Beltzane Garcia-Cirera obtained a bachelor’s in chemistry in 2010 at the University of Barcelona (UB), followed by a M.Sc. in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (2011) and finally a PhD (2016), under the supervision of Dr Montserrat Corbella in the Bioinorganic Models group. The PhD dealt with the study of the magnetic and catalytic properties of polynuclear manganese complexes, mimetics of the active centre of Mn-catalases as a new antioxidants against reactive oxygen species (ROS). The PhD training included an internship (2014) at École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Lyon (France), through a C-Mira fellowship, under the direction of Dr. Belen Albela. There, she entered into the world of Materials Science synthesising functionalized mesoporous silica with the aim to introduce manganese compounds into the support for more efficient antioxidants, non-toxics and actives in aqueous media. Apart from research, during all the PhD period, she combined research with teaching as a graduate teaching assistant.
After the PhD, she returned as a Post-Doc to the ENS, with a C-MIRA Pro fellowship, to expand the previous studies. At that time, synthesising functionalised silica nanoparticles with the aim to reduce the size of the hybrid-material supports. In mid-2017 she returned to the UB to work as a specialized laboratory technician and teaching assistant. In 2019 she moved to the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB) as a project manager at FunNanoSurf group led by Prof Núria Aliaga and Dr. Arántzazu González. In 2021 she returned to the UB to work in the Reaction Mechanisms group of Prof Manel Martínez and Dr. Montserrat Ferrer; working in the preparation of Azo-type ligands to be included in mixed valence compounds. In autumn 2022, she joined the group of Prof. Josep Puigmartí as a Post-Doc Project & Lab manager.
Contact Details:
Telephone: +34934021221
email: beltzane.garcia@ub.edu
