Marta Elena
González Mosquera

Marta E. G. Mosquera, PhD, FRSC, is Full Professor in Inorganic Chemistry (Madrid Program for Excellence). She graduated in Oviedo University, where she obtained her PhD working on Ru(II) complexes. Then she moved to Prof. D.S. Wright group in Cambridge University with a Maire Curie Fellowship, there she focused on main group chemistry. She returned to Oviedo as an Assistant Professor, where she worked on diphosphine carbenes. In 2003 she moved to Alcalá University where she started her independent career focused on Organometallic, Coordination and Structural Chemistry, Catalytic Polymerization and Bioplastics. She has initiated three different research lines: 1. Homo and heterometallic main group compounds active in catalytic (co)polymerization processes and in C-C bond formation. Within this area she has developed several Al and K compounds very active in catalytic ROP, including the polymerization of reluctant monomers such as limonene oxide. As well, she has achieved the preparation of unusual heterometallic aluminum-alkali metal species with O and O/N donor ligands including bio-derived ligands. (ChemComm. 2011, 2018; Dalton Trans. 2014, 2016, 2109 ; ChemCatChem, 2018, Eur. Polym. J., 2020, Polymer, 2020, Polym. Chem., 2023, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2024, ACS Catalysis, 2024, Polymer, 2025) 2. Design and synthesis of new metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) containing transition or main group metals with multifunctionalized ligands and their application as antimicrobial agents, she reported one of the first examples on MOFs antimicrobial activity (CrystEngCommun., 2014, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem, 2017, Journal of Hazardous Materials 2021) 3. Study weak interactions such as Halogen Bonding, and the analysis of the implications of their presence in the structure and reactivity. Of particular interest is the process reported in Inorg. Chem. (2016) where the role of the halogen bonding in the ligand substitution reaction is demonstrated. (Inorg. Chem. 2016; Faraday Discussions, 2017; CrystEngComm 2020 ; Dalton Trans 2023) She has established long-term collaborations with researcher groups form Italy, France, Canada, UK and the US, as well as groups from Oviedo, Huelva, Valencia, Madrid and Seville. She has published over 140 publications in JCR journals, most of them in Q1 journals, including the D1 journals: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, JACS, J. Hazard. Materials, ChemComm and, Inorg Chem, and several book chapters. She has communicated her work in more than 140 conferences contributions (National and International), several as invited speaker. She has received funding in 38 national and interactional research projects (18 as PI). She has been invited to give talks in National and International Universities: Hertfordshire, Strathclyde, Complutense de Madrid, Politécnica de Madrid, Gdansk, Zaragoza, Oviedo, Huelva, Brooklyn College (New York), Ratisbona, Queen Mary University (Londres), Khalifa University (Abu Dabi), TUM (Munich), TalTech (Tallin, Estonia) e IIQ (Sevilla). She was Member of the Organizing Committee of the XXII IUCr (2011), Member of the International Scientific Advisory board of the ICNI2019, Organizing Committee of EUROMOF 2023 and POLYCHAR in 2024. In Alcala she has organized the IV CHAOS COST action meeting (2018), 1st UK-Spain Organometallic Chemistry Symposium (2019) and the EUCOMC XXV (2023), both as Chair of the Organizing Committee. She was guest editor for the Dalton Transactions themed web collection on Inorganic Chemistry of the p-Block Elements. She is Fellow of the RSC and Member of the Government Board of the Spanish RSEQ and the GE3C.