5250 . ISSN: 1613-6810
- María González-Béjar; Laura Francés-Soriano; Julia Pérez-Prieto (2016) Upconversion Nanoparticles for Bioimaging and Regenerative Medicine. Frontiers In Bioengineering And Biotechnology, 4, pp. 1 - 9 . ISSN: 2296-4185
- Arnau Call; Federico Franco; Noufal Kandoth; Sergio Fernández; María González-Béjar; Julia Pérez-Prieto; Josep M. Luis; Julio Lloret-Fillol (2018) Understanding light-driven H2 evolution through the electronic tuning of aminopyridine cobalt complexes. Chemical Science, 9, pp. 2609 - 2619 . ISSN: 2041-6520
- Anabel E. Lanterna; María González-Béjar; Mathieu Frenette; Juan C. Scaiano (2017) Photophysics of 7-mercapto-4-methylcoumarin and derivatives: complementary fluorescence behaviour to 7-hydroxycoumarins. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 16(8), pp. 1284 - 1289 . ISSN: 1474-905X
- Rafael Irigoyen-Campuzano; María González-Béjar; Eduardo Pino; José B. Proal- Nájera;* Julia Pérez-Prieto* (2017) A metal-free, nonconjugated polymer for solar photocatalysis. Chemistry-A European Journal, 23, pp. 2867 - 2876 . ISSN: 0947-6539
- Francés-Soriano, L., Zakharko, M.A., González-Béjar, M., Panchenko, P. A., Herranz-Pérez, V., Pritmov, D. A., Grin, M. A., Mironov, A.F., García-Verdugo, J.M., Fedorova, O.A.*, Pérez-Prieto, J.* (2018) Nanohybrid for Photodynamic Therapy and Fluorescence Imaging Tracking without Therapy. Chemistry of Materials, 30, pp. 3677 - 3682 . ISSN: 0897-4756
- Nestor Estebanez; Juan Ferrera-González; Laura Francés-Soriano; Raul Arenal; María González-Béjar; Julia Pérez-Prieto (2018) Breaking the Nd3+-sensitized upconversion nanoparticles myth about the need of onion-layered structures. Nanoscale, 10, pp. 12297 - 12301 . ISSN: 2040-3364
- María González-Béjar (2018) Química sostenible y fotocatálisis: nanopartículas metálicas como fotocatalizadores para la síntesis de compuestos orgánicos. Anales de la Real Sociedad Española de Química, 114(1), pp. 31 - 38 . ISSN: 1575-3417
- Nestor Estebanez; María González-Béjar; and Julia Pérez-Prieto (2019) Polysulfonate Cappings on Upconversion Nanoparticles Prevent Their Disintegration in Water and Provide Superior Stability in a Highly Acidic Medium. Acs Omega, 4(2), pp. 3012 - 3019 . ISSN: 2470-1343
- Nestor Estebanez; Alejandro Cortés-Villena; Juan Ferrera-González; María González-Béjar; Raquel E. Galian; Soranyel González-Carrero; Julia Pérez-Prieto (2020) Linear Coassembly of upconversion and Perovskite nanoparticles: Sensitized upconversion Emission of perovskita by Lanthanide-Doped nanoparticles. Advanced Functional Materials. ISSN: 1616-301X
- Nestor Estebanez; Juan Ferrera-Gonzalez; Ian Alberto Cortez-Cevallos; María González-Béjar; Julia Pérez Prieto (2020) Lengthening the lifetime of common emissive probes to microseconds by a jigsaw-like construction of NIR-responsive nanohybrids. Advanced Optical Materials, 8, p. 1902030 . ISSN: 2195-1071
- Juan Ferrera-González; Laura Francés-Soriano; Nestor Estébanez; Enrique Navarro-Raga; María González-Béjar; Julia Pérez-Prieto (2021) NIR laser scanning microscopy for photophysical characterization of upconversion nanoparticles and nanohybrids. Nanoscale, 13, pp. 10067 - 10080 . ISSN: 2040-3364
- 7- L. Francés-Soriano; M. González-Béjar; J. Perez-Prieto (2018) NIR-responsive nanohybrids for efficient energy transfer. EPA Newsletter, 95, pp. 38 - 41 . ISSN: 1011-4246
- Juan Ferrera-González; Laura Francés-Soriano; Cristina Galiana-Roselló; Jorge González-Garcia; María González-Béjar; Eleonore Fröhlich; Julia Pérez-Prieto. (2021) Initial Biological Assessment of Upconversion Nanohybrids. Biomedicines, 9(10), p. 1419 . ISSN: 2227-9059
- Laura Francés‑Soriano; Juan Ferrera‑González; María González‑Béjar; Julia Pérez‑Prieto (2022) Near‑infrared Excitation/emission microscopy with lanthanide‑based nanoparticles. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry(414), pp. 4291 - 4310 . ISSN: 1618-2642
- María González‑Béjar (2021) Photoactive Hybrid Materials based on Conjugated Porous Polymers and Inorganic Nanoparticles. Advanced Photonics Research, 2(2100060), pp. 1 - 16 . ISSN: 2699-9293
- Rita B. Cevallos-Toledo,Delia Bellezza, Juan Ferrera-González,, Angelo Giussani,Enrique Ortí, María González-Béjar,, and Julia Pérez-Prieto, (2023) Cooperative Sensitization Upconversion in Ytterbium(III)-Based Eosin Lake Pigments. Chemphotochem, e202300156, pp. 1 - 7 . ISSN: 2367-0932
- Juan Ferrera-González; María González-Béjar; Julia Pérez-Prieto (2023) Synergistic or antagonistic effect of lanthanides on Rose Bengal photophysics in upconversion nanohybrids?. Nanoscale, 15, pp. 19792 - 19800 . ISSN: 2040-3364
- Irene Pérez-Herráez; Juan Ferrera-González; Elena Zaballos-García; María González-Béjar; Julia Pérez-Prieto (2024) Raspberry-like Nanoheterostructures Comprising Glutathione-Capped Gold Nanoclusters Grown on the Lanthanide Nanoparticle Surface. Chemistry of Materials, 36(9), pp. 4426 - 4436 . ISSN: 0897-4756
- Rita B. Cevallos-Toledo,Delia Bellezza, María González-Béjar,, and Julia Pérez-Prieto (2024) NIR-triggered upconversion and sensitized NIR-emission in Yb-based Eosin Y lake doped latex nanoparticles. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics(26), pp. 23566 - 23569 . ISSN: 1463-9076
- Laura Francés-Soriano; Delia Bellezza; Juan Ferrera-González; María González-Béjar; Julia Pérez-Prieto (2024) NIR-triggered photooxygenation of a-terpinene with upconversion nanohybrids. Nanoscale Advances, 6(23), pp. 5889 - 5896 . ISSN: 2516-0230
- Gerliz M. Gutiérrez-Finol; Aman Ullah; María González-Béjar; Alejandro Gaita-Ariño (2025) A call for frugal modelling: two case studies involving molecular spin dynamics. Green Chemistry, 27, pp. 3167 - 3177 . ISSN: 1463-9262
- Francés-Soriano, L.; Rodríguez-Muñiz, G. M.; Lizondo-Aranda, P.; Bellezza, D. ; González-Béjar, M.; Lhiaubet-Vallet, V. (2025) Upconversion nanohybrids for NIR-induced photorepair of DNA etheno adducts. Nanoscale(17), pp. 19103 - 19109 . ISSN: 2040-3364
Previous Tasks
- Beca de Formación de Personal Investigador (Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia). Facultad de Química. Universidad de Valencia. 01/05/2003 - 30/04/2007.
- Beca de Estancias Cortas de Formación de Personal Investigador Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia). Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie I. Technische Universität München. 31/05/2005 - 31/08/2005.
- Contrato de Investigación Postdoctoral (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia). University of Ottawa. 01/09/2007 - 31/08/2009.
- Investigadora Contratada Juan de la Cierva (MINECO). ICMOL/Facultad de Química. Universidad de Valencia. 01/09/2011 - 31/08/2014.
- Investigador Doctor Senior (TP). Universidad de Valencia. 02/09/2014 - 30/11/2014.
- Investigador Contratado Ramón y Cajal. Universidad de Valencia. 01/12/2014.
- Contrato de Investigación Postdoctoral. University of Ottawa. 01/09/2009 - 31/08/2011.
Patents, Software and Database
- Pérez Prieto, J.; González Béjar, M.; Estebanez Bloem, N. L.; Fernández Lozano, J. F.; Enríquez Pérez, E.; López Buendía, A. M.; Urquiola Casas, M., Ref. PCT/ES2017/070474. Luminescent Upconversion Materials and Method for Preparing Same Nº de publicación internacional: WO 2018/002405 A1. SPAIN EUROPEAN UNION. 30/06/2016.
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