Ana Rodríguez Pedrouzo
ana.rodriguez.pedrouzo@udc.es
+ 34 881 015588 (CICA)

Degree in Chemistry and Biology (June 2022). Master in Chemical Research and Industrial Chemistry with a specialty in Biological Chemistry (July 2023).

PhD student with a Predoctoral contract from the Xunta de Galicia (2023-26)

Abel Mateo Forero Tunjano

Investigador predoctoral. Contratado en proyecto.
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.

Dra. Larissa Buedenbender
Post-doctoral researcher, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Program
l.buedenbender@udc.es
+ 34 881 015588 (CICA)

In 2018, Larissa obtained her PhD in Natural Products Chemistry at Griffith University, Australia under the supervision of Prof Anthony Carroll. Her thesis titled “Integrated approaches for marine actinomycete biodiscovery” explored the biotechnological potential of actinomycetes from underexplored ecological niches and focused on the development of new dereplication approaches using 2D NMR to make informed strain prioritisation for natural product drug discovery. Following her PhD, Larissa secured a postdoctoral position at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany, where she used predominately LC-MS/MS metabolomics techniques to aid the isolation of bioactive compounds from marine microorganisms and algae. From 2020-2021, Larissa worked at a commercial laboratory as an analytical chemist performing consulting and research in the field of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and human biomonitoring. At the end of 2021, Larissa joined the PRONAMR research group at CICA and has since implemented a metabolomics workflow used in various projects. In 2022, Larissa was awarded the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Postdoctoral Fellowship for her proposal “chelOMICS: Application of multi-OMICS approaches to provide a holistic understanding of siderophore mediated host-pathogen interactions and new diagnostic options for aquaculture fish infections”. In this interdisciplinary project, Larissa is implementing metabolomics, proteomics and metagenomics tools to obtain comprehensive insights into the disease phenotype of cultured Solea senegalensis infected with V. anguillarum and study the role of siderophores in the disease progression. Furthermore, she aims to evaluate the use of piscibactin, a siderophore produced by V. anguillarum, as a biomarker for the early detection of vibriosis.

Predoctoral researcher (FPU)
javier.cisneros@udc.es 
+ 34 881 015588 (CICA)

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 
+ 34 881 015588 (CICA)

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 
+ 34 881 015588 (CICA)

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 
+ 34 881 015588 (CICA)

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.