Department: QUIMICA ORGANICA

Institute: I.U. DE SÍNTESIS ORGÁNICA

Area: Organic Chemistry

Research group: Stereoselective Catalysis in Organic Synthesis (CESO)

Email: chinchilla@ua.es

Doctor by the Universitat d'Alacant / Universidad de Alicante with the thesis Metoxilación anódica de alquilbifenilos y derivados propenílicos de fenoles y éteres fenólicos 1990. Supervised by Dr. Isidoro Barba.

Rafael Chinchilla was born in Alicante and studied Chemical Sciences at the University of Alicante (bachelor's and doctorate), completing postdoctoral stays at the University of Aix-Marseille (France) and at the University of Uppsala (Sweden). He is a professor in the Department of Organic Chemistry and the Institute of Organic Synthesis at the University of Alicante, and his current research focuses mainly on the development of sustainable synthetic methodologies.