If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
Albert Einstein
NURIA MAZO,
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CLAUDIO d. nAVO,
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GUILLERMO GARCIA, M.S. |
CARLOS AYDILLO, PH.D. |
Organic Chemist. World-expert in organic and SPPS synthesis. The true boss!
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Organic & Computational Chemist, talented musician and videogame designer!
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Molecular Biologist (really?) slowly being corrupted to the computational dark side!
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Old-time Organic Chemist. He really knows the stuff... Now a happy Associate Professor at University of Navarra
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GONZALO JIMÉNEZ-OSÉS, Ph.D.
Computational Chemical Biology lab
Department of Chemistry University of La Rioja Phone: 034-941-299656 E-mail: gonzalo.jimenez@unirioja.es ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0105-4337 ResearcherID: B-8057-2014 h-index: 22 ResearchGate profile Google Scholar profile |
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Alleged Group Leader, namely the guy that writes proposals, reports,... and pays the bills!
Awards & Grants
Suschem Postdoc Award, 2016
MINECO I+D "Challenges" Research Grant, Principal Investigator, 2016
Young Investigator Award, University of La Rioja, 2016
Ramon y Cajal Research Fellow, 2014
Ikerbasque Research Fellow, 2014
Amgen Award for Postdoctoral Research, UCLA, 2014
MBI Research Excellence Award, UCLA, 2014
Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research (finalist), UCLA, 2013
Excellence Award in Ph.D. Research, University of La Rioja, 2009
President of the Young Chemists division of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (JIQ-RSEQ, 2017-present)
Secretary of the Chemistry and Computation group of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (GEQC-RSEQ, 2018-present)
Education/Research
UCLA Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles, 2012-present. (with K. N. Houk).
MEC-Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 2011-2012. (with K. N. Houk).
CAR Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 2010-2011. (with K. N. Houk).
Lecturer of Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, University of Zaragoza, 2008-2010.
Consolider INGENIO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Zaragoza, 2007-2008. (with J. I. García).
Ph. D. in Chemistry, University of La Rioja, Spain, 2007 (cum laude, with A. Avenoza and J. M. Peregrina).
M. S. in Chemistry, University of La Rioja, 2001
One recognizsed research period (2009, Gobierno de Aragón)
Accredited for Profesor Ayudante Doctor (ANECA)
Accredited for Profesor Contratado Doctor (ANECA)
Accredited for Profesor de Universidad Privada (ANECA)
Member of the American Chemical Society
Member of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry
Bio sketch
Gonzalo received his PhD at Universidad de La Rioja (UR) working on experimental organic synthesis (Avenoza/Peregrina/Busto, 2001-2007). Then moved to Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC first as a postdoctoral associate (García/Mayoral/Fraile, 2007-2009) and then as a lecturer (2009-2010) working on heterogeneous metal catalysis both experimentally and computationally. He then moved to University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a CAR & Fullbrigth postdoctoral fellow (2010-2012), then associate (2013-2015) working with Ken Houk on computational chemistry, mostly on organic/metal catalysis and enzyme design. He is currently a Ramon y Cajal research Fellow and leader of the Computational Chemical Biology group at Universidad de La Rioja since 2015, where he is also the manager of supercomputing resources. His research resides in the interphase between Chemistry, Biology and Computation, and uses state-of-the art multiscale simulation methods to predict and understand complex chemical and biological processes such as reaction mechanisms, protein structure/dynamics/function and matter properties. His group is in close collaboration with top experimental groups all around the world, which provide necessary laboratory support and feedback to validate all theoretical predictions, making this research to be highly collaborative and cross-disciplinary by nature. His group has published around 90 papers, nearly all of them in first quartile (Q1) and half of them in first decile (D1) journals and contributed to around 50 scientific meetings. In the last years he has been invited to give lectures at prestigious institutions and meetings (Cambridge, EuChems, ACS) and has received a number of prestigious awards such as the UR Young Investigator Award, the Suschem Postdoc Award, the Amgen Award for Postdoctoral Research and the MBI Research Excellence Award. Gonzalo is also actively involved in outreach activities and bringing chemistry closer to society, thus being the president of the Young Chemists division of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) and secretary of the RSEQ Chemistry & Computation group that he recently contributed to create. He has organized a number of scientific events and symposia, served as a reviewer for many scientific journals, and supervised 7 PhD students and 15 undergraduate (TFG) and graduate (TFM) students to date.
Suschem Postdoc Award, 2016
MINECO I+D "Challenges" Research Grant, Principal Investigator, 2016
Young Investigator Award, University of La Rioja, 2016
Ramon y Cajal Research Fellow, 2014
Ikerbasque Research Fellow, 2014
Amgen Award for Postdoctoral Research, UCLA, 2014
MBI Research Excellence Award, UCLA, 2014
Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research (finalist), UCLA, 2013
Excellence Award in Ph.D. Research, University of La Rioja, 2009
President of the Young Chemists division of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (JIQ-RSEQ, 2017-present)
Secretary of the Chemistry and Computation group of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (GEQC-RSEQ, 2018-present)
Education/Research
UCLA Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles, 2012-present. (with K. N. Houk).
MEC-Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 2011-2012. (with K. N. Houk).
CAR Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 2010-2011. (with K. N. Houk).
Lecturer of Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, University of Zaragoza, 2008-2010.
Consolider INGENIO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Zaragoza, 2007-2008. (with J. I. García).
Ph. D. in Chemistry, University of La Rioja, Spain, 2007 (cum laude, with A. Avenoza and J. M. Peregrina).
M. S. in Chemistry, University of La Rioja, 2001
One recognizsed research period (2009, Gobierno de Aragón)
Accredited for Profesor Ayudante Doctor (ANECA)
Accredited for Profesor Contratado Doctor (ANECA)
Accredited for Profesor de Universidad Privada (ANECA)
Member of the American Chemical Society
Member of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry
Bio sketch
Gonzalo received his PhD at Universidad de La Rioja (UR) working on experimental organic synthesis (Avenoza/Peregrina/Busto, 2001-2007). Then moved to Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC first as a postdoctoral associate (García/Mayoral/Fraile, 2007-2009) and then as a lecturer (2009-2010) working on heterogeneous metal catalysis both experimentally and computationally. He then moved to University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a CAR & Fullbrigth postdoctoral fellow (2010-2012), then associate (2013-2015) working with Ken Houk on computational chemistry, mostly on organic/metal catalysis and enzyme design. He is currently a Ramon y Cajal research Fellow and leader of the Computational Chemical Biology group at Universidad de La Rioja since 2015, where he is also the manager of supercomputing resources. His research resides in the interphase between Chemistry, Biology and Computation, and uses state-of-the art multiscale simulation methods to predict and understand complex chemical and biological processes such as reaction mechanisms, protein structure/dynamics/function and matter properties. His group is in close collaboration with top experimental groups all around the world, which provide necessary laboratory support and feedback to validate all theoretical predictions, making this research to be highly collaborative and cross-disciplinary by nature. His group has published around 90 papers, nearly all of them in first quartile (Q1) and half of them in first decile (D1) journals and contributed to around 50 scientific meetings. In the last years he has been invited to give lectures at prestigious institutions and meetings (Cambridge, EuChems, ACS) and has received a number of prestigious awards such as the UR Young Investigator Award, the Suschem Postdoc Award, the Amgen Award for Postdoctoral Research and the MBI Research Excellence Award. Gonzalo is also actively involved in outreach activities and bringing chemistry closer to society, thus being the president of the Young Chemists division of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) and secretary of the RSEQ Chemistry & Computation group that he recently contributed to create. He has organized a number of scientific events and symposia, served as a reviewer for many scientific journals, and supervised 7 PhD students and 15 undergraduate (TFG) and graduate (TFM) students to date.
