Postdocs and PhDs
PDI Postdoctoral
Nin Hill, Alba
Postdoctoral Researcher
Since January 2021, Alba is a Maria de Maeztu postdoctoral researcher in Rovira’s Lab at the Universitat de Barcelona. She received her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry in 2014, followed by a European Master in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (2014-2016) and a PhD supervised by Prof. Carme Rovira (2016-2020) at the Universitat de Barcelona. Her research focuses on molecular modelling of carbohydrates and carbohydrate-active enzymes employing QM/MM molecular dynamics and enhanced sampling techniques.
Finished thesis: 2020 Current group: Prof. Carme Rovira
Rodríguez, Elena
Postdoctoral Researcher
Elena obtained her Degree´s in Chemistry at Univeristy of Sevilla (US, Spain). Afterwards, she recieved her Master´s Science and Technology of Novel Materials and PhD in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling at the US (2016-2021). During this period, she performed a short-stay in the Chemistry and Pharmacy Department at University of Reading (UK). Since January 2022, Elena works, as postdoctoral researcher, on the design of doped photoactive TiO2 NPs and on the reactivity in the excited states under the umbrella of EXCILIGHT project.
Finished thesis: 2021 Current group: Ángel Morales, Francesc Illas
Mattera, Michele
Postdoctoral Researcher
From October 2020 I joined as postdoctoral researcher at University of Barcelona. I have obtained in 2017 my PhD degree in Nanoscience and Molecular Nanotechnology, from the University of Valencia, working in the field of molecular spintronics, with a thesis entitled “Molecular Nanostructures on Ferromagnetic Metals for Spintronics”. Then I moved to the Parisian Institute of Molecular Chemistry, where I joined as postdoctoral researcher, first the E-POM and after moved to the Polymer’s Group in the same institute, respectively in 2018 and 2019.
Finished thesis: 2017 Current group: Prof. Josep Puigmarti-Luis
Calvelo Souto, Martín
Postdoctoral Researcher
Martin Calvelo is a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Carme Rovira at the Universitat de Barcelona since June 2021. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry in 2014, followed by a Master in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (2014-2016), in the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. After that, he received his PhD at the same university. Now, his research is focused on molecular modelling of enzymatic reactions involving carbohydrates using QM/MM molecular dynamics and enhanced sampling methods.
Finished thesis: 2021 Current group: Prof. Carme Rovira
Belce, Yonca
Postdoctoral Researcher
Since November 2020, Yonca is working as a postdoctoral researcher in the ChemInFlow in the project of Microfluidic Crystal Factories (µ-CrysFact). She received her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Koç University in 2013 followed by a PhD supervised by Assoc. Prof. Fevzi Cakmak Cebeci at Sabanci University, Turkey (2013-2019). Her research focuses on surface engineering and development of novel functional materials, metal-organic frameworks, and controlled growth of thin films.
Finished thesis: 2019 Current group: Prof. Puigmarti-Luis
Liao, Qinghua
Postdoctoral Researcher
Qinghua Liao is a MSCA fellow at the University of Barcelona starting from May 2022. He obtained his PhD degree (2016) in Computational Chemistry from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf under the supervision of Prof. Dr Birgit Strodel (2011-2016). Thereafter, he did three and a half years of postdoctoral studies in Prof. Dr Lynn Kamerlin’s group at Uppsala University (2016-2019). Then he joined Prof. Carme Rovira’s group at University of Barcelona in July 2020. His research is focusing on computational biochemistry, utilizing computational tools to study biological events in biomolecular systems for a better understanding of the functions.
Finished thesis: 2016 Current group: Prof. Carme Rovira
PDI predoctoral
| NOM | IP |
|---|---|
| Aitor Valdivia | Francisco Javier Luque |
| Alessandro Pepe | Carme Rovira |
| Álvaro Serrano Morrás | Xavier Barril |
| Anabel Jurado Mañas | Ángel Morales/Francesc Illas |
| Beatriz Piniello | Carme Rovira |
| Christian Domínguez Dalmases | Ramón Sayós |
| Cristian Privat Contreras | Jaime Rubio/Francesc Mas |
| Cristina Roncero Barrero | Ibério de P. Ribeiro/Mercè Deumal |
| Daniel Gonzalo | Carles Eduard Curutchet |
| Daniel Vidal Ramon | Jordi Cirera/Jordi Ribas |
| David Almacellas Salillas | Jordi Poater |
| David Vilchez Perez | Francisco Javier Luque |
| Eduard Colomer Llombart | Pere Alemany |
| Eleonora Romeo | Federico/Francesc Illas |
| Esther Pruna | Francisco Javier Luque |
| F. Javier Hermoso | Francisco Javier Luque |
| Francisco Gomez | Jesús Jover/Gabriel Aullón |
| Genís Lleopart Motis | |
| Guillem Vila Julia | Jaime Rubio |
| Haruna Baraorda-Ccahuana | Francesc Mas/Sergio Madurga |
| Irene Cuxart | Carme Rovira |
| James Nicholas | Josep Puigmartí |
| Jon Eunan Quinlivan Dominguez | Konstantin M. Neyman/Albert Solé |
| Jose Pablo Rivas Fernandez | Carme Rovira |
| Juan Diego Velasquez | |
| Karim Trik | Alexandra/Bonet |
| Katerina Barmpidi | Francisco Javier Luque |
| Kilian Jutglar Lozano | Jordi Ribas/Stefan T. Bromley |
| Laia Navarro | Jordi Cirera |
| Leila Saranjam | Francesc Mas |
| Ling Meng | Francesc Viñes/Francesc Illas |
| Lluc Garcia Gonzalo | Josep Mª Bofill/Ibério de P. Ribeiro |
| Lluis Campos Vicens | Francisco Javier Luque |
| Manuel Antonio Cánovas Montes | Pablo Gamallo/Ramón Sayós |
| María Nuria Peralta Romero | Jaime Rubio |
| Martí Lopez Berbel | |
| Mauricio Regalado | |
| Miguel Recio | |
| Natàlia de Moya Valenzuela | Jaime Rubio |
| Oriol Esquivias | Carme Rovira |
| Özge Ergün | Carles Curutchet |
| Pablo Castro Latorre | Konstantin M. Neyman/Albert Solé |
| Pablo Lozano Reis | Ramón Sayós/Illas |
| Patricia Blanco Gabella | Xavier Barril |
| Ramón Santiago Herrera Restrepo | Josep Puigmartí |
| Raul Morales Salvador | |
| Raul Santiago Piera | Jordi Ribas/Mercè Deumal |
| Renato Dias da Cunha | Carles Eduard Curutchet |
| Riccardo Farris | Konstantin M. Neyman/Albert Solé |
| Varbina Ivanova | Xavier Barril |