Teaching Staff

Doctorate in Chemical Engineering (IQS, 1985). Masters in Chemistry (Universitat Ramon Llull, 1993). Chemical Engineering (IQS, 1981).

Academic post: Professor, 1994 - current
Head of Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2002 - current

Modules taught: Organic Chemistry I, Experimentation in Chemical Synthesis II, Graphic Expression for Chemists and Design of Organic Synthesis.

Research projects:
1. Design and combinatorial synthesis of potential tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
2. Developing new sensitizers for photodynamic cancer therapy.
3. Designing, synthesising and assessing antiviral activity in new anti-HIV compounds.
4. Solid-phase combinatorial synthesis of heterocycles.

e-mail: jose.borrell@iqs.edu

Doctorate in Chemical Engineering (IQS, 1990). Chemical Engineering (1983, IQS). Bachelors in Chemical Business Management (IQS, 1986). Diploma in Environmental Techniques (Universitat de Barcelona, 1992). Operational Head of Research (Centro Génesis para la Investigación, 1990-1992). Research Fellow (IQS, 1992-1995).

Academic post: Associate Professor, 2004-current
Head of Spectroscopy Service, 1995 - current

Modules taught: Structural Determination

Research projects:
1. Effects of substitutes on chemical displacements in 13C RMN.
2. Study of mycoplasma metabolism through 13C RMN.

e-mail: xavier.batllori@iqs.edu

Doctorate in Chemical Engineering (IQS, 1977). Masters in Chemical Sciences (Universitat de Barcelona, 1990). Chemical Engineering (IQS, 1971).

Academic post: Professor, 2001 - current
Director of Steroids Laboratory, 1986 - current
Head of Department of Organic Chemistry, 1998-2002

Modules taught: Chemical Bonding and Structure of Matter, Chemistry of Natural Products, and Principles of Food (postgraduate).

Research projects:
1. Brassinosteroids: synthesis, bioactivity, QSAR and agricultural application as powerful promoters of plant growth.
2. Electrochemistry and photochemistry applied to organic synthesis.
3. Developing chemical models for enzyme synthesis.
4. Cultivating microorganisms to obtain secondary metabolites.

e-mail: carme.brosa@iqs.edu

Doctorate in Chemical Engineering (IQS, 1988) (Doctorate in Photochemistry at the Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie). Masters in Chemical Sciences (Universitat de Barcelona, 1990). Max Planck Society Otto Hahn Award (1988). Post-doctoral researcher at Arizona State University and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Academic post: Professor, 1994 - current
Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry, 1998-2002

Modules taught: Physical Chemistry, Photochemistry and Chemical Kinetics

Research projects:
1. Molecular basis and development of drugs for photodynamic cancer therapy.
2. Photoreactivity of molecules and materials.
3. Light-protection agents.

e-mail: santi.nonell@iqs.edu

Doctorate in Chemical Engineering (IQS, 1991). Masters in Chemistry (Universitat Ramon Llull, 1993). Chemical Engineering (IQS, 1987).

Academic post: Full Professor, 2005 - current

Modules taught: Introduction to Spectroscopy, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Chemical Experimentation IV, Specialization Lab (Organic Chemistry) and Computational Chemistry.

Research projects:
1. Study of the cycle mechanism of dinitril systems for the synthesis of heterocyclic systems with biological activity.
2. Quantum mechanic calculations (including the solvent effect, molecular modelling and QSAR) of systems of pharmaceutical interest (AIDS, TKI, photodynamic cancer therapy, etc.), and agrochemical and environmental interest.
3. Molecular Engineering of new materials. Designing, handling and selecting real and virtual libraries in combinatory synthesis.

e-mail: jordi.teixido@iqs.edu