Fitxa persona

He graduated in Chemistry from the University of Valencia in 2006, receiving the Extraordinary End-of-Career Prize. In the same year, he also completed a degree in Chemical Engineering, specializing in Organic Chemistry, from the École Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Materiaux de Strasbourg (ECPM, France). He obtained his Master's Degree in Supramolecular and Macromolecular Chemistry from the University Louis Pasteur in September 2006 (Strasbourg).

He pursued his PhD under the supervision of Professor Leroux (Bayer-CNRS laboratory) and Professor Colobert (Syncat), earning a European PhD from the University of Strasbourg on October 9, 2009. Subsequently, he undertook a postdoctoral stay with Professor Jérôme Lacour in Geneva, Switzerland, for a year and a half, followed by another postdoctoral position with Professor Hermenegildo Garcia and Professor Mercedes Álvaro at ITQ-UPV, Spain, for one year and eight months.

In 2013, he secured a position as a researcher (Doctor Junior Fellow) in the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Valencia (UVEG), associated with a CONSOLIDER project (SUPRAMED). In April 2014, he was awarded an associate professor position (6+6). In July 2015, he joined the group of E. Garcia Spain at ICMOL Valencia as a postdoctoral researcher with the Ministry (formerly a Juan de la Cierva Fellow, 2013, for 2+2 years). In November 2017, he joined the CSIC in the group of Dr. Rodrigo as a postdoctoral researcher (I2SysBio, CSIC/UVEG). Finally, in November 2018, he was appointed as a Profesor Ayudante Doctor in the Organic Chemistry department at the University of Valencia. In 2023 he was appointed as professor (Profesor Titular). In 2021 R. Ballesteros-Garrido was appointed as ViceDean of the Faculty of Chemistry.