Xavier Berzosa Rodríguez, PhD
Assistant Professor
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RESEARCH LINES
- Obtaining potentially psychoactive compounds for the study of their mechanism of action and their reward and sensitising properties.
- Study of chemical reactions through flow chemistry.
- Development, optimisation and scale-up of fine chemistry processes.
MEMBER OF:
School of Engineering
Chemical Reactions for Innovative Solutions
CRISOL is a powerful team capable of offering innovative chemical tools that make it real solutions to the challenges of Molecular Science.
MANAGER:
Flow Chemistry Unit
The Flow Chemistry Unit includes a pilot plant and laboratory equipment for carrying out flow chemistry reactions aimed at the development and industrial scale-up of fine chemistry processes. It carries out research and technology transfer activities for companies in the pharmaceutical and fine chemistry sectors. It has a team of professors and researchers with solid experience in the industrial environment.
LATEST PROJECTS
NextGenPS (Farmacovigilancia de sustancias psicoactivas)
Detección temprana y efectiva del potencial adictivo y alucinógeno en la siguiente generación de fármacos psicoactivos para acelerar la implementación de medidas de control en la Unión Europea.
Funding Agency:
Research Group Link:
Chemical Reactions for Innovative Solutions (CRISOL)
LINKED NEWS
Doctoral thesis
New Psychoactive Substances and Predicting Their Effects
04/07/2023
Dr Núria Nadal recently defended her doctoral thesis at IQS, in which she brought new knowledge about the effects of synthetic cathinones that have recently appeared on the illegal drug market, helping to predict the effects that could appear in the near future.
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Research
New proposals with continuous flow chemistry
09/03/2023
IQS researcher Maite Molins Colomer has earned a University Professor Training Grant to conduct her doctoral thesis in which she will explore reactions in continuous flow chemistry using autocatalytic copper reactors.
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Research
Fighting Against Emerging Drugs
16/03/2022
IQS participates in the European project NEXTGenPS, with the aim of detecting addictive and potentially hallucinogenic substances and facilitating the implementation of control measures for them in the European Union.
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News
Continuous Chemical Processes Unit. Services for industry
05/03/2021
The offer of R&D&i services that IQS Tech Transfer provides companies has been expanded since 2020 with the launch of the Continuous Chemical Processes Unit, installed in the CTPTI at IQS, which is aimed at improving fine chemistry processes to make them safer, faster, and cleaner.
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News
Continuous Chemical Processes Unit. Auxiliary analytical services.
05/03/2021
With Process Analytical Technology (PAT), it is possible to monitor the reactions that take place in the Flow Chem Unit reactors. Moreover, any substance or mixture can be characterized with the equipment in the Thermal Analysis Laboratory (DSC and TGA).
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News
Continuous Chemical Processes Unit. Facilities and Equipment
04/03/2021
The facilities and equipment at the CTPTI Continuous Chemical Processes Unit make it possible to apply new advanced manufacturing technologies in fine chemicals, which opens up the possibility of comprehensively developing safer, faster, and cleaner chemical processes.
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Editorial
Continuous Chemical Processes Unit
04/03/2021
Through the publication and dissemination of this special issue dedicated to the Continuous Chemical Processes Unit, we would like to present the facility, the equipment and instruments that comprise it, the various services that we can offer to industry, and the excellent personnel without whom the project would not be a reality.
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