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Gámez Enamorado, Patrick
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ICREA Research Professor at UB (Universitat de Barcelona). Experimental Sciences & Mathematics
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Patrick Gamez received his DPhil in the field of enantioselective catalysis at the University of Lyon (France) and was awarded the French Chemical Society Prize for his PhD research. After a period of postdoctoral research at the MPI für Kohlenforschung
(Germany) and at the University of Strasbourg (France), he joined the group of Professor J. Reedijk at Leiden University (The Netherlands). Since October 1st 2010, he is ICREA research professor in bioinorganic chemistry at the Universitat de Barcelona.
His current research interests are coordination and
supramolecular chemistry applied to biomimetic oxidation catalysis,
the design of multidentate ligands for crystal engineering and the
preparation of magnetic materials. He is the (co-)author of over
192 publications.
He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Spanich Bioinorganic Chemical Society (Asociación Española de Bioinorgánica, and the Catalan Association of Professors and Researchers in Advanced Chemistry
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Research Interests
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My research investigations are divided in 4 topics
1) Bio-inorganic chemistry: Design of bio-inspired catalysts (Cu, Fe and W) for alcohol oxidation; Preparation of efficient copper-based DNA cleavers (anti-cancer drugs).
2) Post-synthetic modification of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Design and preparation of new functional MOFs for H2 and CO2 storage; Use of these two gases as reactants in catalytic reactions producing fine chemicals.
3) Supramolecular interactions: Investigation of the anion-pi interaction, a "new supramolecular bond"; Use of this type of non-covalent bonding contact to design anion receptors.
4) Spin-crossover (SCO) and magnetic materials: Development of Fe(II)- and Fe(III)-based coordination compounds with SCO properties with the ultimate objective to exploit them in memory devices (Nanotechnology); Design and preparation of novel polynuclear Cu, Fe, Mn and Ln coordination compounds with attractive magnetic properties.
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KeyWords
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inorganic chemistry, bio-inspired catalysis, supramolecular chemistry, magnetic materials, anti-cancer drugs
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