Research groups


Synthesis and catalysis: discovery and development of innovative catalytic methodologies.
Chemical biology and biomedicine: a) synthesis of molecular systems to interfere with and/or sense biological processes, b) development of novel biomedical tools; c) merging metal catalysis with cell biology. (video)




Antibacterials: Innovative approaches to face the superbug challenge. Unexplored targets. Drugs with novel mechanism of action. New diagnosis kits.



Multifunctional Metal-Carbon Hybrid Nanostructures for Spintronics and Energy-related Applications
ERC - StG "NANOCOMP": Complex Dynamics of Clusters in High-Aspect Ratio Hollow Nanostructures


Electroactive Molecular Materials (ElectroMolMat)
ERC-StG ELECTROCOFS: Molecular Design of Electrically Conductive Covalent Organic Frameworks as Efficient Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Sustainable Catalysis and Asymmetric Synthesis
ERC-COG "BECAME": Bimetallic Catalysis for Diverse Methane Functionalization

Our research is focused on understanding how plant immune responses are regulated by ubiquitination, willing to exploiting this knowledge to produce disease resistant barley through proteome engineering.

Supramolecular therapeutics: cytotoxic agents whose action is controlled by self- assembly with application as antimicrobials and antitumoral agents.
Cooperative behaviour: supramolecular nanostructuras whose monomers perform collective tasks like molecular recognition and self-replication.