Marcelino Maneiro Maneiro

Marcelino Maneiro Maneiro is a Professor at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela. His research focuses on coordination chemistry, particularly manganese complexes as mimetic models for artificial photosynthesis and bioinorganic applications in medicinal chemistry and environmental catalysis.

He received his Ph.D. in 1998 from the University of Santiago de Compostela, supervised by Dr. Manuel R. Bermejo Patiño and Dr. Antonio Sousa Alonso. His doctoral work involved synthesis of manganese complexes for artificial photosynthesis, with stages at UMIST (Manchester, UK).

His research spans supramolecular chemistry, electrochemical synthesis, and ROS scavenging via manganosalen complexes. Recent publications highlight gold(I) derivatives for anticancer activity and lead helicates exhibiting the inert pair effect.

He has contributed to environmental catalysis through manganese Schiff base complexes for lignin oxidation and chlorine-free bleaching. His 2016 works on apoptosis mechanisms and electrochemical routes to gold complexes demonstrate interdisciplinary relevance in medicinal chemistry and catalysis.