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I studied Chemistry at the University of Valladolid. Then I moved to the University of Zaragoza and  joined the group of Prof. Miguel Angel Esteruelas to work on the preparation and characterisation of organometallic and inorganic compounds and on the study of their reactivity toward organic molecules obtaining a PhD Distinction. After that, I moved to the UK as a postdoctoral researcher joining the group of Dr. David Nelson at the University of Strathclyde. My research there focused on the study of fundamental processes in cross-coupling nickel catalysis using organometallic chemistry and spectroscopic methods. Back to Spain I joined the group of  Prof. Miguel Angel Esteruelas again to work on the synthesis of iridium complexes and their application as OLEDs. I have been part of the group in sunny Seville since 2018, where I study the cooperativity between transition metals and main group elements. From late 2021, I worked as a Marie Curie fellow in the group of Guy Bertrand at the University of California, San Diego, for one year, before returning to the University of Seville in 2022 where I am currently working as a Inorganic Chemistry Lecturer.

I obtained my PhD in the group of Prof. Ernesto Carmona at the University of Seville, studying unusual organometallic reactivity by means of a combined experimental and computational approach. Then I joined the group of Prof. Charles Machan at the University of Virginia as a Research Associate, where I worked for two years on the development of earth-abundant CO₂ reduction electrocatalysts. In 2021, I joined the Campos group as Personal Investigador Doctor (Junta de Andalucía). In 2022 I moved to the Mazzanti group at the EPFL (Switzerland) as a Marie Curie fellow, coming back to the University of Sevilla in 2024, where I am an Associate Professor.

I started my scientific journey in the sunny city of Seville, where I pursued my PhD at the Institute of Chemical Research (University of Seville – CSIC) under the guidance of Dr. Antonio Pizzano. There I explored the world of asymmetric hydrogenation of unsaturated compounds.

I then jumped over to Singapore where I worked in two projects, the first one, supervised by Prof. Felipe Garcia, explored the mysteries of main group chemistry and novel supramolecular P-N based moieties. The second project, under the supervision of Prof. Soo Han Sen, involved creating photoactive Cu complexes for emissive and photocatalytic applications.

I then set sail to join the ranks of Dr. Didier Bourissou’s group in France. Here, I dove into the fundamental studies concerning (photo)redox Au complexes.

Next on my scientific world tour was the University of Zaragoza, where I teamed up with Dr. Miguel Angel Esteruelas to uncover the secrets of reactivity hidden within furane-like cyclometalated Ir complexes.

But no journey is truly complete without returning to one’s roots. I found my way back to the picturesque Seville, the birthplace of Cruzcampo beer, and coincidentally, my own. I joined forces with the Campos group with a Marie Curie fellowship. Together, we ventured into the exciting realm of exploring the photo redox properties of novel main group and transition metal Frustrated Lewis Pairs.

After finishing my PhD on heterobimetallic bridging hydrides with the supervision of Dr. Luca Rocchigiani and Prof. Alceo Macchioni at the University of Perugia, Italy, I joined the Campos group as a postdoc in 2024.

Sergio Rojas-Buzo obtained his Master’s Degree in Sustainable Chemistry in 2014 and his Ph.D. in 2019 at the Polytechnic University of Valencia under the supervision of Prof. Avelino Corma. During his Ph.D., he worked in the synthesis of porous materials, in particular metal–organic frameworks and zeolites, and its application in heterogeneous catalysis. Since 2021, he has been Post-Doc in the group of Prof. Silvia Bordiga. His main research activity consists on the synthesis and exhaustive characterization of metal–organic frameworks using spectroscopic techniques. Currently, he is working at the Institute of Chemical Research (CSIC-University of Seville) as a postdoctoral researcher in “CataNa” group in the field of metal nanoparticles for magnetically induced catalysis. Supported by a competitive Junta de Andalucía fellowship, he is now transitioning to Dr. Jesús Campos’s group. He has authored 23 research papers, 13 as first author and 6 as corresponding.

I am working on my PhD thesis in the project Cooperative Catalysts Transition Metals – Main Group Element: To a New Catalysis Paradigm (CoopMix). I carried out my Masters project in the Organic Chemistry group of the University of Cadiz working on the synthesis of bioactive hybrid molecules using novel ruthenium catalysts.

I graduated in chemistry in 2021 at the Universidad de Sevilla where I also got my master’s degree in 2022. Currently I´m doing my PhD in the Campos group where I study the functionalization of small molecules using bimetallic compounds.

I am a chemist with a Master’s degree in Chemical Sciences from the National University of Colombia, where I focused on the synthesis of heterocycles and their applications as chemosensors. In 2022, I had the opportunity to conduct a research stay at the University of Delaware under the supervision of Professors Emil Hernandez and Mary Watson. In 2024, I joined Dr Jesús Campos’ research group to pursue my doctoral thesis on bimetallic complexes for C-H bond activation

I graduated in Chemistry from the University of Seville in 2022. Then I started a two-year Master’s program in Integrative Synthetic Biology, taught by the Margarita Salas Biological Research Centre (CIB-CSIC) and the International University Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP) in Madrid.

While I was doing my Master’s, I received an introductory research grant ‘JAE Intro ICU’ at the Blas Cabrera Institute of Physical Chemistry, followed by a research contract under the ‘Programa Investigo’ at the Complutense University of Madrid. Under the supervision of Dr. Cristián Cuerva de Alaíz, we worked on the project Design, synthesis, and study of ionic liquid crystals with dielectric and/or luminescent properties.

Thanks to this research contract, I knew that I wanted to realize a PhD in organometallic chemistry. Also, I was looking for a project where I could combine both theoretical computational and experimental approaches— which I found in Seville.

Currently, I am working on my PhD thesis in the Campos group, focusing on cooperative organometallic complexes through both experimental and computational methods.

I have a PhD in Organometallic Chemistry and an MSc in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. I have worked as a postdoc in Edinburgh and York (UK) and now I am trying my hand at Project Management.