Jesús Jover Modrego is Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the Universitat de Barcelona. His research interests focus on the computational study of catalyzed homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, reactivity inside in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and molecular magnetism of transition metal and lanthanide compounds. Additionally, Jesús employs statistical and machine learning tools for complementing the studied processes. His teaching covers several areas of Chemistry (Inorganic, Computation, Laboratories) in different undregraduate and graduate courses for students in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy.

Biography & Scientific Curriculum

• Birth: 02/02/1978
• Place: Barcelona (Spain)

Education

• 1996-2002: Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry – Universitat de Barcelona
• 2003-2004: Master’s degree in Experimental Chemistry – Universitat de Barcelona
• 2004-2008: PhD thesis «Usage of QSPR methods for computing properties of inorganic compounds and multicomponent systems» (Advisors: Prof. Joaquim Sales and Dr. Ramón Bosque)

Positions

• 2008-2010: Research Assistant at University of Bristol
• 2010-2011: Postdoctoral researcher at Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ)
• 2012-2014: Juan de la Cierva Fellow at Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ) and Univeristat de Barcelona
• 2015-2019: Assistant Professor at Universitat de Barcelona (Professor Associat)
• 2015-2019: Postdoctoral researcher at Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ, part-time)
• 2019-2023: Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at Universitat de Barcelona (Professor Lector)
• Since 2023: Associate Professor at Universitat de Barcelona (Professor Agregat)

Awards, Scholarships

• 2004-2008: PhD Grant of Universitat de Barcelona
• 2012-2014: Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (JCI-2011-10134)

Scientific Stays

• 2006: Prof. Bo Tao Fan – Université de Paris VII – Denis Diderot (Paris, France)
• 2008-2010: Prof. A. Guy Orpen, Prof. Jeremy Harvey, Prof. Guy Lloyd-Jones, Dr. Natalie Fey – University of Bristol (UK)
• 2010-2013: Prof. Feliu Maseras – Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ)
• 2015-2019: Prof. Nuria Lopez, Prof. José R. Galán-Mascarós – Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ)

Publications

• 61 scientific publications
• 2 book chapters
• Total number of citations: 2023 (Scopus)
• Average per item: 32.1
• h-index: 26