Abel Mateo Forero Tunjano

Investigadora predoctoral
(Contrato por el proyecto transfronterizo INTERREG BlueBioLab)
mateo.forerot@udc.es

+ 34 881 015588 (CICA)

Mateo Forero obtained his Pharmacist Bachelor degree in 2017 and his Master’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Science in 2020, both at the National University of Colombia (UNAL). His end of degree project was focused in the metabolomic profile of the caribbean soft coral Erythropodium caribaeorum, collected in several locations of the Colombian Caribbean Sea and the isolation of the major metabolites. His end of Master’s Degree project was focused in the search of antitumoral agents integrating biophysical, computational and in vitro techniques. An NMR-based interaction study of a library of marine diterpenes against tubulin was performed, three compounds were identified as potential antitumoral agents. During these academic years, Mateo has learned natural products isolation techniques, structural characterization techniques, NMR technical skills, biological techniques, virtual screening abilities, multivariate analysis and MS and NMR-based metabolomics. At the present he is doing his PhD at the Marine Natural Products team group (PRONAMAR) in the research group of QUIMOLMAT at the Advanced Scientific Research Center (CICA) of the UDC under the supervision of the Pr. Dr. Carlos Jiménez and the Pr. Dr. Jaime Rodríguez as a predoctoral researcher hired as researcher by the cross-border BlueBioLab project. His PhD thesis is focused on the search of marine cyanobacterial siderophore to study the Fe(III) uptake mechanisms of these organisms with a genomic approach and the application of these compounds

Carmen de la Fuente, PhD
IPost-doctoral researcher
qomcfs@gmail.com 
+ 34 881 015588 (CICA)

Carmen obtained her BS. degree in Chemistry in 1990 and her Doctorate in Organic Chemistry in 1995 from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) in Prof. Domingo Domínguez research group. She moved to Oxford University where she worked in the group of Prof. G.W.J. Fleet. She also worked at the USC, and in Galchima S.L., the Institute of Chemical Research (IIQ) in Seville and the University of Minho. Her research interests focus on the synthesis of heterocycles and carbohydrates.

Rosa M. Nieto Prieto, PhD
Post-doctoral Researcher
rnieto@udc.es 
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Degree in Chemical Sciences (1987) at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Doctor in Organic Chemistry from the University of La Coruña (2013) under the direction of Prof. Dr. Carlos Jiménez and Dr. Jaime Rodríguez. She worked on different research projects funded by the NIH and NCI and directed by Prof. Phil Crews at the University of Santa Cruz California (USA). She joined Prof. Enrique Raviña's group at the Santiago de Compostela Faculty of Pharmacy to carry out projects financed by the Allmirall company (Barcelona). Currently she has worked on various projects of the Natural Marine Products Research team (PRONAMAR) of the QUIMOLMAT research group of Prof. Dr. Carlos Jiménez and Dr. Jaime Rodríguez at the University of A Coruña.

Dawrin Jesus Pech Puch
Predoctoral researcher (CONACYT of Mexico)
dawrin.j.pech@udc.es 
+ 34 881 015588 (CICA)

Graduated in Marine Biology from the Autonomous University of Yucatán (UADY), Mexico. Master in Marine Sciences and Limnology with a specialty in aquatic chemistry from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico. Master's Thesis "Obtaining bioactive compounds present in the posterior salivary glands of the "Octopus maya". He is currently carrying out a Doctoral Thesis under the direction of professors Dr. Carlos Jiménez and Dra. Jaime Rodríguez within the Research team of Marine Natural Products (PRONAMAR) of the QUIMOLMAT research group of the UDC with a grant from the Council National Science and Technology (CONACYT) of the Government of Mexico.

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Predoctoral researcher (FPU)
javier.cisneros@udc.es 
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Javier Cisneros obtained a degree in Chemistry in 2015, and a Master's Degree in Chemical Research and Industrial Chemistry in 2016, both from the University of A Coruña (UDC). He did the final master's thesis, within the Marine Natural Products Research team (PRONAMAR) within the QUIMOLMAT research group of the UDC, focused on the preparation of conjugates of magnetic nanoparticles with siderophores, where he gained experience both in the synthesis and characterization of organic compounds as nanoparticles. He is currently carrying out his Doctoral Thesis under the direction of professors Dr. Carlos Jiménez and Dra. Socorro García with a scholarship for University Personnel Training (FPU) from the Government of Spain.

Predoctoral researcher
ramon.e.millan@udc.es 
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Ramón Millán Álvarez has a degree in Chemistry (2015) and a Master's Degree in Chemical Research and Industrial Chemistry (2016) at the University of A Coruña. He is currently doing his doctoral thesis in the QUIMOLMAT group under the direction of professors Dr. Jaime Rodríguez and Dr. José Pérez-Sestelo.

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Juan Carlos Fuentes 

Predoctoral Researcher
j.c.fuentes@udc.es  
+34 981 167000 ext.5588

Diana Martinez Matamoros
Investigadora predoctoral 
d.martinezm@udc.es
981 1670000 ext. 5588

Degree in Chemistry (2010) and Master (2013) in Chemistry-Sciences from the National University of Colombia. She received her doctorate from the University of A Coruña (2018) in the QUIMOLMAT group under the direction of professors Dr. Carlos Jiménez and Dr. Jaime Rodríguez. My research has focused mainly on three areas: 1) isolation, purification and characterization of biologically active natural products obtained from the culture of microorganisms. 2) Cloning, expression and purification of recombinant proteins and their possible application as vaccines, 3) preparation of siderophores conjugated to magnetic nanoparticles and their use in the specific detection of pathogens in an aquatic environment.

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Alba Souto Rodríguez
Predoctoral researcher
asouto@udc.es 
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Miriam Rega López
Predoctoral researcher
mrega@udc.es
+ 34 881 015588 (CICA)

Lucía Ageitos Castiñeiras
Predoctoral researcher
(Predoctoral assistance from the Xunta de Galicia)
lucia.ageitosc@udc.es 
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Lucia Ageitos obtained her Chemistry Bachelor degree in 2017 and her Master’s Degree in Chemical Research and Industrial Chemistry, with the specialization in synthetic chemistry, in 2018, both at the University of A Coruña (UDC). Her End of Master’s Degree and End of Degree projects were focused on the synthesis of Tonabersat analogs, a drug in clinical trial IIB, and the study of its interaction with connexin 43 (Cx-43). During these academic years, Lucía has learned synthetic abilities, structural characterization, and multiple biological techniques. At the present, she is doing her PhD at the Marine Natural Products team group (PRONAMAR) in the research group of QUIMOLMAT at the Advanced Scientific Research Centre (CICA) of the UDC under the supervision of the Pr. Dr. Carlos Jiménez and the Pr. Dr. Jaime Rodríguez as a predoctoral researcher hired with the predoctoral grant from Xunta de Galicia 2019. Her PhD thesis is focused on the search of new antimicrobial agents from natural sources, specifically, from a bio-active extract of blueberries and studying the Fe(III) uptake mechanisms of pathogenic bacteria.