Fernando Albericio

Dr. Fernando Albericio

School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa
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Biography

Prof. Dr. Fernando Albericio earned a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Barcelona in 1981. He has been a research professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal since 2012 and a principal investigator at CIBER-BBN (Networking Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine) since 2005. He was a full/associate professor at the University of Barcelona (1985–2023), the rector at the University of Yachay (2014–2015), a visiting professor at King Saud University (2014–2020), and a group leader at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Barcelona, Barcelona Science Park (2003–2015). He was the founding editor-in-chief of the Methods and Protocols Journal at MDPI and an editorial board member of many international journals, such as Molecules, Antibiotics, Future Medicinal Chemistry, Frontiers in Chemical Biology (Chemistry), and so on. He has won several awards, including being nominated for the National Science Technology Forum (NSTF)-South32 Awards (2022–2023) by South Africa, an Emeritus Full Professor (2023) by the University of Barcelona, and the Murray Goodman Scientific Excellence & Mentorship Award (2019) by the American Peptide Society. His research interests include organic chemistry, organic synthesis, peptides, mechanisms of action, and the interaction of peptides with eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.

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