Prof. Dr. Daniel Horacio Murgida

Profile

Academic position	Full Professor
Research fields	Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry,Biophysics
Keywords	Electron Transfer, Redox Proteins, Photoreceptors, Cytochrome, Raman Spectroscopy
Honours and awards	2026: Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay 2024: External Member of MOSTMICRO, Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology (ITQB), NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal. 2015: Hans J. Schumacher Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Physical Chemistry for the 2012–2014 period, awarded by the Argentine Association for Research in Physical Chemistry (AAIFQ). PhD candidate: Damián Álvarez-Paggi. Supervisor: Daniel H. Murgida. 2015: Prof. Dr. Luis Federico Leloir Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Chemical Sciences for the 2012–2014 period, awarded by the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires. PhD candidate: Damián Álvarez-Paggi. Supervisor: Daniel H. Murgida. 2014: Academic Merit Diploma, awarded by the Rector of the University of Buenos Aires 2013: KONEX Award, as one of the five most outstanding figures in Argentina in Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Analytical Chemistry during the 2003–2013 decade. 2003: Visiting Professor, Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology (ITQB), NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal 1998: Herrero Ducloux Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Physical Chemistry, Argentine Chemical Association, 1998. PhD candidate: Daniel H. Murgida. Supervisor: Rosa Erra Balsells.

Current contact address

Country	Argentina
City	Buenos Aires
Institution	Universidad de Buenos Aires
Institute	Instituto de Quimica Fisica de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energia (INQUIMAE-CONICET)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Kurt Schaffner	Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr
Prof. Dr. Peter Hildebrandt	Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr
Start of initial sponsorship	01/03/1999

Programme(s)

1998	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2001	Daniel Horacio Murgida, Peter Hildebrandt: Active-Site Structure and Dynamics of Cytochrome c Immobilized of Self-Assembled Monolayers-A Time-Resolved Surface Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectroscopic Study. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2001, 728-731
2001	Daniel Horacio Murgida, Peter Hildebrandt: Active-Site Structure and Dynamics of Cytochrome c Immobilized on Self-Assembled Monolayers--A time-Resolved Surface Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectoscopic Study. In: Angew. Chem. Int., 2001, 728-731
2001	Daniel Horacio Murgida, H. Wackerbarth, S. Oellerich, S. Döpner, L. Rivas, P. Hildebrandt: Dynamics and mechanism of the electron transfer process of cytochrome c probed by resonance Raman and surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy. In: Journal of Molecular Structure, 2001, 51-59
2001	Daniel Horacio Murgida, Peter Hildebrandt: Elektronentransferdynamik von adsorbierten Cytochrom c auf selbstorganisierten Monoschichten - eine Untersuchung mit zeitaufgelöster oberflächenverstärkter Resonanz-Raman-Spektroskopie. In: Angew. Chem., 2001, 751-754
2001	Daniel Horacio Murgida, Peter Hildebrandt: Heterogeneous Electron Transfer of Cytochrome c on Coated Silver Electrodes. Electric Field Effects on Structure and Redos Potential. In: J. Phys. Chem. B, 2001, 1578-1586
2001	Daniel Horacio Murgida, Peter Hildebrandt: Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer of Cytochrome c. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 4062-4068
2001	Daniel Horacio Murgida. L. Rivas, P. Hildebrandt: Surface-enhanced resonance Raman study of cytochrome c from Methylophilus Methylotrophus. In: Journal of Molecular Structure, 2001, 193-196
2001	Daniel Horacio Murgida, P. Hildebrandt: The heterogeneous electron transfer of cytochrome c adsorbed on Ag electrodes coated with -carboxyl alkanethiols. A surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopic study. In: Journal of Molecular Structure, 2001, 97-100