Daily RODRIGUEZ PADRON

Daily Rodríguez-Padrón is a Marie-Curie Post-Doctoral researcher at Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Italy (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Cofund Grant Agreement No. 945361). She earned her Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Havana, Cuba, in 2013, and completed her Ph.D. in the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cordoba, Spain, in 2020. In April 2020, she joined KelAda Pharmachem Ltd (Dublin, Ireland) as a visiting postdoctoral researcher, contributing to the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) RISE project titled GreenX4Drug. Dr Rodríguez-Padrón has undertaken research stays in several universities, including the Universita degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria and the Università degli Studi di Messina in Italy, as well as the PSL Research University, Chimie ParisTech CNRS, in France. She serves on the Editorial Board of Sustainable Chemistry and has been invited as a Guest Editor for various journals, including Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Topics in Current Chemistry, and Nanomaterials. Dr Rodríguez-Padrón has been laureated with the Dan David Prize 2019 in the field of Combatting Climate Change from Tel-Aviv University in Israel and the Green Talent Award 2020 from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Her research interests are deeply rooted in the realm of materials science for different applications, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and scalability. The core objectives are to spearhead a transformative shift in the synthesis of materials with a precise atomic-level control. To tackle these goals, she centers on mechanochemical protocols and sustainable precursors to develop green and scalable protocols for tailoring nanomaterials with improved performance. In this line, the use of wastes is a central point as a strategy to design new materials while enabling waste management and alignning with the circular economy. 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Research unique identifiers: ORCID: 0000-0002-8417-7035; Scopus Author ID: 57194760010, Research ID: F-7155-2016
• URL for web site: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=MTjpUKgAAAAJ&hl=es
• Twiter accounts: https://x.com/dailydggs; https://x.com/GREEN3DSIGN, 
• Linkedin accounts: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daily-rodr%C3%ADguez-padr%C3%B3n-4b8047b0/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/green-3dsign-3d-printing-design-for-catalysis-86065b261/

EDUCATION

• 2023 Italian National Scientific Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) for the position of Associate Professor in the academic fields of 1) 03/B1, 2) 03/B2, 3) 03/C1, and 4) 03/C2
• 28/01/2020 PhD in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Cordoba, Spain.
• 01/07/2016 Master Degree in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Cordoba, Spain
• 22/07/2013 Degree in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Cuba.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• 2022-to present Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Researcher at Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Italy, (global@venice, Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 945361)
• 2021-2022 Postdoctoral Researcher at Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy.
• 2020-2021 Postdoctoral Researcher at KelAda Pharmachem Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland) working on the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) RISE project entitled GreenX4Drug (proposal number 823939).
• 2015-2020 Predoctoral Researcher at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Cordoba, Spain.
• 2013-2014 Researcher at Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), La Habana, Cuba.

PRIZES, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

• 2023 Recognition in ChemCatChem journal as part of the Catalysis Talents Class of 2023. (https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1867-3899.CatalysisTalents).
• 2020 Green Talent from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
• 2019. Dan David Prize Scholarship, from Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
• 2019 Poster Award at Fourth Iberoamerican Symposium on Organic Chemistry (SIBEAQO IV)
• 2019 Scientific photography Award. Instituto Universitario de Nanoquímica (IUNAN)/ University of Cordoba

PROJECTS

• 2021-2023 Green-3Dsign. Green 3D printing design of advanced catalytic architectures. GLOBAL_AT_VENICE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie - COFUND Fellowship (€ 19,000 for research and disemmination activities). Position: Granted Postdoctoral researcher.
• 2019-2023 Green Enantioselective Halogenation for Drug Discovery and Manufacture. GreenX4Drug (grant 823939). Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) RISE. Coordinator: Universita degli Studi Di Napoli Federico II  (€ 607200). Position: Granted Postdoctoral researcher.
• 2019-2023. COST Action CA18112, Mechanochemistry for Sustainable Industry, Eu Fps Framework Program. University of Cordoba, Spain. Position: Management Committee member representing Spain.
• 2019-2023. Teaching innovation projects. Novel technologies applied to education, interdisciplinarity between subjects. University of Cordoba, Spain. Position: Researcher.
• 2020-2021. Bran valorization and extraction of valuable compounds. Ardent Mills, Denver, USA-University of Cordoba. Position: Researcher.
• 2016-2019. CTQ2016-78289-P. Development of Continuous Chemical-Enzymatic Processes for Biomass Valorization. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. University of Cordoba, Spain. Position: Researcher.
• 2016-2019. Mechano(nano)catalysis: Advances in the Design of Nanocatalysts and Applications in Biomass Conversion. PID2019- 109953GBI00. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Univ. of Cordoba, Spain, (€ 254100).
• 2016-2019. From Agrofood Waste to the Pharmaceuticals of the Future: Preparation of Bioactive Pharmaceuticals and Furans through Continuous Flow Photoredox Chemistry (RESISAFARMA) P18-RT-4576. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Univ. of Cordoba, Spain, (€ 119800).
• 2015-2016. Synthesis of a modified aminoacid through Click Chemistry for its use in Proteomics. CANVAX BIOTECH S.L. Universidad de Córdoba. University of Cordoba, Spain. Position: Researcher.

Projects with several industrial sectors signed under article 83 of the Organic Law 6/2001 of December 21 in Spain by the OTRI bureau (equivalent to Service Partenariat et Valorisation):

• i) OTRI reference: 12020056 Synthesis of flavouring molecules from renewable feedstocks in continuous flow mechanochemical assisted reaction (MECA), Deasyl SA, Geneva Switzerland-Univ. of Cordoba, Spain.
• ii) OTRI reference: 12016073. Valorisation of lignocellulosic residues from the walnut shell through environmentally friendly procedures. Almaco del Guadalquivir S.L and Univ. of Cordoba, Spain.
• iii) OTRI reference: 12018207 Evaluacion de propiedades fotocatalíticas en condiciones reales del producto LUMACTIV (Photo4LumActiv).

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Engaged in teaching for over 8 years, primarily delivering courses on general, organic, and environmental chemistry; and lectures for Ph.D. students at international centers. These activities are outlined below:

• 2015-2019. Four years of teaching experience in Chemistry, Univ. Cordoba, Spain: General Chemistry. Degree on Biology (48 h); Organic Chemistry. Degree on Food Science and Technology (12 h); Pollution Control though Catalysis. Degree on Environmental Science (15 h); Organic Structural Determination and Pharmaco-chemistry. Degree on Chemistry (15 h); Organic Chemistry. Degree on Chemistry (18 h); General Chemistry. Degree on Electronic Engineer (24 h).
• 2021. Invited lecture for PhD students «Mechanochemistry: towards sustainable chemical scenarios», at the Dept. Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Univ. Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy
• 2023. Invited lecture for PhD students «Biomass-Derived Catalytic Architectures for the Upgrading of Renewables» at BasCat–UniCat BASF JointLab, TU Berlin, Germany.

Experience in mentoring, having supervised 5 undergraduate and 3 Master students to date. The success of these experiences is evident through the publication of articles related to their thesis projects, with their level of involvement reflected in their authorship.

• 2023 Supervision of 2 Master and 1 undergraduate students (Degree in Chemistry), Univ. Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Italy.
• 2021 Supervision of 1 undergraduate student (Degree in Chemistry), Univ. Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Italy.
• 2020-2018 Supervision of 1 Master and 3 undergraduate students, Univ. of Cordoba, Spain.

She has also participated in several education-focused conferences between 2016-2018-II Int. Virtual Congress of Educational Research and Innovation (Univ. Cordoba, Spain), VII Teaching Innovation Workshops (Univ. San Jorge, Spain)-. She has actively engaged in education-related projects, contributing to the Teaching Innovation project conducted from 2019-2023 at Univ. of Cordoba, Spain.

MAJOR COLLABORATIONS

• University of Malaga, Spain;
• University of Cordoba, Spain;
• University of Reggio Calabria, Italy;
• University of Messina, Italy;
• Chimie-Paris Tech University, France;
• Deasyl SA.; Switzerland.

BOOKS

• Surface-modified Nanobiomaterials for Electrochemical and Biomedicine Applications July 2020 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-55502-3 Publisher: Springer International Publishing ISBN: 978-3-030- 55501-6.

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Rodriguez-Padron, D., Ahsan, M. A., Sanad, M. F., Luque, R., & Santiago, A. R. P. (2020). Proteins-based nanocatalyts for energy conversion reactions. In Surface-modified Nanobiomaterials for Electrochemical and Biomedicine Applications (pp. 237-255). Springer, Cham.
• Rodríguez-Padrón, D., Luque, R., & Muñoz-Batista, M. J. (2020). Waste-derived Materials: Opportunities in Photocatalysis. Topics in Current Chemistry, 378(1), 3.
• Rodríguez-Padrón, D., Balu, A. M., Romero, A. A., & Luque, R. (2021). Biomass valorization: Catalytic approaches using benign-by-design nanomaterials. Advances in Inorganic Chemistry.

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES

• 2011 Scientific Day, Obtention of a lactosil ceramide derivate for synthesis of glycoesfingolipide, carried of Lewis Y antigen. (Oral Presentation), May, University of Havana, Cuba.
• 2012 VI International Workshop: University & Environmental Challenges. (Oral Presentation) February, University of Havana, Cuba.
• 2013 V International Chemistry Symposium. Synthesis of useful intermediates for the total synthesis of the Lewis Y antigen, (Poster), June 4th-7th, Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba.
• 2015 III ISGC. Design of new nanocatalysts by mechanochemical processes, (Poster), May 3rd-7th, La Rochelle, France.
• 2016 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alina M. Balu, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Design of bionanocatalysts by mechanochemical processes and their application in alkylation reactions, (Poster), 251st ACS Meeting, March 13th-17th, San Diego, California, USA.
• 2016 Alina M. Balu, Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Bio-nanocomposites based on iron oxides: Preparation and catalytic applications, (Poster), 252nd ACS Meeting, August 21st-25th, Philadelphia, USA.
• 2016 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alina M. Balu, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Design of new bio-nanocomposites based on iron oxides and polysaccharides, and their use in heterogeneous catalysis, (Poster), Second Workshop & Third MC Meeting, April 4th6th, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
• 2016 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alina M. Balu, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Synthesis of nanomaterials based on iron oxide and polysaccharide S4, (Poster), RSEQ Conference, June 19th22th, Torremolinos (Malaga), Spain.
• María Dolores Marqués Medina, Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alina M. Balu, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Design of magnetically separable nanocatalysts using a novel methodology in continuous flow (Poster), RSEQ Conference, June 19th22th, Torremolinos (Malaga), Spain.
• 2016 Manuel Cruz-Yusta, M. Loreto Lunar Reyes, Daily RodríguezPadrón, Alina M. Balu, Antonio A. Romero Reyes, Lourdes Arce Jiménez, Marta R. Pérez-Morales, Guadalupe Sánchez Obrero, Rafael Madueño Jiménez, Alejandro Rodríguez Pascual, José L. Ferrer Herranzy Manuel Blázquez Ruiz, Introductory day to the laboratory as a motivational tool for the students at secondary schools, (Poster), XIII FECIES, June 30th-July 2nd, Granada Spain.
• 2016 Rafael Infantes Lubián, Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alina M. Balu, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Analysis of the impact on the quantitative and qualitative results of the evaluation of the teaching activity at the University of Cordoba, (Poster), XIII FECIES, June 30th-July 2nd, Granada Spain.
• 2016 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alain Puente-Santiago, Almudena Benítez, Alina M. Balu, An-tonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Unprecedented Synthetic Approach to Obtain Bio-Modified Magnetic Materials, (Poster), V Congress of young researchers, November 30th - December 2nd, Cordoba, Spain.
• 2017 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alain Puente-Santiago, Almudena Benítez, Alina M. Balu, An-tonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Bioinspired functionalized magnetic nanomaterials as energy storage devices, (Oral), NANOUCO VI, January 25th-26th, Cordoba, Spain.
• 2017 Daily Rodríguez Padrón, M. Dolores Márquez Medina, Mª Salud Climent Bellido, Alina M. Balu, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, From Organic Waste to Exceptional Magnetic Materials, (Poster), Third Workshop, March 27th-28th, Torremolinos (Malaga), Spain.
• 2017 Daily Rodríguez Padrón, Araceli García, Borja Murube, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Alina M. Balu, From walnut green shell to valuable products, (Poster), Third Workshop, March 27th-28th, Torremolinos (Malaga), Spain.
• 2017 M. Dolores Márquez, Daily Rodríguez Padrón, Alina M. Balu, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Isoeugenol conversion to vanilin using separable magnetic materials, (Poster), Third Workshop, March 27th-28th, Torremolinos (Malaga), Spain.
• 2018 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alain Puente-Santiago, Almudena Benítez, Alina M. Balu, An-tonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Synthesis of carbon-based fluorescent polymers driven by catalytically active magnetic bioconjugates, (Poster), mc2-Materials, Characterization and Catalysis Workshop, ETH, Suiza
• 2018 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alexander Jodlowski; Alain PuenteSantiago, Gustavo de Miguel, Alina M. Balu, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Síntesis de materiales fluorescentes empleando bioconjugados magnéticos activos catalíticamente, (Oral), VI Congress of young researchers, Cordoba, Spain.
• 2018 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Manuel Algarra, Luis A.C. Tarelho, Jorge Frade, Ana Franco Gustavo de Miguel, José Jiménez, Enrique Rodríguez-Castellón, Rafael Luque, Catalyzed microwave-assisted synthesis of Carbon Quantum dots from lignocellulosic residues (Oral), 4th Workshop. Tesalonika, Grecia.
• 2018 D. Rodríguez-Padrón, A.R. Puente-Santiago, A. Caballero, A. Pineda, A.M. Balu, A.A. Romero, R. Luque, Highly efficient direct oxygen electro-reduction by partially unfolded lac-cases immobilized on waste derived magnetically separable nanoparticles (Poster), 4th Workshop. Tesalonika, Grecia.
• 2018 M. Dolores Marquez, D. Rodríguez-Padrón, F. Luna Lama, A. PuenteSantiago, A. Caballero, A. Balu, A. Romero, R. Luque, N-rich carbon material from coffee waste and hemoglo-bin for high capacity battery electrodes (Poster), 4th Workshop. Tesalonika, Grecia.
• 2018 A.R. Puente-Santiago, D. Rodríguez-Padrón, C. Silveira, L.O. Martins, S. Todorovic, F. Folgosa, M. Texeira, S. Verma, R.S. Varma, R. Luque, High electrocatalytic oxidation currents of model lignin compounds driven by recombinat CotAlaccase modified sulfonate graphitic carbon nitride materials (Poster), 4th Workshop. Tesalonika, Grecia.
• 2018 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Mario J. Muñoz-Batista, Development of interdisciplinary skills through laboratory experiences (Poster), II Congreso Internacional Virtual de Investigación e Innovación Educativa CIVINEDU 2018.
• 2018 Mario J. Muñoz-Batista, Daily Rodríguez-Padrón Development of a virtual laboratory for the study of photocatalytic phenomena (Poster) II Congreso Internacional Virtual de Investigación e Innovación Educativa CIVINEDU 2018.
• 2018 Ana Franco, Alina M. Balu, María Luisa Rodríguez Muñoz, Mª de la Salud Climent Bellido, Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Novel techonologies applied to education, interdisciplinarity between subjects (Poster) VII Jornadas de Innovación Docente, Universidad San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain.
• 2018 Ana Franco, Alina M. Balu, Rafael Luque, Daily RodríguezPadrón, Introduction to no-menclature in Organic Chemistry through the use of a bilingual software/database program (Poster) VII Jornadas de Innovación Docente, Universidad San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain.
• 2018 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alain R. Puente-Santiago, Mario J. Muñoz-Batista, Alvaro Ca-ballero, Alina M. Balu, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque, Carbonaceous material derived from spent coffee grounds as higly sustainable anode material for lithium ion batteries (Poster) I Jornadas Doctorales en Energías Renovables, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain.
• 2019 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón. New trends in heterogeneous catalysis. (Keynote presentation). 4th Iberoamerican Symposium on Organic Chemistry (SIBEAQO-IV), 4th to 8th of December, Cayo Santa María, Cuba.
• 2019 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alina M. Balu, Rafael Luque. Catalytic valorization of levulinic acid towards N-heterocycles. (Poster). 4th (SIBEAQO-IV), 4th to 8th of December, Cayo Santa María, Cuba.
• 2019 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alain R. Puente Santiago, Alina M. Balu, Antonio A. Romero, Mario J. Muñoz Batista, Rafael Luque. Beningn-by-design orange peel-templated nanocata-lysts for continuous flow conversion of levulinic acid to N-heterocycles. (Poster), NANOUCO VI, January 21th-22th, Cordoba, Spain.
• 2019 Alain R. Puente Santiago, Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Xuebo Quan, Mario J. Muñoz Batista, Ligia O. Martins, Sanny Verma, Rajender S. Varma, Jian Zhou, Rafael Luque. Superb electron transfer efficiency of immobilized recombinant CotA laccases for electrochemical biosensing. (Oral), NANOUCO VI, January 21-22th, Cordoba, Spain.
• 2019 Cevher Altug, Mario J. Muñoz Batista, Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Alina M. Balu, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Luque. Continuous flow production of high value-added chemicals promoted by Pt-P25 titania nano-catalysts. (Poster), NANOUCO VI, January 21th-22th, Cordoba, Spain.
• 2019 Gonzalo García Espejo, Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Rafael Luque, Gustavo de Miguel, Luis Camacho. Perovskitas dobles: síntesis a través de un procedimiento mecanoquímico. (Poster), NANOUCO VI, January 21th-22th, Cordoba, Spain.
• 2020 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón. Mechanochemistry as a sustainable alternative for materials design. (Keynote presentation). International Symposium on Advanced Catalyst Design and Molecular Catalysis, 1st to 4th of September.
• 2020 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón. Síntesis y caracterización de nanomateriales novedosos para catálisis y almacenamiento de energía: oportunidades en mecanoquímica. (Keynote presentation). Encuentro Virtual CaracterizAR 2020, 9th to 11th of September.
• 2021 Daily Rodríguez-Padrón. New trends in heterogeneous catalysis: Mechanochemistry for catalysts design, CatalysisTalks, 10th of February.
• 2021 Daily Rodriguez Padrón, Daniele Polidoro, Noelia Lázaro, Rafael Luque, Maurizio Selva. Insights into the role of the catalytic system in the cascade reductive amination reaction of furfural. (Poster) SECAT 2021. Valencia, Spain.
• 2022 Samy Halloumi, Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Irene Malpartida, Valentin Lair, Julien Thiel, François Lacoste, Rafael Luque Catalyst-free conversion of isoeugenol for vanillin production under continuous-flow-assisted mechanochemistry. (Poster) INCOME 2022, Cagliari, Italy.
• 2023 Daily Rodriguez Padrón, Daniele Polidoro, Alvise Perosa, Maurizio Selva. N-Doped Carbons catalysts for Solvent-Less CO2 Insertion Reactions. (Poster) Europacat2023
• 2023 Daily Rodriguez Padrón, Daniele Polidoro, Alvise Perosa, Maurizio Selva. Biomass-Derived Catalytic Architectures: Opportunities for Mechanochemical Extrusion and Green 3D-printing Design. (Oral) 6th EuChemS Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry

In terms of outreach activities aimed at the general public (civil society), I have participated in various events, including the European Researchers’ Night at the Univ. of Cordoba (Spain). Additionally, I have taken part in Open Days, science workshops with students, and introductory laboratory days designed to motivate secondary school students, at both the Univ. of Cordoba (Spain) and Ca’ Foscari Univ. of Venice (Italy).

ORGANISATION OF CONFERENCES AND LECTURES

2017 Third Workshop & Fourth MC Meeting, March 27th-28th, Torremolinos (Malaga), Spain.

2024 Dr. Thomas Len. Design of Nanomaterials for the Conversion of CO2 into Methanol. The event took place on February 13th, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. in the Conference Room Orio Zanetto at Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia. 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

• ES2717979. SPAIN. Procedimiento para la preparación de nanopartículas magnéticas: A mechanochemical methodology for the preparation of magnetic nanoparticles from the valorisation of spent coffee grounds. Such protocol was patented in Spain with reference number: P201930227.
• Covered by the COST-Action CA18112, in February 2020, Dr. Rodriguez-Padron joined Deasyl SA in Geneva Switzerland as a visiting postdoctoral researcher, to work on the development of a continuous-flow mechanochemical-assisted protocol for the catalysts-free synthesis of vanillin. The results of such research stay resulted in the submission of a European patent (Demande de brevet n 22306705.9), which is currently under consideration. 

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY AND BOARD MEMBER

• > 2023. Appointed Editorial board Member of Sustainable Chemistry Journal, MDPI.
• 2023-2020. Appointed Editorial Board Member Open Chemistry Journal de Gruyter. (https://repository.poliupg.ac.id/id/eprint/2905/1/1.%20Editoreal%20team_cover_article%20Open%20Chemistry.pdf)
• 2024-2022. Guest editor in Sustainability, MDPI.  
• 2023. Editor of Hybrid Materials & Hybrid Technologies in Catalysis, Elsevier.
• 2023-2020. Guest editor in Catalytic Reactions and Chemistry, Frontiers in Chemistry.
• 2020. Guest editor in Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Elsevier
• 2020. Guest editor in Topics in Current Chemistry, Springer.
• >2023. Member of the Italian Chemical Society (Inscription number 25902)

EXPERIENCE AS PROJECT EVALUATOR EXPERT

• 2023. Expert evaluator for the National Science Centre, Poland (NCN), specializing in evaluating proposals within the SONATA and PRELUDIUM BIS schemes in the ST4 – Chemistry panel.
• 2023. Expert evaluator for the National Research and Development Agency (ANID) of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation of Chile in the review of projects submitted for the 2023 Regular Fondecyt National Projects Competition, an initiative of the Sub-Directorate for Research Projects.

PUBLICATIONS

Throughout her career, she has authored 83 articles (79% in Q1), contributed to 3 book chapters, and served as editor for 1 book. A glance of scientific journals are: 13 ACS Sust. Chem. Eng., 5 Current Opinion Green & Sust. Chem., 5 Green Chemistry, 4 Nanoscale, 3 Chem. Sovc. Rev., 2 Catalysis Today, 4 Chemcatchem, 2 J. Mater. Chem. A, 1 ACS Appl. Energy Mater. (among others). More than 60% of the articles are published in journals with an IF greater than 7.0 (average IF is 9.69). Her H-index is 24, and her articles have received 2664 citations (Scopus; 18/05/2024). She is the first or second author in 45 of them (54%) and the corresponding author in 12 articles.

The following publications are highlighted:

1. Rodriguez-Padrón, Daily; Puente-Santiago, Alain R; Balu, Alina M; Romero, Antonio A; Luque, Rafael; Solventless mechanochemical preparation of novel magnetic bioconjugates, Chemical Communications, 53, 54, 7635-7637, 2017. (IF 6.290, citations: 29).

This article stablished for the first time the employment of a solvent-less mechanochemical approach for the design of bioconjugates based on proteins and magnetic nanoparticles. Remarkably the mechanochemical approach allowed to preserve the native-like structure of the protein (BSA). 

    2. Rodriguez-Padron, D., Puente-Santiago, A. R., Cano, M., Caballero, A., Munoz-Batista, M. J., & Luque, R. (2019). Improving electrochemical hydrogen evolution of Ag@CN nanocomposites by synergistic effects with α-rich proteins. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 12(2), 2207-2215. (IF 8.758, citations: 20).

In this study, an eco-friendly mechanochemical method was developed to create biohybrid materials comprising graphitic carbon nitride, silver nanoparticles, and an α-rich protein, hemoglobin. The incorporation of hemoglobin synergistically boosted the electrochemical hydrogen evolution of silver-modified graphitic carbon nitride materials. 

    3. Altuğ, Cevher; Muñoz-Batista, Mario J; Rodríguez-Padrón, Daily; Balu, Alina M; Romero, Antonio A; Luque, Rafael; Continuous flow synthesis of amines from the cascade reactions of nitriles and carbonyl-containing compounds promoted by Pt-modified titania catalysts, Green Chemistry, 22, 2, 300-306, 2019. (IF 9.405, citations: 18)

This work aimed at the development of active catalytic materials and at the design of a continuous flow protocol for the reductive amination of carbonyl-containing compounds, looking forwards to open new possibilities for scalable applications.

    4. Rodriguez-Padron, Daily; Munoz-Batista, Mario J; Li, Hangkong; Shih, Kaimin; Balu, Alina M; Pineda, Antonio; Luque, Rafael; Spent coffee grounds-templated magnetic nanocatalysts for mild oxidations, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7, 20, 17030-17038, 2019. (IF 7.632, citations: 13)

A mechanochemical methodology was developed for the preparation of magnetic nanoparticles from the valorisation of spent coffee grounds. Such protocol was also patented in Spain with reference number: P201930227. 

    5. Rodríguez‐Padrón, Daily; Perosa, Alvise; Longo, Lilia; Luque, Rafael; Selva, Maurizio; Tuning the Selectivity of the Hydrogenation/Hydrogenolysis of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural under Batch Multiphase and Continuous‐Flow Conditions, ChemSusChem,15, 13, e202200503, 2022. (IF 8.4, citations: 12)

In this contribution, carried out at Univ. Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, the implementation of novel methodologies such as the use of multiphase systems was carried out looking forward to control the selectivity of a catalytic reaction by modifying the solvent system. 

    6. Polidoro Daniele; Perosa, Alvise; Rodríguez-Castellón, Enrique; Canton, Patrizia; Castoldi, Lidia; Rodríguez-Padrón, Daily; Selva, Maurizio; Metal-Free N-Doped Carbons for Solvent-Less CO2 Fixation Reactions: A Shrimp Shell Valorization Opportunity, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022. (IF 8.4, citations: 18)

In this contribution a series of metal-free N-doped carbonaceous catalysts were designed employing fishery-waste for solvent-less CO2 insertion reactions.

    7. Polidoro, D., Ballesteros-Plata, D., Perosa, A., Rodríguez-Castellón, E., Rodríguez-Padrón, D., & Selva, M. Controlled alcohol oxidation reactions by supported non-noble metal nanoparticles on chitin-derived N-doped carbons. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2023, 13(7), 2223-2238. (IF 5, citations: 5)

In this contribution a sustainable approach was designed involving the use of renewable feedstocks for the synthesis of catalytic materials. Specifically, N-doped carbons were utilized as supports for non-noble metal nanoparticles (Fe, Ni, Co, and Mo), leveraging the presence of nitrogen heteroatoms to enhance metal-support interactions. 

    8. Trentin, O., Polidoro, D., Perosa, A., Rodríguez-Castellon, E., Rodríguez-Padrón, D., & Selva, M. (2023). Mechanochemistry through Extrusion: Opportunities for Nanomaterials Design and Catalysis in the Continuous Mode. Chemistry, 5(3), 1760-1769.

This study presents a preliminary exploration aimed at broadening applications of mechanochemistry, employing reactive extrusion to merge the potential of mechanochemistry with the advantages of continuous-flow procedures. This research communication demonstrates the reliability and reproducibility of extrusion methods for both crafting nanostructured catalysts and executing notable catalytic processes for C-C bond-forming reactions. Through mechanochemical means and solvent-free conditions, supported Pd-based nanoparticles were both synthesized and employed in the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl boronic acid with iodobenzene. 

   9. Polidoro, D., Perosa, A., Selva, M., & Rodríguez‐Padrón, D. (2023). Metal‐Free Carbonaceous Catalytic Materials: Biomass Feedstocks for a Greener Future. ChemCatChem, 15(13), e202300415.

This review article was prepared in response to an invitation from the journal Chemcatchem to contribute to the Catalysis Talents 2023 Special Collection.

    10. Zorzetto, F., Ballesteros-Plata, D., Perosa, A., Rodríguez-Castellón, E., Selva, M., & Rodríguez-Padrón, D. (2024). Orthogonal assisted tandem reactions for the upgrading of bio-based aromatic alcohols using chitin derived mono and bimetallic catalysts. Green Chemistry.

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