Fitxa persona

Dr. J. Javier Ruiz-Pernia obtained his BsC(2002) and his European PhD(2007) in chemistry from Universitat of Valencia under the supervision of professor Iñaki Tuñón. His PhD was involved in the QM/MM methodology development and its application in proton transfers and addition reactions in enzymes.

In 2007, he moved to the University of Bath, Somerset (UK) to his postdoctoral research under the supervision of Prof. Ian H Williams where his work was focused on the kinetic isotope effects averaging in organic and enzymatic reactions by means of QM/MM methods simulations. In 2010, he joined a Juan de la Cierva contract at Universitat Jaume I of Castellón (biocomp group) where he studied the effects of the hydrostatic pressure in the mechanism properties and the environment global role in the advance of the chemical processes.

In 2014, he joined a postdoctoral position in Universidade do Sao Carlos (UFsCAR, Brazil) in professor Elson Longo’s group where he developed an application of QM/MM methods for nanomaterials synthesis. In 2016, he joined a national project for young researches in UJI (biocomp group).

From 2017 to 2021, he worked as Assistant Professor (Profesor Ayudante Doctor), and from 2021 to 2025 as Associate Professor (Profesor Titular de Universidad), in the Department of Physical Chemistry at the University of Valencia, within Professor Tuñón’s group (https://www.tunonlab.com/). In 2025, he appointed Full Professor (Catedrático de Universidad) in the same department.