I obtained my PhD in Chemistry from the University of Barcelona in 2001 under the supervision of Prof. Miquel A. Pericàs, working on asymmetric catalysis. Subsequently, I conducted postdoctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA) with Prof. Patrick J. Walsh between 2001 and 2002, also working on asymmetric catalysis and synthesis. After returning to Spain, I joined Prof. Pericàs’s group as an associate researcher at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-Tarragona) between 2003 and 2010. There, I became co-director of 4 doctoral theses while developing research on reaction mechanisms of organometallic catalysts, as well as polymer-supported organocatalytic species and catalytic nanomaterials.

In 2008, I took a one-year leave of absence to complete a second postdoctoral stage at the Universität Bern (Bern, Switzerland), working on radical chain reactions for the synthesis of organic compounds with Prof. Philippe Renaud. My goal was to learn the possibilities of radical chemistry for asymmetric catalysis. Finally, in 2011, I joined The Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC) in Barcelona as a Ramón y Cajal researcher. Since 2017, I have been a Tenured Scientist at the same institution (Supramolecular Chemistry Group). At IQAC, I have supervised several doctoral theses and numerous Master’s and Bachelor’s final projects. Furthermore, I have been the principal investigator of two competitive projects funded by Mineco and co-principal investigator of several projects.

At IQAC, my research objectives have focused on the study of organocatalysts based on hydrogen bonding and self-assembly, with the aim of developing more efficient and sustainable processes and, more recently, on asymmetric metal-templated supramolecular cages with specific chiroptical properties.