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VIRGINIA DEL SOLAR FERNÁNDEZ
CAREER SUMMARY
Researcher in training (FPI – Formación de Personal Investigador)
Sep. 2008 – Aug. 2012: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Pre-doctoral fellowship supported by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain)
Duty: D esign, synthesis, and test of new anti-tumor compounds with “non-classic” structures.
Scholar in visiting academic
May 2011 – Sep. 2011: W ake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC, USA)
Visiting academic supported by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ( Madrid,Spain)
Duty: D evelopment of new gold(I) complexes as anti-cancer and anti-TB drugs.
May 2009 – D ec. 2009: Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Boch um, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)
Visiting academic supported by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Duty: D evelopment and cell-test of new platinum compounds linked to oligopeptides as anti -tumor drugs.
Science t eacher within Education Improv ement Program for Exceptionally Students from Madrid
Sep. 2008 – May 2009 and Sep. 2007 – May 2008: IES Juan de la Cierva (Madrid, Spain)
C ontract supported by Education O ffice, Community of Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Duty: Introduce and explain science by doing laboratory practice and/or reading scientific journal articles.
Researcher
Feb. 2005 – D ec. 2006: Universidad de Oviedo (Oviedo, Asturias, Spain)
C ontract supported by Universidad de Oviedo (Asturias, Spain)
ADDRESS Duty: D evelopment of new synthesis of enantiopure compounds from aminoacids.
385 Saint Lawrence Avenue
Buffalo, NY
EDUCATION
14216 (USA)
Ph.D. degree in Chemistry summa cum laude
Jun. 2008 – N ov. 2012: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Major: Organic and Bioinorganic Chemistry
GPA: 5 of 5
M aster’s degree in Chemistry (Diploma of Advanced Studies)
Oct. 2004 – Sep. 2007: Universidad de Oviedo (Oviedo, Asturias, Spain)
Major: Organic Chemistry
GPA: 4 of 4
Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry
Oct. 1997 – Jul. 2004: Universidad de Oviedo (Oviedo, Asturias, Spain)
Major: Organic and Analytical Chemistry
GPA: 1.51 of 4
SKILLS
Laboratory skills
- Broad experience in purification, separation, and spectroscopic identification techniques as flash chromatography,
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HPLC, 1D ( H, C, Pt, P) and 2D NMR (COSY, HSQC, HMBC, NOESY), UV-Vis, or LC/MS.
- Good skills in handling air and/or water s ensitive compounds standard Schlenk line and Glovebox techniques.
CONTACT - Experience in platinum and gold chemistry, metal- and organocatalysis, aminoacids chemistry, and s olid-phase
E-mail: peptide synthesis.
***********@*******.*** - Technical expertise in Microbiology and a good command of Cell Culture.
- Knowledge about biochemical techniques as PCR, Western - blot, or Comet assay.
C ellular phone: - Proficiency in different instruments as photoreactor, polarimeter, NMR, HPLC, LC/MS, and UV/Vis devices.
- Typical reaction scale: 20 g – 10 mg of an organic compound and 5 g – 1 mg of an inorganic complex.
716-262- 4805
Other skills
Skype: - Expert in programs – MS Office, ChemDraw, GraphPad Prism, and Endnote – and NMR processing and analysis
virginia.del.solar.fernandez software TopSin, MestRe-C, and WIN-NMR.
- Expertise in bibliographic database – Scifinder, PubMed, Reaxys, WOK (Web of Knowledge), and Refworks.
Languages
- Spanish Mother tongue
- English Medium-High
- G erman Low- Medium
TRAINING COURSES
- Risk Prevention at Work: Theoretical Education and Prac tical Training in Fire Fighting (March, 2012, 4 hours)
- H ow to Write Abstracts in English (November, 2011, 1 ECTS or 25-30 hours)
- LaTeX Introdution (November, 2010, 1 ECTS or 25- 30 hours)
- Bioinorganic Instrumental Techniques (June, 2010, 40 hours)
- International School of Crystallization: Drugs, Foods, Agrochemicals, Minerals, New Materials (ISC2010) ( May, 2010,
40 hours)
- Quality C ontrol Technician (June, 2008, 300 hours)
- Enzymes in Organic Synthesis (June, 2006, 40 hours)
- Molecular Design: Strategy and New Tendencies (May, 2006, 40 hours)
- NMR and Mass Spectrometry in order to Identify Organic Compounds (March, 2006, 40 hours)
- Preparation of Biologic Interesting Organic Molecules: Synthesis of EPC Amino Acids and Steroids, Nucleic Acids
and Secondary Metabolites Synthesis (February, 2006, 40 hours)
- Synthesis, Properties and Applications in Organic Synthesis of Lanthani des Compounds (November, 2005, 40 hours)
AWARDS
X Edition Lilly Awards for Ph.D. Students in Spain
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Position: 1 award
D ate and place: September 28, 2012. Eli Lilly & C o., Madrid, Spain
PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
- J. Med. Chem. 2013, sent
Accomplished tasks: C omplexes synthesis (100%), purification (100%), and characterization (100%). Manuscript
writing (20%). SI writing (Chemistry section) (100%). Primary liaison within research groups Biochemist and
Chemist groups.
- J. Inorg. Biochem. 2013, in press, DOI 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2013.01.013
Accomplished tasks: C omplexes synthesis (80%), purification (80%), and characterization (100%). SI writing
(Chemistry section) (100%). Manage Amparo Á lvarez-Valdés’ work.
- J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 7287- 7293
Accomplished tasks: C ompounds synthesis (60%), purification (60%), and characterization (80%). HPLC assays
(40%). SI writing (100%). Manage Cecilia Martín-Santos’ and Leticia Cubo’s work.
- Med. Chem. Comm. 2011, 2, 789-793
Accomplished tasks: C omplexes synthesis (75%), purification (75%), and characterization (100%). UV -Vis
experiment (100%). SI writing (Chemistry section) (100%). Manage Amparo Álvarez-Valdés’ work.
- W O/2011/104409 or PCT/ES2011/070117
Accomplished tasks: C ompounds synthesis (100%), purification (100%), and characterization (100%). SI writing
(Chemistry section) (100%).
- Dalton Transactions 2010, 39, 106**-*****
Accomplished tasks: C ompounds synthesis (100%), purification (100%), and characterization (100%). SI writing
(100%).
- Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 454- 456
Accomplished tasks: C ompounds synthesis (85%), purification (85%), and characterization (85%). Kinetic assays
ADDRESS monitored by NMR (100%). SI writing (100%).
- Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 750–3753
385 Saint Lawrence Avenue
Buffalo, NY Accomplished tasks: C ompounds synthesis (100%), purification (100%), and characterization (95%). SI writing
14216 (USA) (95%). Manage Paula Tuya’s work.
- Adv. Synth. Catal. 2008, 350, 477-481
Accomplished tasks: C ompounds synthesis (100%), purification (100%), and characterization (100%). SI writing
(100%). Manuscript writing (15%).
- J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 7567- 7573
Accomplished tasks: C ompounds synthesis (100%), purification (100%), and characterization (100%). SI writing
(100%). Manuscript writing (10%).
- Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 2805- 2810
Accomplished tasks: Starting material synthesis (100%), and purification (100%). SI writing (50%).
- J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71 (17), 6420-6426
Accomplished tasks: C ompounds synthesis (85%), purification (85%), and characterization (85%). SI writing
(100%).
- Org. Lett. (Letter) 2006, 8 (2), 349- 351
Accomplished tasks: C ompounds synthesis (75%), purification (75%), and characterization (75%). SI writing (75%).
- J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70 (25), 10348- 10353
Accomplished tasks: C ompounds synthesis (45%), purification (45%), and characterization (45%). SI writing (30%).
- J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70 (18), 7447-7450
Accomplished tasks: C ompounds synthesis (50%), purification (50%), and characterization (50%). SI writing (30%).
BOOKS
CONTACT
Síntesis Sencilla de Alilaminas y Beta - Aminoalcoholes Enantiopuros: Productos Derivados de Aminoácidos
E-mail:
Author/s: Virginia del Solar Fernández
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Language: Spanish
Publication date: October 25, 2011
C ellular phone:
Publishing company: Editorial Académica Española (EAE)
716-262- 4805
ISBN-13: 978- 384-***-****
Skype:
CONFERENCES
virginia.del.solar.fernandez
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- 24 EORTC - NCI - AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics P-186, N ovember 06-09,
2012, Dublin, Ir eland
- X Edition Lilly Awards for Ph.D. Students Oral presentation, Eli Lilly & Co., September 28, 2012, Madrid, Spain
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- 11 European Inorganic Chemistry Conference P- 48, September 12- 16, 2012, Granada, Spain
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- 1 International Michelangelo Conference P- 1, June 30 – July 01, 2011, Milan, Italy
- Second World Congress on Cancer 2010 (WCC -2010) P-1, September 03- 05, 2010, Kottayam, Kerala, India
- Gordon Research Conference on Metals in Medicine 2010 P- 17, June 27 – July 02, 2010, Andover, NH, USA
- 10th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference PO- 004, J une 22- 26, 2010, Thessaloniki, Greece
- R eunión científica bioinorgánica 2009 P- 19, July 15-18, 2009, Llucmajor, Mallorca, Spain
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- 14 IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis OMCOS 14
P- 107, August 02-06, 2007, Nara, Japan
ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING POSITIONS
Undergraduate students’ teacher
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry – C hemistry Bachelor 2 year (30 hours)
2011- 2012 Academic year: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain), Departamento de Química Inorgánica
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- Advanced Experimentation in Inorganic Chemistry – C hemistry Bachelor 4 year (30 hours)
2011- 2012 Academic year: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain), Departamento de Química Inorgánica
M ember of the Department Council as Ph.D. student represent ative
- Jan. 2011 – Sep. 2012: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain), Departamento de Química Inorgánica
- 2006- 2007 Academic year: Universidad de Oviedo (Oviedo, Asturias, Spain), Departamento de Química Orgánica e
Inorgánica
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