PROFILE

Jose Berna obtained his BSc (1997) and MSc (1998) degrees in Organic Chemistry at Universidad de Murcia (Spain), where he worked in the group of Prof. Mateo Alajarinhttps://portalinvestigacion.um.es/grupos/32114/detalle under the supervision of Dr. Angel Vidal. In 2003, he completed his PhD at the same university working on phosphorus-functionalized bicyclic cage compounds under the supervision of Prof. Mateo Alajarín and Dr. Carmen Lopez-Leonardo. Between 2004 and 2007, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the group of Prof. David A. Leighhttp://rotaxane.net/ at University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom). In 2007, he returned to the Department of Organic Chemistry at Universidad de Murcia as a Postdoctoral Researcher. In 2008, he was awarded with a Ramón y Cajal contract inside of the Human Resources Hiring and Incorporation of Research National Program of the Spanish Government at Universidad de Murcia. Currently, he is Full Professor of Organic Chemistry and his research interests are focussed on the synthesis of novel interlocked compounds oriented towards the development of new functional molecular machines. More info in the web of the Synthetic Organic Chemistry Group https://qosumu.wixsite.com/socumu-lab and https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7775-3703