Background
Professor Isabel Castro was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1963. She obtained her PhD from the Universitat de València in 1991 under the supervision of Professors Miguel Julve and Juan Faus. After two years of postdoctoral research at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, she returned to the Universitat de València, where she is currently Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry.
Her research focuses on the design and development of multifunctional molecular magnetic materials within the Coordination Chemistry Team at the Molecular Science Institute (ICMol). Her scientific interests also include coordination compounds with potential biomedical applications. In collaboration with Assistant Professor José Martínez-Lillo, she has led several research projects in this field, exploring the design and development of molecular systems with biomedical relevance.
Professor Castro has led several research projects employing X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at major international facilities, including the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble and the ALBA Synchrotron in Barcelona.
Her group maintains strong collaborations with leading national and international groups in molecular magnetism. It has participated in major European initiatives, including the QueMolNa Research Training Network and the MAGMANet Network of Excellence, coordinated by Professor Dante Gatteschi, establishing long-standing collaborations with prominent European researchers in molecular magnetism and coordination chemistry.
Castro, I; Calatayud, ML; Orts-Arroyo, M; Moliner, N; Marino, N; Lloret, F; Ruiz-García, R; De Munno, G; Julve, M
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Ferro- and Antiferromagnetic Interactions in Oxalato-Centered Inverse Hexanuclear and Chain Copper(II) Complexes with Pyrazole Derivatives"
Molecules 26 2792 2021
| 10.3390/molecules26092792
Marino, N; Calatayud, ML; Orts-Arroyo, M; Pascual-Alvarez, A; Moliner, N; Julve, M; Lloret, F; De Munno, G; Ruiz-García, R; Castro, I
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Magnetic Switching in Vapochromic Oxalato-Bridged 2D Copper(II)-Pyrazole Compounds for Biogenic Amine Sensing"
Magnetochemistry 7 65 2021
| 10.3390/magnetochemistry7050065
Orts-Arroyo, M; Castro, I; Martínez-Lillo, J
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Detection of Hypoxanthine from Inosine and Unusual Hydrolysis of Immunosuppressive Drug Azathioprine through the Formation of a Diruthenium(III) System"
Biosensors-Basel 11 19 2021
| 10.3390/bios11010019
Orts-Arroyo, M; Rabelo, R; Carrasco-Berlanga, A; Moliner, N; Cano, J; Julve, M; Lloret, F; De Munno, G; Ruiz-García, R; Mayans, J; Martínez-Lillo, J; Castro, I
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Field-induced slow magnetic relaxation and magnetocaloric effects in an oxalato-bridged gadolinium(III)-based 2D MOF"
Dalton Trans. 50 2021
| 10.1039/d1dt00462j
Orts-Arroyo, M; Ten-Esteve, A; Ginés-Cárdenas, S; Castro, I; Martí-Bonmatí, L; Martínez-Lillo, J
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A Gadolinium(III) Complex Based on the Thymine Nucleobase with Properties Suitable for Magnetic Resonance Imaging"
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 22 4586 2021
| 10.3390/ijms22094586
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