The Team

Our Team

The InSiliChem group, led by Dr. Jean-Didier Maréchal, is focused on Molecular Modeling of Transition Metal Systems. It is located in the Unitat de Química-Física of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain.

The InSiliChem group combines the expertise of its leaders with a constant youth income, providing the group with great vitality and constant motivation.

CURRENT MEMBERS

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Prof. Dr. Jean-Didier Maréchal

Team leader (2009)

Field of research
Molecular Modeling applied to Biotechnology.

Background
Physical Chemistry and Structural Bioinformatics

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Prof. Dr. Agustí Lledós

Group Leader since 1990

Field of research
Computational modeling of organometallic reactivity and homogeneous catalysis.

Background
Chemistry

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Dr. Giuseppe Sciortino

Associate Professor (2024)

Field of research
Spectroscopy-integrated computational modeling of metallodrugs & metalloenzymes. Organometallic reactivity and homogeneous catalysis.

Background
Chemistry

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Dr. José Emilio Sánchez

PhD Student (2017-2022)

Field of research
Computational exploration of the chemical space in biomolecular systems.

Background
Informatics

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Iker Zapirain Gysling

PhD Student (2019-)

Field of research
Supra-Bio-Catalysis and design of Artificial Metalloenzymes.

Background
Biochemistry

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Xavier Fernández-Luengo Flores

PhD Student (2019-)

Field of research
Design of Artificial Metalloenzymes.

Background
Double degree in Physics and Chemistry

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Laura Martínez-Castro

PhD Student (2021-)

Field of research
Molecular modeling of metalopeptides with QM/MM methods.

Background
Chemistry

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Mercè Alemany Chavarria

PhD Student (2022-)

Field of research
Supra-Bio-Catalysis and design of Artificial Metalloenzymes.

Background
Biochemistry

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Derik Rochlitzer Puig

Undergrad Student

Field of research
Development of software for molecular docking

Background
Double degree in Physics and Chemistry

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Ana Sánchez Ferrón

Undergrad Student

Field of research
Molecular modelling of metallopeotides with QM/MM

Background
Double degree in Physics and Chemistry

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Federico Pisanu

PhD Student (Università degli Studi di Sassari)

Field of research
Protein and DNA interaction with potential metallodrugs.

Background
Chemistry

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Gabriella Tito

PhD Student (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

Field of research
Protein and DNA interacion with metal compounds

Background
Chemistry

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Matteo Zaltieri

Master Student

Field of research
Engineering of artificial metalloenzymes.

Background
Chemistry

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Lluís Moreno Balagué

Master Student

Field of research
Characterization of metal diffusion pathways in metalloproteins.

Background
Bioengineering

FORMER MEMBERS

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Lorena Roldán Martín

PhD Student (2019-2024)

Field of research
Molecular modeling of metalopeptides with QM/MM methods.

Background
Biomedical Sciences

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Laura Tiessler Sala

PhD Student (2019-2023)

Field of research
MM and QM techniques applied to modeling metaloenzymes.

Background
Biochemistry

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Raúl Fernández Díaz

PhD Student (2022)

Field of research
Application of Machine Learning to Biochemistry.

Background
BSc in Biotechnology, MSc in Bioinformatics

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Dr. Gantulga Norjmaa

PhD Student (2017-2022)

Field of research
Molecular modeling of transition metal systems with QM/MM methods.

Background
Chemistry

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Lorea Velasco Carneros

PhD Visitor (2018-2020)

Field of research
Regulation of the human disaggregase system, which is key for the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases.

Background
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Dr. Mario García-Risco

PhD Visitor (2017-2019)

Field of research
Characterization of Cantareus aspersum metallothioneins and study of their interaction with hemocyanin functional units.

Background
Biotechnology

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Nor El Houda Medigue

PhD Visitor (2019-2020)

Field of research
Molecular modeling of metal complexes with QM/MM methods.

Background
Chemistry

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Bart Brouwer

Master Thesis (2019)

Field of research
Computer aided design of Artificial Metalloenzymes.

Background
Chemistry

Current working place
University of Gröningen

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Dr. Lur Alonso

PhD Student (2015-2018)

Field of research
MM, QM and QM/MM applied to modeling of Cu catalysis and metaloenzymes.

Background
Biology

Current working place
University of Groningen

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Dr. Jaime Rodríguez-Guerra

PhD Student (2015-2018)

Field of research
Development of a novel software platform for complex molecular design written in Python.

Background
Biotechnology

Current working place
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

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Dr. Karel de Pourcq

Master Thesis (2016)

Background
Biochemistry

Current working place
CRG

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Dr. Victor Muñoz

PhD Student

Field of research
Computational Study of Artificial Metalloenzymes.

Background
Biotechnology

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Dr. Elisabeth Ortega-Carrasco

PhD Student

Field of research
Prediction of the interactions of metalloligands with proteins.

Background
Chemistry

Current working place
Lead Molecular Design, S.L.

PREVIOUS STUDENTS

Daniel Dorce

Master Student (2019-2020)

Field of research
Molecular modeling of Vitamin B12 loaded activated carbon: from binding to catalysis the degradation of Chlordecone.

Israini Wiyulanda Iskandar

Master Student (2019-2020)

Field of research
In-Silico characterization of Natural Compounds With Molecular Modelling of Aromatase.

Fernando Davó Miralles

TFG (2020)

Field of research
Implementation of Smina scoring function into GaudiMM to perform docking simulations with metalloligands.

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