Journal of Oceanography and Marine Research
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Dr. Carlos Jimenez

Biography

HIGHER EDUCATION: 1979-1984: (Grade) Degree in Chemistry in 1984 from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) 1984: (Ms) Master in Organic Chemistry from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). 1984-1988: PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1988 from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). 1988-1990: Post-Doctorate position with Phil Crews at University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC), California, (U.S.A).to do research in Marine Natural Products. 1990-1991: Post-Doctorate position with Alfonso Tramontano at Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, San Diego, California, (U.S.A) to do research in antibodies as catalyst of chemical reactions. POSITIONS Former positions: Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry at University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) from 1989 to 1991, Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Fundamental Chemistry in the Faculty of Sciences at University of A Coruña, Spain from 1992 to 2009. Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at University of A Coruña from 1999 to 2005. Current Position: Full Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Fundamental Chemistry in the Faculty of Sciences at University of A Coruña, Spain since January 2010 Head of the Department of Fundamental Chemistry. Faculty of Science, University of A Coruña, (From March 21st to present) Leader of the research group PRONAMAR (Marine Natural Products) at University of A Coruña (www.pronamar.com) Visiting Professor at Universidad Federal de Bahía (UFBA), Salvador de Bahía, Brazil (1995), Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia (1997), Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Boca Ratón, Florida. USA (1998) University of La Laguna Canary Islands, Spain. (2000) University of Baja California, La Paz, Mexico. (2000), AECI,Antigua, Guatemala. (2001), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. (2002) University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. (2001) Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. (2005) University of Nuevo León, Monterrey, México. (2007) Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. (2007), Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia (2008), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. (2009), Panama (2011) MEMBERSHIPS OF CHEMICAL SOCIETIES 1989-present American Chemical Society 1998-present American Society of Pharmacognosy 2002-present RSEQ (Real Sociedad Española de Química- Royal Society of Spanish Chemistry) and Member of the executive board of the recent constituted Specialized Group of Natural Products Chemistry of the RSEQ since 2007 AWARDS - Research Award from Academia Gallega de Ciencias and Fundación Caixa-Galicia 1991, for the project: "Marine Natural Products from Galicia Coasts. New Antiviral and Antitumor Compounds" - Research Award from Argentine Society in Organic Chemistry to the best poster communication at the XIV Simposio Nacional de Química Orgánica in the field of Natural Products, Rosario (Argentine), November 2003, titled: “Dammaranos citotóxicos de partes aéreas Ibicella lutea” Principal Investigator (IP) in more than 17 public research projects and collaboration in research with private companies (Instituto BIOMAR S.A. León, (Spain), Pharmamar SA, Madrid (Spain), Southern Research Institute for Tuberculosis Antimicrobial Acquisition and Coordinating Facility (TAACF), Birminghan, Alabama (USA), Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, Barcelona (Spain), Biofungiteck, Guipúzcoa (Spain)

Research Interest

Microbial Oceanography, Isolation and establishment of bioactive marine natural products, Synthesis and biological assessment of marine natural products (i.e. steroids from marine invertebrates and siderophores from fish pathogen bacteria), New applications of NMR techniques to structural problems mainly in the determination of configuration of the relative configuration of organic molecules