Luis R. Domingo, Frsc

Biography

Luis R. Domingo was born in Valencia in 1956. He studied Chemistry at the University  of Valencia and graduated in Chemistry in 1980. He acquired his ph. D. in Organic  Synthesis in 1987 under the supervision of Prof. Manuel Arnó (thesis entitled “ Transformación de ácidos resínicos en derivados de esteroides”). In 1980 he started as an Assistant Professor at the School of Chemistry, University of  Valencia. In 1990 he became an Associate Professor, and finally, in 2010, obtained  his current position of Full Professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry of the University of Valencia. In 1995 he came up with his first studies in the field of Theoretical Organic Chemistry. So far, he has published around 240 theoretical studies in different fields of Organic  Chemistry. Moreover, he has written four book chapters. In 1997 Luis R. created the Research Unit called "Theoretical Organic Chemistry" at  the Department of Organic Chemistry (University of Valencia). Since 1992 he has  been collaborating closely with various groups of experimental and theoretical research,  both nationally and internationally. Member of the Editorial Board of the RSC Advances (2014), journals Current Organic Synthesis (2009), Reports  in Organic Chemistry (2011), and Open Chemical Physics Journals (2008). He is reviewer of a large number of international renowned journals such as Angew. Chem.;  Org. Biomol. Chem.; J. Am. Chem. Soc.; J. Org. Chem.; Org. Lett.; J. Phys. Org. Chem.;  Tetrahedron, Eur. J. Org. Chem.; with more than 300 articles reviewed. In 2011 he was Guest Editor of a special issue in the journal Letter in Organic Chemistry. Now, he has an index h = 36, having received around 4000 citations and cited in the  Essential Science Indicators Scientists of the Web of Knowledge.

Research Interest

Organic Chemistry