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Dr Joaquín Ortega Castro

Dr Joaquín Ortega Castro
Senior lecturer
Physical Chemistry
  • Despatx QF108primer pisMateu Orfila i Rotger (Química)

Curriculum

Brief CV

I have a PhD in Chemical Sciences from the University of Granada in 2007. I have made three stays: one at the University of Friedrich Alexander Erlangen-Nürnberg and two at the University of Cambridge. Author of 85 scientific articles and 10 funded scientific projects. I have 2 six-year periods for research and 3 for teaching. Expert in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (main techniques Solid State Chemistry, Monte Carlo). Director of three doctoral theses, two TFM and four TFG. I am currently the local coordinator of the Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling (TCCM).

ORCID: 0000-0001-8131-0315, ResearcherID: L-4956-2014, Scopus Author ID: 25121999400.

Current Research Lines:

· Design of drugs against pathological bone calcification.

· Knowledge of the non-enzymatic glycation mechanism of proteins.

Collaborations with other national and international research groups:

· In-vitro prediction of the membranotropic action of emerging organic contaminants using a liposome-based multidisciplinary approach. M. Oliver, M. Adrover, A. Frontera, J. Ortega-Castro, M. Miro. Science of the Total Environment. (2020) 738, 140096.

· Myo-inositol hexaphosphate pegylation improves bioavailability but reduces its anti-vascular calcification effect in rats. M.M. Pérez, M.D. Ferrer Reynes, J. Ortega-Castro, F. Bassissi, J. Perelló, C. Salcedo. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (2020) Supp 3, P0884.

· DFT prediction of band gap in organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites: An exchange-correlation functional benchmark study. N. Hernández-Haro, J. Ortega-Castro, Y. B. Martynov, R. G. Nazmitdinov, A. Frontera. Chemical Physics (2019) 516 225-231.

· Compressibility of 2M1 muscovite-paragonite series minerals: A computational study to 6GPa. N. Hernández-Haro, D. Muñoz-Santiburcio, C. Pérez del Valle, J. Ortega-Castro, C. I. Sainz-Díaz, C. J. Garrido, A. Hernández-Laguna. American Mineralogist (2016), 101 (5) 1207-1216.

· Application of a novel 2D cadmium (II) -MOF in the formation of a photo-switch with substantial on-off ratio. S. Roy, A. Dey, P.P. Ray, J. Ortega-Castro, A. Frontera and S. Chattopadhyay. Chemical Communications (2015), 51 12974-12976.

Teaching

Office Hours

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Subjects taught. Academic Year 2023-24

Teaching, 5 previous years

Subject Information
11330 - European Language Course
  • Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2020-21
11331 - Mathematical Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics
  • Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2020-21
11332 - Statistical Mechanics and Simulation-based Applications
  • Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2020-21
11333 - Symmetry in Atoms, Molecules and Solids
  • Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2020-21
11334 - Computational Techniques and Numerical Calculation
  • Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2020-21
11335 - Methods in Theoretical Chemistry 1
  • Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2020-21
11336 - Methods in Theoretical Chemistry 2
  • Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2020-21
11339 - Excited States
  • Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2020-21
11340 - Solids
  • Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2020-21
11342 - Applied Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory
  • Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2020-21
11343 - Laser
  • Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2020-21
11344 - Computational Biochemistry
  • Master's Degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2020-21
11366 - Molecular Modelling of Biomolecules
  • Master's Degree in Chemical Science and Technology2021-22, 2022-23
  • PhD in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling2022-23
21404 - Chemistry II
21408 - Physical Chemistry I
21413 - Physical Chemistry II
21423 - Physical Chemistry Experimentation
21443 - Foundations of Environmental Chemistry

Research

Research groups

Group Membership type
Molecular reactivity (ReacMol) Member
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