Diego Garcia Lopez

Diego Garcia Lopez is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology, affiliated with the Applied Physics and Science Education department. His research focuses on theoretical and mechanistic studies in chemistry, particularly in chirality, catalysis, and transition metal chemistry.

Research trends in his work include:

• Chirality control and solvent-dependent conformational switches using density functional theory (2024).
• Organocatalysis for stereoselective synthesis of helical compounds (2024).
• Mechanistic studies of carbon dioxide carboxylation and C-H activation with transition metals (2020, 2017).
• Investigations into transition metal-free alkyne functionalization (2018).

Collaborative efforts span international institutions, with a focus on materials simulation and computational modeling. His work has garnered over 221 citations (Scopus) and broad attention in academic circles.