Education: Bachelor's degree in chemistry (1994) and PhD in chemistry (2000)
Research stays: predoctoral, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, group of Prof. TJ Meyer (1996, 3 months), and Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, in the group of Prof. Alain Deronzier (1998, 4 months). Postdoctoral, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Toulouse, France, group of Prof. Bernard Meunier (2001-2002), Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, group of Prof. Johannes Vos (November-December 2004), École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France, group of Prof. Laurent Bonneviot and Belén Albela (September-October 2021 and stay as invited professor, July 2022)
Contractual relationship: part-time associate (September-December 1994), FI predoctoral fellow (1995-1998), part-time associate (2000-2001), full-time associate (2001-2004), lecturer (2004-2005) and permanent associate professor (2005-present).
Research lines: they fall within the field of inorganic chemistry, and are focused on the design, synthesis and characterization of transition metal complexes, with the aim of using them as catalysts in different chemical transformations, including photoactivated processes. Other applications of these compounds are their use as anticancer agents, in certain cases through photodynamic (light-activated) therapy. Some of the compounds are modified to be incorporated into insoluble solid supports such as silica nanoparticles, thus generating heterogeneous catalytic systems, or also advanced anticancer agents, where photodynamic therapy can be complemented with the incorporation of compounds with the ability of driving the nanoparticles to specific cells and also with the administration of different simultaneous treatments.