PhD Students
Mr. José Serrano Guarinos
I received my bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Murcia in 2020. My undergraduate research was on the synthesis and characterization of terpyridine cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes for photodynamic therapy. The next year I obtained my master's degree in fine and molecular chemistry from the University of Murcia. The topic of my master's thesis was the synthesis and electrochemical and photophysical characterization of photoluminescent Pt(IV)-diimine complexes with cyclometalated NHC ligands. In 2024, I enrolled in the doctorate program at the University of Barcelona under the supervision of PhD. Guillem Aromí and PhD. David Aguilà.
My current research interest include coordination chemistry, organometallic chemistry, photophysics and photoluminescence, and lanthanide chemistry.
Mr. Kostas Sotirakopoulos
Kostas Sotirakopoulos obtained his bachelor's and master’s degrees at the University of Patras in 2022 and 2024 respectively. Both of his theses on Molecular Inorganic Chemistry were under the supervision of Prof. Theocharis C. Stamatatos, where he explored new metal complexes bearing a chiral tripodal ligand and molecular Mn/Pb herometallic nanoclusters with unprecedented structural motifs and interesting magnetic properties. He currently is a PhD student at the University of Barcelona, under the supervision of Prof. Guillem Aromi and Serra Húnter Lecturer Leoni A. Barrios Moreno, with his research being focused on the modulation of the spincrossover properties of metallohelicates via host-guest supramolecular chemistry.
I earned my Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Barcelona in 2023, followed by a Master's degree in Applied Materials Chemistry in 2024, also from the same university. Both my undergraduate and Master's research projects were supervised by Prof. Manuel Martínez López and Prof. Montserrat Ferrer García. During this time, I focused on the chemistry of FeII/CoIII mixed-valence compounds and explored various macrocyclic CoIII complexes to develop water-soluble mixed-valence compounds featuring azoderivative FeII complexes that can function as photoswitches.
In October 2024, I joined the LabMolDesign group as a PhD student under the guidance of Prof. Guillem Aromí and Dr. Leoní A. Barrios. My current research involves advancing synthetic coordination and supramolecular chemistry to design and create functional molecules with applications in spintronic devices and quantum technologies.