
Dr. Germán Miguel Pérez Quintana, PhD
- Assistant Professor (LTA), Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Sign in to editResearch areas: Computational chemistry. Molecular recognition. Virtual screening and molecular docking. Biosensors development. Organic and polymer chemistry.
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Biography
Current Position
Assistant Professor (LTA) at ConcordiaUniversity
Education
2011 – 2015 Ph. D. Chemistry. University ofHavana, Cuba.
1999 – 2004 BSc., Chemistry. University of Havana,Cuba.
Teaching activities
CHEM 205
General Chemistry I
CHEM 234
Physical Chemistry I. Thermodynamics
Other teaching experiences
2020 – date |
Assistant Professor (LTA). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University (Montreal) · General Chemistry (CHEM 205) · Thermodynamics (CHEM 234) |
2020 |
Chemistry Teacher (Continued Education). Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Technology. Dawson College (Montreal) · Remedial Activities for Secondary V Chemistry (CHEM 202) |
2016 – 2018 |
Adjunct Professor. Faculty of Chemistry, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Chile) · General and Organic Chemistry (QIM201A) for Kinesiology students (3 semesters) · General and Organic Chemistry (QIM201A) for Nutrition and Dietetics freshmen students (3 semesters) · General Chemistry (QIM201G) for freshmen Agronomy students (2 semesters) · Fundamental Organic Chemistry (QIM200) to college students (1 semester) |
2009 – 2015 |
Assistant Professor. Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana (Cuba) · General Chemistry for first-year students in the Food Science career (6 semesters) · Experimental Chemistry for freshmen Chemistry students (4 semesters) · General Chemistry laboratories for students from different careers (14 semesters) |
2006 – 2007 |
Adjunct Professor. Faculty of Informatics, Technological University of Havana (Cuba) · Database Management Systems for Informatics students (1 semester) · Programming I for freshmen Informatics students (1 semester) |
2002 – 2003 |
Teacher. Secondary School Abraham Lincoln (Cuba) · Chemistry (Introductory course) for 9th-grade students (2 semesters) |
Research activities
Research
2015 – 2018 |
Postdoctoral Fellow in FONDECYT Postdoctorado 2016 Studies of structure-properties relationship in polymers synthesis. Integration of virtual screening for obtaining and processing chemical libraries based on properties of interest, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Chile) |
2011 – 2015 |
Ph. D. Student in the Development of computational methodologies for the discovery of new peptide-based receptors, at the University of Havana (Cuba) |
2014 |
Responsible researcher in DGSP Fellowship Virtual screening approach for identification of peptide-based receptors for aroma molecules, at the University of Teramo (Italy) |
2011 – 2012 |
Researcher in AECID Project España/Cuba Virtual Center of Bioinformatics at the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain) / University of Havana (Cuba) |
2010 – 2012 |
Collaborator in IRSES Project Electrochemical biosensors as new generation of biotechnological devices for food safety and quality monitoring, at the University of Teramo (Italy) |
2010 – 2012 |
Collaborator in IRSES Project Biomimetic sensors as new generation of biotechnological devices for food safety and quality monitoring, at the University of Teramo (Italy) |
2006 – 2008 |
Researcher in national project Study of biomolecules interaction networks using a bioinformatics approach, at the National Bioinformatics Centre (Cuba) |
2004 – 2006 |
Researcher in national project Extraction of relevant biological information from families of proteins, at the National Bioinformatics Centre (Cuba) |
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Publications
Selected publications
1. C.A.Terraza, P. Ortiz, L.H. Tagle, G. Perez, C. Saldias, F.E. Rodriguez-Gonzalez,G. Cabrera-Barjas, H. Catalan, A. Tundidor-Camba, D. Coll, Synthesis andProperties of Poly(imides) and Poly(imides)/Ionic Liquid Composites Bearing aBenzimidazole Moiety, Polymers, 11 (2019).
2. G. Pérez,C.A. Terraza, D. Coll, P. Ortiz, M. Aguilar-Vega, D.M. González, L.H. Tagle, A.Tundidor-Camba, Synthesis and characterization of processable fluorinatedaromatic poly(benzamide imide)s derived from cycloalkane substituted diamines,and their application in a computationally driven synthesis methodology,Polymer, 162 (2019) 121-129.
3. I.A.Jessop, L.H. Tagle, D. Coll, P. Ortiz, G. Pérez, C.A. Terraza, A.Tundidor-Camba, Oligomeric poly(ether-imide)s bearing ortho trifluoromethylgroups: Solubility, thermal studies, and optical properties, J. Appl.Polym. Sci., 135 (2018).
4. M.Mascini, C. Montesano, G. Perez, J. Wang, D. Compagnone, M. Sergi, Selectivesolid phase extraction of JWH synthetic cannabinoids by using computationallydesigned peptides, Talanta, 167 (2017) 126-133.
5. G.M.Perez, L.A. Salomon, L.A. Montero-Cabrera, J.M. de la Vega, M. Mascini, Integratingsampling techniques and inverse virtual screening: toward the discovery ofartificial peptide-based receptors for ligands, Mol Divers, 20 (2016)421-438.