I graduated in Chemistry from the University of Valencia in 2006 (Extraordinary end-of-career prize), in Chemical Engineering, Organic chemistry specialty from the École Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Materiaux de Strasbourg in 2006 (ECPM, France). I obtained my Master's Degree in Supramolecular and Macromolecular Chemistry from the University Louis Pasteur in September 2006 (Strasbourg). I did my PhD in the group of Pr. Leroux (Bayer-CNRS laboratory) and Pr.. Colobert (Syncat) obtaining on 9/10/2009 the European PhD from the University of Strasbourg. Next, I made a postdoctoral stay with Prof. Jerôme Lacour (Geneva, Switzerland) for a year and a half and another with Pr. Hermenegildo Garcia and Pr. Mercedes Álvaro (ITQ-UPV, SPAIN) for one year and 8 months. In 2013, I obtained a position as researcher (Doctor Junior fellow) in the Department of Organic Chemistry of the University of Valencia (UVEG) associated with a CONSOLIDER project (SUPRAMED). In April 2014 he won a position of associate professor 6 + 6. In July 2015 I joined the group of E. Garcia Spain (ICMOL Valencia) as postdoctoral researcher of the ministry (former Juan de la Cierva fellow, 2013 of 2 + 2 years). In November 2017 I joined the CSIC in the group of Dr. Rodrigo as a postdoctoral researcher (I2SysBio, CSIC / UVEG). In November 2018 I won a possition as  Profesor Ajudant Doctor at the Organic Chemistry department from University of Valencia

Current Reserarch lines:

Hyrdrogen Autotransfer (Borrowing Hydrogen) Reactions with Heterogeneous Catalyst  and diols

Macroscopic size nanostructured porous MOF-like materials

Sensors and Exoctic interactions

Jorge Escorihuela received his degree in Chemistry in 2003 and his Ph.D. in 2009 (Excellent Cum Laude) from Universitat Jaume I in Castellón. In 2010, he joined the group of Prof. Maquieira at Universitat Politècnica de Valencia for four years as a postdoctoral researcher, where he worked on photoclick chemistry reactions for surface modification and preparation of microarrays of biomolecules. In 2014, he started a two-year postdoctoral stay with Prof. Han Zuilhof at Wageningen University and Research in The Netherlands, working on surface modification and strain-promoted click chemistry reactions. In 2017, he returned to Universitat Politècnica de Valencia at the group pf Prof. Compañ, where we worked on the preparation of novel polymeric membranes for fuel cell applications. In 2019, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Organic Chemistry Department of the University of Valencia.

I graduated in BSc in Chemistry (2010) and in MSc in Org. Chemistry (2012), both from UV and obtaining Extraordinary Awards. During my BSc, I carried out a 9-months stay in the laboratory of Prof. D. Craig at Imperial College (UK).

In 2011, I was awarded an “Atracció de Talent” grant for my PhD, which I conducted at UV (Prof. J. R. Pedro / I. Fernández) working on enantioselective methods for the addition of hydroxyarenes using bifunctional organocatalysis. My PhD was awarded the Extraordinary Award, and I was finalist in the Lilly Awards. During this period, I conducted a 6-months stay in the group of Prof. G. Fu, at Caltech (2013, USA).

After the PhD, I moved to Stockholm University (April 2016), where I worked under the supervision of Dr. A. Mendoza on kinetic analysis, [3+2] cycloadditions and redox-active diazo compounds. During this period, I was awarded a Wenner-Gren Foundation grant, and a Generalitat-Valenciana Fellowship, which allowed me to go back to UV for a few months, conducting research, mentoring and teaching activities.

In October 2019, I joined the Prof. A. Echavarren group at ICIQ first as a postdoctoral researcher and then as JdlC-Incorporación (2020). I worked on the preparation of chiral ligands for enantioselective gold-catalysis, C-H activation and the generation of carbenes by retro-Buchner reactions. I also investigated on the design and synthesis of gold complexes for targeted intracellular applications, in collaboration with José Alberto López, from Prof. M. Serrano Group at IRB Barcelona. Our project was awarded by the “Ignite Program” by the BIST.

After a brief period (March-October 2022) as Assistant Professor at the Inorganic and Organic Chemistry Department at Universidad de Alcalá, I finally came back to UV, where I was appointed Assistant Professor at the Organic Chemistry Department.

B.Sc. in Chemistry, Universidad de Murcia, Spain, 1986. Ph.D. in Chemistry, Universidad de Murcia, Spain, 1991. EU Human Capital & Mobility Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK, 1991-1994. Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Technische Universität Brawnschweig, Germany, 1994-1995. MEC Senior Research Scientist, Universidad de Murcia, Spain, 1995-1998. MEC Senior Research Scientist, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain 1998-1999. Profesor Asociado and MEC-GV Senior Research Scientist, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, 1999-2001. Ramón y Cajal Research Scientist, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, 2002-2006. Profesor Contratado Doctor, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, 2006-2008. Habilitación Profesor Titular de Universidad, Universidad de Córdoba, Spain, 2008. Profesor Titular de Universidad, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, 2008-2018. Head of the Organic Chemistry Department, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, 2012-2018. President of Sección Territorial de Valencia de la Real Sociedad Española de Química, 2016. Catedrático de Univerisidad, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, 2018
Research Interests: crystal engineering, catalysis, organic and metalorganic frameworks, nonconventional intermolecular interactions, single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Carlos Vila va rebre el seu títol de Llicenciatura en Química (2005, Premi Extraordinari, Millor Expedient Acadèmic de l'any 2005 i Premi Nacional del Ministeri de Espanya el 2005) i Doctor en Química (2010, Excel·lent Cum Laude) de la Universitat de València. El 2010, es va unir al grup del Prof. Rueping a la Universitat RWTH d'Aachen, Alemanya, durant dos anys i 2 mesos com a investigador postdoctoral, on es va centrar en l'estudi de la catàlisi fotoredox  amb llum visible i l'activació d'alcohols al·lílics. El 2012, va realitzar una segona estada postdoctoral de dos anys amb el professor Ben L. Feringa (Premi Nobel de Química 2016) a la Universitat de Groningen amb una beca Marie Curie, treballant en reaccions d'acoblament creuat de reactius organolítics i catàlisi asimètrica. En 2014, va tornar a la Universitat de València com a investigador "Juan de la Cierva". En 2017, va aconseguir un contracte Ramón i Cajal 'al Departament de Química Orgànica de la Universitat de València. En març del 2023, va ontindre la promoció a Professor Titular d'Universitat. La seua recerca es centra en el desenvolupament de noves metodologies per a la síntesi sostenible de compostos orgànics, especialment compostos heterocíclics, mitjançant l'ús de la catàlisi asimètrica, organocatàlisi i/o fotocatàlisi.