Dr. Gerardo Manuel Ojeda Carralero

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsOrganic Molecular Chemistry,Bioorganic and Biological Chemistry
Keywordsanticancer, biomolecule, muticomponent reaction, hybrid molecule, immunogenic
Honours and awards

2024: Award for mentoring the team representing Havana province that attained the 3rd place in the Cuban National Chemistry Contest.

2024: Bronze Medal and Honorary Mention for the Cuban team in the 56th International Chemistry Olympiad, ICHO 2024, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Head Mentor.

2024: Prize of the Rector for Outstanding Teacher at the University of Havana

2024: Prize of the Rector of University of Havana to the Department with Outstanding Teaching and Methodology. Member of the department.

2023: National Award for the Most Outstanding Young Person of the Cuban Society of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Engineering

2023: National Award in Natural and Applied Sciences of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. “Development of New Methodologies for the Synthesis of Heterocycles”. Most relevant award for researchers in the country

2023: Prize of the Rector of the University of Havana for the Result with the Highest Scientific Impact in Natural and Exact Sciences for the project “Synthetic Methodologies for the Stabilization of Secondary Structures of Peptides”. As collaborator

2023: Prize of the Rector of the University of Havana to Scientific Work in Natural, Exact and Technical Sciences to the project “Synthetic Methodologies for the Stabilization of Secondary Structures of Peptides”. As collaborator

2023: Two Bronze Medals for the Cuban team in the 55th International Chemistry Olympiad, ICHO 2023, Zürich, Switzerland. Head Mentor

2022: Prize of the Rector for the contributions to University Extension Activities at the University of Havana

2022: Prize to the Poster in the 1st International Symposium, CIDEM 2022, Varadero, Cuba

2021: Honorary mention in the 2st Twitter Poster Conference (online), LatinXChem, www.latinxchem.org

2019: Prize of the Rector of University of Havana to the Department with Outstanding Teaching and Methodology. Member of the department

2017: TEAM project from VLIR-UOS for a Flemish-Cuba cooperation (CU2018TEA458A101). “Improving the Synthetic Chemistry Expertise of the Cuban Academic Sector to Support the Development of Products and Applications for the Agrochemical and Pharmaceutical Industries”. Budget 279.932 EUR

2016: Honorary Young Fellow of the National Committee for the Chemistry Career.

2016: Mention for the contributions to university extension activities at the University of Havana

2014: Best Science Student of the University of Havana, Cuba.

2014: First place at the 3rd National University Olympiad on Chemistry

2014: Mention to the diploma project presented at the Scientific Student Forum

2012: First place at the 2nd National University Olympiad on Chemistry

2011: Especial Prize of the Cuban Society of Chemistry the presentation at the Scientific Student Forum

2011: First place at the 1st National University Olympiad on Chemistry.

2008: Gold Medal and Absolute winner at the Spanish Chemistry Olympiad, Castellón de la Plana, Spain.

2008: Gold Medal at the 13th Ibero-American Chemistry Olympiad, Heredia, Costa Rica

2008: Silver Medal at the 40th International Chemistry Olympiad, Budapest, Hungary

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityHalle (Saale)
InstitutionLeibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie, Halle (IPB)
InstituteAbteilung Natur- und Wirkstoffchemie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Bernhard WestermannAbteilung Natur- und Wirkstoffchemie, Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie, Halle (IPB), Halle (Saale)
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2025

Programme(s)

2024Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs