Leader of the Carbohydrate Research Group of the
UGR (FQM-208-Junta de Andalucía), Professor Santoyo-González was born in Cabra de Santo Cristo, Jaén (Spain) in 1953. He study at the University of Granada where he received the degrees of Bachelor (1975) and Ph.D. in Chemistry (1979) under the supervision of Professor Jorge Fidel López Aparicio. He began his teaching career in the Department of Organic Chemistry of the University of Granada in 1976 first as a Fellow of the Ministry of Education and Science (1976-1978), then as Assistant Professor (1978) and as a full professor (1982), and finally as Full Professor of University (2000). He has been visiting professor at the University of Ottawa (Canada) on several occasions working with Professors Hans H. Baer and René Roy. It has established collaborations.
Carbohydrate Chemistry, Glycochemistry, Bioconjugation Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Non-viric gene vectors, Organic Synthesis, Click-chemistry, Vinyl Sulfone Chemistry
The scientific interest of Professor Santoyo Gonzalez aim the development of new synthetic methodologies with applicability in carbohydrate chemistry of carbohydrates and related areas as well as in the implementation of those methodologies for the development of new technological and biotechnological applications. His most important contributions have covered such diverse fields as cyclic sulfates chemistry and “click-chemistry” (1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and Michael reactions of vinyl sulfones) and the application of these methodologies in the synthesis and biological activity of neoglycoconjugates (glycodendrimers, glicociclodextrinas, glicocalixarenos), non-magnetic and magnetic homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic systems for click-chemistry, hybrid materials, polymeric matrices, new techniques for bioconjugation, labelling and immobilization of biomolecules, and the preparation of new agents for specific non-viral gene transfection vectors.
