Julián Bergueiro Álvarez

Dr. Julián Bergueiro Álvarez received his BS in Chemistry from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) in 2007. In 2008 he obtained the MS in Organic Chemistry and in 2013 he received his PhD from USC for his work in sterecontrolled synthesis of retinoids employing transition metal catalyzed reactions in the key steps under the supervision of Susana Lopez.

He worked on the synthesis and characterization of stimuli response helical polymers and poly(phenylacetylene)s@gold nanoparticles nanocomposites in the group of Prof. R. Riguera, Prof. E. Quiñoá, and Prof. F. Freire at Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biologíca y Materiales Moleculares (CIQUS, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela). Here is research was focused on chiral amplification phenomena in helical polymers and its self-assembly.

In October 2013, he joined Prof. M. Calderón group to carry out his postdoctoral research at Freie Universität Berlin. There he worked in the development of polymeric soft materials for drug delivery and photothermal anticancer applications. In 2016 he worked as postdoctoral fellow at Aida lab in Tokyo University for working in supramolecular systems based on molecular glues.

In 2018 he joined Granja/Montenegro labs at CiQUS, within the Spanish Ministry of Science returning program Juan de la Cierva. Later he was awarded with the spanish tenure track system (Ramon y Cajal fellowship) to continue his independent investigations at CiQUS. His current research is focused on the application of new helical polymer and peptide designs based topology to address biological challenges.