Prof. Dr. Nazario Martin Leon

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsOrganic Molecular Chemistry,Preparative and Physical Chemistry of Polymers
KeywordsCarbon nanostructures, Electroactive organic compounds, Supramolecular chemistry, Asymmetric synthesis, Photoinduced electron transfer processes
Honours and awards

2018: Member of the Academia Europaea.

2015: Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Materials Chemistry (A, B and C) of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK

2015: "Elhuyar-Goldtsmith Award”. German Chemical Society (GDCh).

2015: “Miguel Catalán Award”. The most prestigious award from the Madrid Regional Government

2013: Alexander von Humboldt Award, AvH Foundation in Germany

2013: Richard E. Smalley Award, the Electrochemical Society (USA).

2012: “Advanced Grant“ from the European Research Council (ERC)

2012: Gold Medal and Research Award of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ)

2012: National Award Jaime I to the basic research

2007: DuPont Award for Science,

Current contact address

CountrySpain
CityMadrid
InstitutionUniversidad Complutense de Madrid
InstituteDepartment of Organic Chemistry
Homepagehttp://pendientedemigracion.ucm.es/info/fullerene/Members.html

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Rik TykwinskiLehrstuhl für Organische Chemie I, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2013

Programme(s)

2012Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Nazario Martín León, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Professor Martín León is an international expert in the covalent and supramolecular construction of carbon rich materials. The multi-disciplinary research program of Professor Martin Leon has become known for both synthetic breakthroughs as well as the discovery of new and useful organic materials with applications to photovoltaics and nanoscience. In particular, he has made seminal research contributions to the study of carbon nanostructures (namely fullerenes and nanotubes), pi-conjugated systems used as molecular wires, and electroactive molecules such as tetrathiafulvalenes in the context of photoinduced electron transfer processes. During his stay in Germany, he plans to participate in a tutorial course on "Nanocarbon Chemistry" directed to PhD students. He will also strengthen collaborative research projects already established with German groups as well as initiate new collaborations; his position as vice-director of the new Institute IMDEA-Nanoscience in Madrid will certainly help with these goals.