Grupo de Burgos

Dr. Gustavo Espino was born in Burgos in 1970. Nowadays he is Permanent Teacher (Profesor Titular) in the University of Burgos (UBU). He has been actively participating in the development of the researching projects of the group from its foundation. In 2003 he got his PhD degree centred mainly in the organometallic chemistry of Ru and Pd and the study of their catalytic applications. He has made a postdoctoral stay at the University of Oxford with Prof. John Brown where he has studied the mechanism of the Suzuki reactions and other similar processes. Currently, he is working in the design and development of new Ru(II) and Ir(III) organometallic complexes with potential application as photocatalysts and PDT (photodynamic therapy) agents. He is co-author of near 50 scientific publications and two patents.

Dr. Arancha Carbayo Martín was born in Burgos in 1971. Now a days she is Contratado Doctor in the University of Burgos (UBU). Since 1995, she has actively participated in numerous research projects focused on the synthesis of complexes of platinum group metals and the study of their properties and reactivity.

In 2001 she obtained his doctorate degree based on the synthesis and the study of palladium amidocomplexes.

She has made a predoctoral stay at the University of Rennes with Professor Pierre Dixneuf where she has studied the functionalization of α-methylenic cyclic carbonates by the Heck reaction. Also, she has made a predoctoral stay at the Department of the Oxide Synthesis and Structures of the Materials Science Institute of Madrid (CSIC) with Professor Enrique Gutiérrez Puebla, centered in the resolution of crystal structures by X-ray diffraction.

She has participated as a collaborating researcher in 18 scientific projects at a local, regional, national and European level and she has co-directed 12 Master's Final Project and Final Degree Project. She is co-author of 20 scientific publications and one patent.

Currently, his work is mainly focused on the preparation of new Ru(II) and Ir(III) organometallic complexes with potential application as photocatalysts and cytotoxic agents.

Marta Martínez Alonso finalizó su tesis doctoral, titulada “Synthesis and characterization of Ru(II), Rh(III) and Ir(III) complexes bearing arylazole ligands. Applications in anticancer chemotherapy, LEC devices and photocatalysis”, en Química Avanzada en 2017, en la Universidad de Burgos, bajo la supervisión de Dr. Gustavo Espino. En 2018 se trasladó a la Universidad de Sheffield con una beca postdoctoral de la Fundación Alfonso Martín Escudero para incorporarse al grupo de Prof. Julia Weinstein durante 2 años y profundizar en la aplicación de compuestos organometálicos de Iridio(III) en terapia fotodinámica (PDT) aplicada a cáncer. En 2020 obtuvo una MSCA-H2020 para trabajar bajo la supervisión de Dr. Gilles Gasser en Chimie ParisTech, PSL Research University. En esta estancia, Marta desarrolló complejos de Rutenio(II) bioconjugados con anticuerpos también para su aplicación en terapia fotodinámica. En 2021 se incorporó a la Universidad de Valladolid como Community Manager y para ayudar en la difusión de resultados de investigación del Instituto de Bioeconomía (BioEcoUVa).

Actualmente es investigadora posdoctoral María Zambrano en la Universidad de Burgos. Su proyecto de investigación propone la síntesis de complejos organometálicos con capacidad combinada de terapia y diagnóstico (theranostics) conectando la quimioterapia fotoactivada (PACT) con síntesis bioortogonal.

Marta es autora de 11 artículos científicos, un artículo de revisión y una patente. Participa activamente en divulgación científica (Pint of Science, Semana de la ciencia, Noche Europea de los Investigadores, First Lego League, Jornadas 11F) y posee y escribe en un blog de ciencia: www.onepotscience.com

ORCID: 0000-0002-0931-5274

Web of Science: M-1107-2014

Scopus: 55845793500

ResearchGate: Marta-Martinez-Alonso

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=no31wzgAAAAJ

Twitter: @astromarta09

Juan Sanz Villafruela was born in Burgos in 1996. Nowadays he is PhD student in the University of Burgos (UBU) under the supervision of Prof. Gustavo Espino and Prof. Aranzazu Heras. In 2018 he got his degree in Chemistry and in 2020 his master´s degree in Advanced Chemistry. During both years, he studied the synthesis of new Ir(III) complexes and their potential use as photosentizers in PDT (Photo-Dynamic Therapy) and in Photocatalysis. In 2020 he also achieved a 4 year fellowship from the University of Burgos to study his PhD. During this period, he has made a predoctoral stay of 2 months at the University of Castilla la Mancha with Prof. Félix Jalón and Prof. Blanca Manzano where he studied the synthesis of new di-imine ligands . Currently, he keep on working in the design and synthesis of new Ru(II) and Ir(III) organometallic complexes with potential application as photocatalysts and PDT.