Prof. Plano Daniel

Daniel Plano received his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from the University of Navarra at Pamplona. He also received a European Ph.D. degree in Science (Chemistry), awarded with an Extraordinary Ph.D. issued in 2010 by the School of Science of the University of Navarra (Spain). In 2011, he received a postdoctoral fellowship from Navarra’s Government and joined the laboratory of A. K. Sharma, where he was mainly working on developing novel small drug-like molecules for cancer prevention and therapy. In 2014, he became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Chemistry at the University of Navarra. Currently, he is a Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the same institution. In 2019, he was adjudged with a “JoséCastillejo” scholarship granted by the Spanish Government to join Dr. Sharma’s lab for 3 months. He has published many articles, related to selenium derivatives with bioactivity against several illnesses including cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and leishmaniasis.