Dr Santiago Rodriguez Jimenez

Dr Santiago Rodriguez Jimenez Postdoctoral ResearcherDepartment of ChemistryBiography

Santiago Rodríguez Jiménez joined the Reisner lab as a Postdoctoral researcher in 2019, focusing on developing novel self-assembled molecular systems for photocatalytic CO2 reduction. In 2021, he became a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow within the same laboratory and a NanoDTC Teaching Associate at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. His current research, situated at the nexus of molecular materials and acetogenic bacteria, involves working on biohybrid systems capable of converting CO2 into valuable multicarbon products. Prior to joining the Reisner lab, he obtained his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Otago (New Zealand) in 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Sally Brooker. His work there focused on designing molecular chemical sensors, and subsequently, as a postdoctoral researcher developing new hydrogen evolution molecular electrocatalysts.

Research

My research interests focus on the development of molecular materials and their interfacing with biology (bacteria, enzymes) for the production of chemicals using renewable energy sources.