Nicolás A. Rey
Associate Professor
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Biography
Nicolás A. Rey was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1976. He got his Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), under the supervision of Professor Ademir Neves, in 2008. Currently, Rey is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), where he coordinates the Laboratory of Organic Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry Applied to Biological Systems (LABSO-BIO). In 2014, Rey received a fellowship as a promising Young Scientist of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ). He is a member of the American Chemical Society and the Brazilian Chemical Society. In his 7 years at PUC-Rio, he has graduated 5 Ph.D. students and supervised 7 M.Sc. theses. Professor Rey has authored 25 papers in several distinguished peer-reviewed journals and has a patent concerning the use of a compound belonging to the chemical class of hydrazones in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's.
Research Interest
Bioinorganic, Inorganic Medicinal Chemistry