Xavier Biarnés Fontal

Xavier Biarnés Fontal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at IQS School of Engineering, Universitat Ramon Llull. His research focuses on computational enzyme engineering, glycosylation mechanisms, and protein dynamics analysis.

• Active projects include GLYCOENGIN (2023-2026) on glycoenzyme engineering
• Leading BINDSCAN 2.0 (2020) for computer-assisted enzyme design
• Part of GRUP DE QUÍMICA BIOLÒGICA I BIOTECNOLOGIA (2022-2025)

Research trends from 56 publications show expertise in:

• Enzyme engineering for biocatalysis
• Glycosyltransferase mechanism analysis
• Chitin synthase modification
• Substrate promiscuity characterization
• Thermal stability optimization

Recent computational studies focus on electrostatic potential modeling, GDP-sugar epimerase dynamics, and peroxidase comparison for biotechnology applications.