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Alvaro Rafael Muñoz Castro

Full time professor

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Computational Chemistry, Cluster Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Metallodrugs, Bioinorganic Medicinal Chemistry

Educación

  •  Physical Chemistry, UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO. Chile, 2010
  •  Chemistry, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2007
  •  Chemist, UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CHILE. Chile, 2010

Experiencia Académica

  •   Professor-Researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Ciencias Exactas

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - 2014

  •   Professor-Researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CHILE

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Professor Full Time

    Universidad Andres Bello

    Chile

    2010 - 2014

  •   Professor Full Time

    Universidad Autónoma de Chile

    Chile

    2014 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


Director of Three Ph.D Thesis, for Molecular Physical-Chemistry at Universidad Andres Bello,
-Miguel Ponce, Advisor, Ph.D. Molecular Physical Chemistry, January 2015, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.
-Raul Guajardo, Advisor, Ph.D. Molecular Physical Chemistry, May 2015, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.
-Carolina Olea Ulloa, Advisor, Ph.D. Molecular Physical Chemistry, May 2015, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.

Undegraduate Thesis, for Chemistry Bachelor Degree at Universidad Andres Bello,
-Jose Manuel Catalan Lavin, Advisor, B.S. in Chemistry, August 2014, Universidad Andrés Bello.
-Guido Triviño, Co-advisor, B.S. in Biochemistry, August 2014, Universidad Austral de Chile.
-Alejandra Poblete, Co-advisor, B.S. in Biochemistry, August 2014, Universidad Austral de Chile.

Undergoing supervision:
Alexandre Osmar Ortolan, Co-Advisor, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil.
Franck Gam, Co-Advisor, Fisicoquímica Molecular (Ph.D. Molecular Physical Chemistry), Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile/ Rennes 1, Rennes, Francia.

Ignacio Diaz, Advisor, Magíster en Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.


Difusión y Transferencia


In our outreach activities, we will use to organize programs for secondary schools from Chile. We will give a one-day tutorial into the capabilities of theoretical software into the understanding of molecular properties. All the software employed will be open-source. Also, we will train teachers in order to keep the activities as a usual
year-by-year scholar activity.
Also, we will give seminars devoted to the aspects of symmetry into the molecular and macromolecular world, into the framework of a science fair. Giving materials to the schoolar students.
We gave a seminar in the: IX Jornada de Química “Prácticas Pedagógicas Una mirada al interior del aula de ciencias” Colegio Concepción Pedro de Valdivia, Concepción. Chile. 22 de Agosto, 2015, to an audience of several chemistry teachers from Concepción.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   1st Place in Initiation Fondecyt proyects 2010 in study section

    FONDECYT

    Chile, 2010

    Project ranked in 1st place in the study section

  •   Conicyt Fellowship 21100513, for doctoral studies

    Conicyt

    Chile, 2010

    Conicyt Fellowship 21100513 for Doctoral studies


 

Article (54)

Aromatic and antiaromatic spherical structures: use of long-range magnetic behavior as an aromatic indicator for bare icosahedral [Al@Al-12](-) and [Si-12](2-) clusters
Aromaticity introduced by antiferromagnetic ligand mediated metal-metal interactions. Insights from the induced magnetic response in [Cu-6(dmPz)(6)(OH)(6)]
Synthesis, crystal structure, catalytic and anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity of a new chromium(III) complex containing bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)methane
The shielding cone in spherical aromatic structures: insights from models for spherical 2(N+1)(2) aromatic fullerenes
A study on the versatility of metallacycles in host-guest chemistry: Interactions in halide-centered hexanuclear copper(II) pyrazolate complexes
Application of a planar superatom model on [Hg-5(C(CF3)(2))]. Bonding and magnetic response considerations into a five-fold d(10)-d(10) metal cycle
New mono and bimetallic iron complexes derived from partially methylated s-indacene. Evidence of a trinuclear iron s-indacene complex
sp(3)-hybridization in superatomic clusters. Analogues to simple molecules involving the Au-6 core
Understanding Planar Ligand-Supported MAu5 and MAu6 Cores. Theoretical Survey of [MAu5(Mes)(5)] and [MAu6(Mes)(6)] (M = Cu, Ag, Au; Mes=2,4,6-Me3C6H2) Under the Planar Superatom Model
A Chemical-Biological Evaluation of Rhodium(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes as Prospective Anticancer Drugs
Antenna Effect by Organometallic Chromophores in Bimetallic d-f Complexes
Evaluation of arene ruthenium(II) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes as organometallics interacting with thiol and selenol containing biomolecules
Golden Endohedral Main-Group Clusters, [E@Au-12](q-): Theoretical Insights Into the 20-e Principle
Novel titanocene derived from a partially alkylated s-indacene: Synthesis, characterization and comparative study with its zirconium analog
On the magnetic behavior of spherical aromatic compounds. Insights from the closo-[B12H12](2-) cluster through chemical shift tensor maps
THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS OF AN OSMIUM MOLECULAR SWITCH
Theoretical insights into the adsorption of neutral, radical and anionic thiophenols on gold(111)
Theoretical study of the binding strength and magnetical response properties involved in the formation of the pi-donor/pi-acceptor [TTF-CBPQT](4+) host-guest system
Trimetallic deltahedral Zintl ions [Sn9-m-nGemBin]((4-n)-) for n=1-4 and m=0-(9-n): a theoretical survey with prediction and rationalization of the possible structures
[Ge9{Si(SiMe3)3}3{SnPh3}]: A Tetrasubstituted and Neutral Deltahedral Nine-Atom Cluster
A new method to radical anions derived from s-Indacene organobimetallic complexes, their ESR characterization
Enhancement of the Catalytic Activity of Fe Phthalocyanine for the Reduction of O-2 Anchored to Au(111) via Conjugated Self-Assembled Mono layers of Aromatic Thiols As Compared to Cu Phthalocyanine
Magnetic Response Properties of Coinage Metal Macrocyles. Insights into the Induced Magnetic Field through the Analysis of [Cu-5(Mes)(5)], [Ag-4(Mes)(4)], and [Au-5(Mes)(5)) (Mes=2,4,6-Me3C6H2)
Nature of the Excited State of Triangulo Silver N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. Insights from Relativistic DFT Calculations
Reactivity of Dipyridyl Ditellurides with (Diphosphine)Pt-0 and 2-Pyridyltellurolates with (Diphosphine)PtCl2 and Isolation of Different Structural Motifs of Platinum(II) Complexes
Reinterpreting the Role of the Catalyst Formal Potential. The case of Thiocyanate Electrooxidation Catalyzed by CoN4-Macrocyclic Complexes
Relativistic effects in bonding and isomerization energy of the superheavy roentgenium ((111)Rg) cyanide
Spin-orbit effects on a gold-based superatom: a relativistic Jellium model
Survey Of Long d(10)-d(10) Metallophilic Contacts in Four-Membered Rings of Ag(I) and Au(I) Supported by Carbene-Pyrazole Mixed Ligands
Survey of the magnetic behavior of [TTF] and [TTF2](2+) from shielding tensor maps
The paramagnetic and luminescent [Re6Se8I6](3-) cluster. Its potential use as an antitumoral and biomarker agent
Tri-metallic deltahedral Zintl ions: Experimental and theoretical studies of the novel dimer [(Sn 6Ge 2Bi) 2] 4-
Behavior of [2.2]paracyclophane in magnetic fields: A survey of the magnetic response properties from chemical shift tensor maps
Bonding and Magnetic Response Properties of Several Toroid Structures. Insights of the Role of Ni2S2 as a Building Block from Relativistic Density Functional Theory Calculations
Geometrically Specific Imino Complexes of the [Re-6(mu(3)-Se)(8)](2+) Core-Containing Clusters
New bis(azolylcarbonyl)pyridine chromium(III) complexes as initiators for ethylene polymerization
Relativistic calculations of aminotroponiminate complexes containing group 15 (P, As, Sb, Bi) elements
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Bonding and Optical Properties of Self-Assembly Metallophthalocyanines Complexes on a Gold Surface. A Survey of the Substrate-Surface Interaction
[Cp*Ru(s-indacene)RuCp*] and [Cp*Ru(s-indacene)RuCp*](+): Experimental and theoretical findings concerning the electronic structure of neutral and mixed valence organometallic systems
Calculated Molecular Properties of Triangular Tribenzo and Perfluoro-Tribenzo Trimercuronin Macrocycles
Cluster-Bound Nitriles Do Not Click with Organic Azides: Unexpected Formation of Imino Complexes of the [Re-6(mu(3)-Se)(8)](2+) Core-Containing Clusters
Electronic Delocalization, Energetics, and Optical Properties of Tripalladium Ditropylium Halides, [Pd-3(C7H7)(2)X-3](1-) (X = Cl-, Br-, and I-)
Inside a Superatorn: TheM(7)(q) (M = Cu, Ag, q=1+, 0, 1-) Case
Oxidative Perhydroxylation of [closo-B12H12](2-) to the Stable Inorganic Cluster Redox System [B-12(OH)(12)](2-/.-): Experiment and Theory
Relativistic electronic structure of cadmium(II) multidecker phthalocyanine compounds
Spin-orbit effects on electronic delocalization. Aromaticity in a discrete square tetrapalladium sandwich complex
Tellurium(0) as a Ligand: Synthesis and Characterization of 2-Pyridyltellurolates of Platinum(II) and Structures of [Pt{2-Te-3-(R)C5H3N}(2)Te(PR '(3))] (R = H or Me)
Toward the Synthetic Control of the HOMO-LUMO Gap in Binuclear Systems: Insights from Density Functional Calculations
Chromium(III) complexes with terdentate 2,6-bis(azolylmethyl)pyridine ligands: Synthesis, structures and ethylene polymerization behavior
Electronic structure and molecular properties of binuclear group VII pentalene metal carbonyl complexes [C8H6{M(CO3)}(2)] (M = Mn, Tc, Re, Bh): A relativistic density functional theory study
Electronic structure, molecular properties and electronic currents of the luminescent [Au-3(CH3N=COCH3)(3)] cluster
Heterobinuclear s-Indacene Rhodium Complexes: Synthesis and Characterization
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW CARBONYLATED ZIRCONIUM METALLOCENE USING A DICHLORO-ZIRCONOCENE DERIVED FROM PARTIALLY ALKYLATED S-INDACENE
pi-donor/acceptor effect on lindqvist type polyoxomolibdates because of various multiple-bonded nitrogenous ligands
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Alvaro Muñoz

Full time professor

Dirección de Investigación y Postgrado

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Santiago, Chile

46
Alvaro Muñoz

Profesor Titular

Universidad San Sebastián

Santiago, Chile

30
Ramiro Arratia

DIRECTOR DOCTORADO

CIENCIAS QUIMICAS

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

20
Desmond MacLeod-Carey

Associate Professor

Facultad de Ingeniería

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Santiago, Chile

17
Ivonne Chavez

profesor Jornada Completa

Inorgánica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

7
Cesar Morales

Associate Professor

Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins

Santiago, Chile

5
Rene Rojas

Professor

Chemistry

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Juan Silva

Academic

Química de los Materiales

UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Fernando Mendizabal

Full Professor

Chemistry

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE - FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS

Santiago, Chile

3
juan manriquez

professor

Chemistry

Pontificia Universidad Catòlica de Chile

santiago, Chile

3
José Zagal

Distinguished Professor

Chemistry of Materials

UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

3
Raúl Guajardo

Académico/InvestigadorEstudiante de Doctorado

Universidad Internacional Sek

providencia, Chile

3
Sebastián Miranda

Profesor Asistente

Departamento de Ciencias Químicas

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

2
Ingrid Ponce

Assistant Professor

Departmento Ciencias del Ambiente

Univerisidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
JORGE PAVEZ

Professor

Materials Chemistry

UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Juan Quijada

FULL PROFESSOR

INGENIERIA QUIMICA Y BIOTECNOLOGIA

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Rodrigo Ramírez

Director

Direccion de Investigacion y Postgrado

Universidad de Aconcagua

Santiago, Chile

2
Ivan Martinez

Profesor Asociado

Ciencias Quimicas y Biologicas

UNIVERSIDAD BERNARDO O'HIGGINS

Santiago, Chile

2
MARITZA PAEZ

Full professor

Química de los Materiales

UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
César Echeverría

DIRECTOR DE INVESTIGACIÓN

Medicina

Universidad de Atacama

COPIAPO, Chile

1
Alvaro Becerra

Profesor Asociado

Ciencias Químico y Biológicas

Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins

Santiago, Chile

1
Johanna Camacho

Académica

Departamento de Estudios Pedagógicos

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Felipe Simon

Profesor Titular

Department of Biological Sciences

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO FAC DE CS BIOLOGICAS, DPTO DE CS BIOLOGICAS

Santiago, Chile

1
Jimmy Stehberg

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO

SANTIAGO, Chile

1
Juliana Murillo

Profesora part-time

de Ciencias Químicas

Universidad Andrés Bello

Concepción, Chile

1
Francisco Burgos

Profesor Auxiliar

Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile

1
Dayán Páez

Profesor Asociado

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Diana Abril

Académico

Biología y Quimica

Universidad Católica del Maule

Talca, Chile