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Dr. Anna Pla-Quintana is a Research Professor at the University of Girona (UdG), affiliated with the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) and the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science. She completed her PhD in Chemistry at UdG under Prof. Anna Roglans and held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (France). Since 2009, she has led a research team at IQCC focusing on transition-metal-catalyzed cycloaddition and cyclization reactions, with an emphasis on mechanistic studies and fullerene functionalization. Her work integrates experimental and computational methods to design sustainable catalytic processes for organic synthesis and nanomaterial development. Key research areas include rhodium- and copper-catalyzed reactions, regioselectivity control, and predictive chemistry approaches.
Her academic journey includes a lecturer position at UdG since 2007 and a permanent faculty role since 2009. Research collaborations span catalytic methodologies, organometallic chemistry, and the synthesis of complex heterocyclic scaffolds. Recent studies highlight the functionalization of fullerenes and the development of novel catalytic systems for sustainable organic synthesis.
Publications since 2023 focus on cycloaddition mechanisms, rhodium-catalyzed cascades, and the application of predictive computational models. Her work has been published in journals like Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., ACS Catal., and Adv. Synth. Catal.. The research team actively explores reaction pathways, ligand design, and the synthesis of functional materials.
Labs and teams: Her group is part of the IQCC, a global leader in computational chemistry and catalysis, emphasizing predictive methods for catalyst design and confined-space reactions.
