Juan Figueroa Macías
PhD candidate
Academic education
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Since Sep 2023
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Master Student of the Max Planck School "Matter to Life", Heidelberg, Germany
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Sep 2016 - Dec 2021
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BSc. in Chemistry, University of Havana, Cuba
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Research experience
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Jan 2022 - Jul 2023
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"Obtaining lignocellulosic nano- and micromaterials from agricultural waste for environmental and agricultural applications" as a research trainee at the Center for the Study of Natural Products, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Cuba
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2021
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BSc. Thesis "In silico evaluation and synthesis of peptide-steroid hybrids as possible stimulators of plant defense", Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Cuba
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2016 - 2021
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Student Researcher at the Center for the Study of Natural Products, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Cuba
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Awards/Scholarships
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2023
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Scholarship at the Max Planck School "Matter to Life"
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2022
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Cuban Chemistry Society Award for the best student of the year 2021
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2022
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Award for Student Scientific Work, University of Havana
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2021
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Best Graduate Award and Summa Cum Laude, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana
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2015
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Honorable Mention at the 47th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) held at Baku, Azerbaijan
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Poster presentations
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2023
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International Symposium of Material Sciences in SABER-UH 2023: Synthesis of lignin-SiO2 nanocomposites from agricultural residues, as heavy metals adsorbents. Juan Pablo Figueroa Macías, Carlos Rafael Castillo Hernández, Dayana Mesa Tejeda, Ernesto Díaz Infante, Alicia M. García Díaz, Yamilet Coll García. La Habana, Cuba
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2019
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Fourth Iberoamerican Symposium on Organic Chemistry (IV SIBEAQO): Figueroa-Macías, J. P.; Morales, F. E.; Díaz, E.; Garay, H.; Coll, Y., Synthesis of Steroid-Peptides Conjugates as Possible Stimulators of Plant Defense. Villa Clara, Cuba
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Publications
Mesa, D.; Augusto, Y.E.; Hernández, G.; Figueroa-Macías, J.P.; Coll, F.; Olea, A.F.; Núñez, M.; Campo, H.A.; Coll, Y.; Espinoza, L. The Synthesis of Novel aza-Steroids and α, β-Unsaturated-Cyanoketone from Diosgenin. Molecules 2023, 28, 7283. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28217283
Figueroa-Macías, J.P.; García, Y.C.; Núñez, M.; Díaz, K.; Olea, A.F.; Espinoza, L. Plant Growth-Defense Trade-Offs: Molecular Processes Leading to Physiological Changes. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 693. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22020693
