Prof. Álvaro Somoza Calatrava
Position: Senior Research Prof.
Previous Position: Instituto de Investigaciones Biologicas (IRBBarcelona), Barcelona. Spain
Research: Nucleic Acids and Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine
ORCID: 0000-0001-9873-435X
Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=GYgnD7EAAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao
Group webpage: Nanobiotechnology
Joining Date: April 2009
User Name: alvaro.somoza
Telephone: +34 91 299 88 56
Álvaro Somoza studied Chemistry at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid where he did his Ph.D., under the direction of Prof. Carmen Carreño, focused on the total synthesis of Rubiginones. He then joined the group of Prof. Eric Kool at Stanford University. There he worked on a project focused on using modified oligonucleotides to study the role of sterics and hydrogen bonding interactions in RNA interference. Later, he moved to Barcelona to work with Dr. Ramón Eritja at the IRB, where he started a project devoted to the study of the interactions between RNA strands and the protein involved in RNA interference. In 2009, he joined IMDEA Nanociencia and was promoted to Senior Scientist in 2015.
Personal website: http://www.nanobioimdea.com