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Cristóbal obtained his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Córdoba (Spain) in 2011 after graduating as a chemist at the University of Córdoba in 2007.  He also has three Master’s degrees in Fine Chemistry (University of Córdoba, 2008), Crystallography and Crystallization (Menéndez Pelayo International University, 2013). He is an Expert in Health and Safety with a speciality in Occupational Safety (Formastur, 2008).

He has a strong background in Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD) analysis and crystallization techniques. As a PXRD responsible at Laboratory for Crystallographic Studies, LEC (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC), he has implemented and developed several applications and methodologies for the PXRD laboratory at LEC.

Moreover, he has experience in calorimetric (TGS/DSC), spectroscopy (IR and Raman) and diffraction experiments with Synchrotron radiation for materials characterization.

He has around 48 research articles, 6 book chapters and more than 70 conference communications and has supervised two PhD theses.

He also belongs to the Organizing Committee. He is a teacher/demonstrator of the International School of Crystallization (ISC: http://www.iscgranada.org/,) and the International School of Biological Crystallization (ISBC: http://www.isbcgranada.org/) organized alternatively every year.

Cristóbal is further, since 2017, an organizer and primary instructor in the official CSIC postgraduate course “Basics and Applications of Powder Diffraction: Quantitative and microstructural analysis and Rietveld method”.

 

More info at:

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2345-8359

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/773847

 

 

Projects

  • 2015
    • REINFORCED CROSS-LINKED LIPASE CRYSTALS (RCLLCS) AS A TOOL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

      Reference: CEI2015-MP-BS49
      Researcher(s): CRISTÓBAL VERDUGO ESCAMILLA
      Date: 1 de January del 2015 - 31 de December del 2015
      Funding agency: Junta de Andalucía

Publications

Authors Year Title Magazine, volume, pages.
Raquel Fernández-Penas, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Carla Triunfo, Stefanie Gärtner, Annarita D'Urso, Francesca Oltolina, Antonia Follenzi, Gabriele Maoloni, Helmut Cölfen, Giuseppe Falini, Jaime Gómez-Morales. 2023 A sustainable one-pot method to transform seashell waste calcium carbonate to osteoinductive hydroxyapatite micro-nanoparticles Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 11, 7766-7777
Andreu Cera, Cristóbal Verdugo‐Escamilla, Juan A. Marín, Sara Palacio. 2023 Calcium sulphate biomineralisation: Artefact of sample preparation? Physiologia Plantarum, 175, e14017
Francisco Javier Acebedo-Martínez, Alicia Domínguez-Martín, Carolina Alarcón-Payer, Alejandro Sevillano-Páez, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Josefa María González-Pérez, Fernando Martínez-Checa, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte. 2023 Enhanced NSAIDs Solubility in Drug–Drug Formulations with Ciprofloxacin International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24, 3305
Joaquín Criado-Reyes, Fermín Otálora, Àngels Canals, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Juan-Manuel García-Ruiz. 2023 Mechanisms shaping the gypsum stromatolite-like structures in the Salar de Llamara (Atacama Desert, Chile) Scientific Reports, 13, 678
Francisco Javier Acebedo-Martínez, Alicia Domínguez-Martín, Carolina Alarcón-Payer, Carolina Garcés-Bastida, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Jaime Gómez-Morales, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte. 2023 Metformin-NSAIDs Molecular Salts: A Path towards Enhanced Oral Bioavailability and Stability Pharmaceutics, 15, 449
Pablo Galindo‐Moreno, Natividad Martín‐Morales, Allinson Olaechea, Pedro Hernández‐Cortes, Cristobal Verdugo‐Escamilla, Francisca Martinez‐Ruiz, Ana Belen Carrillo‐Galvez, Francisco O'Valle, Miguel Padial‐Molina. 2023 Physico‐chemical and biological characterization of a new bovine bone mineral matrix available for human usage Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, 25, 370-380
Francisco Javier Acebedo-Martínez, Carolina Alarcón-Payer, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Jesús Martín, Antonio Frontera, Alicia Domínguez-Martín, Jaime Gómez-Morales, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte. 2023 Rational Coformer Selection in the Development of 6-Propyl-2-thiouracil Pharmaceutical Cocrystals Pharmaceuticals, 16, 370
Melese Getenet, Juan Manuel García-Ruiz, Fermín Otálora, Franziska Emmerling, Dominik Al-Sabbagh, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla. 2022 A Comprehensive Methodology for Monitoring Evaporitic Mineral Precipitation and Hydrochemical Evolution of Saline Lakes: The Case of Lake Magadi Soda Brine (East African Rift Valley, Kenya) Crystal Growth & Design, 22, 2307-2317
Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Carolina Alarcón-Payer, Francisco Javier Acebedo-Martínez, Raquel Fernández-Penas, Alicia Domínguez-Martín, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte. 2022 Lidocaine Pharmaceutical Multicomponent Forms: A Story about the Role of Chloride Ions on Their Stability Crystals, 12, 798
Jaime Gómez-Morales, Raquel Fernández-Penas, Francisco Javier Acebedo-Martínez, Ismael Romero-Castillo, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte, Lorenzo Degli Esposti, Yaiza Jiménez-Martínez, Jorge Fernando Fernández-Sánchez, Michele Iafisco, Houria Boulaiz. 2022 Luminescent Citrate-Functionalized Terbium-Substituted Carbonated Apatite Nanomaterials: Structural Aspects, Sensitized Luminescence, Cytocompatibility, and Cell Uptake Imaging Nanomaterials, 12, 1257
Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Carolina Alarcón-Payer, Francisco Javier Acebedo-Martínez, Alicia Domínguez-Martín, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte. 2022 New Metformin–Citric Acid Pharmaceutical Molecular Salt: Improving Metformin Physicochemical Properties Crystals, 12, 1748
Susana Ramos‐Terrón, Cristóbal Verdugo‐Escamilla, Luis Camacho, Gustavo Miguel. 2021 A‐Site Cation Engineering in 2D Ruddlesden–Popper (BA) 2 (MA1‐ x A x) 2Pb3I10 Perovskite Films Advanced Optical Materials, 9, 2100114
Jaime Gómez-Morales, Raquel Fernández-Penas, Ismael Romero-Castillo, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte, Annarita D’Urso, Maria Prat, Jorge Fernando Fernández-Sánchez. 2021 Crystallization, Luminescence and Cytocompatibility of Hexagonal Calcium Doped Terbium Phosphate Hydrate Nanoparticles Nanomaterials, 11, 322
Fermín Otálora, Joaquín Criado-Reyes, Magi Baselga, Angels Canals, Cristobal Verdugo-Escamilla, Juan Manuel García Ruiz,. 2021 Hydrochemical and Mineralogical Evolution through Evaporitic Processes in Salar de Llamara Brines (Atacama, Chile) ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 4, 882-896
Raquel Fernández-Penas, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Sergio Martínez-Rodríguez, José A. Gavira. 2021 Production of Cross-Linked Lipase Crystals at a Preparative Scale Crystal Growth & Design, 21, 1698-1707
Francisco Javier Acebedo-Martínez, Raquel Fernández-Penas, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte, Jaime Gómez-Morales. 2021 Vapour Diffusion Sitting Drop Method to Induce Nucleation of Calcium Phosphate on Exfoliated Graphene and Graphene Oxide Flakes Crystals, 11, 767
Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Carolina Alarcón-Payer, Antonio Frontera, Francisco Javier Acebedo-Martínez, Alicia Domínguez-Martín, Jaime Gómez-Morales, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte. 2020 Interconvertible Hydrochlorothiazide–Caffeine Multicomponent Pharmaceutical Materials: A Solvent Issue Crystals, 10, 1088
Jaime Gómez-Morales, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Raquel Fernández-Penas, Carmen Maria Parra-Milla, Christophe Drouet, Michele Iafisco, Francesca Oltolina, Maria Prat, Jorge Fernando Fernández-Sánchez. 2018 Bioinspired crystallization, sensitized luminescence and cytocompatibility of citrate-functionalized Ca-substituted europium phosphate monohydrate nanophosphors Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 538, 174-186
Jaime Gómez Morales, Raquel Fernández Penas, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Lorenzo Degli Esposti, Francesca Oltolina, Maria Prat, Michele Iafisco, Jorge Fernández Sánchez. 2018 Bioinspired Mineralization of Type I Collagen Fibrils with Apatite in Presence of Citrate and Europium Ions Crystals, 9, 13
Fátima García-Villén, Eduardo Flores-Ruíz, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, F. Javier Huertas. 2018 Hydrothermal synthesis of zeolites using sanitary ware waste as a raw material Applied Clay Science, 160, 238-248
Jaime Gómez-Morales, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Raquel Fernández-Penas, Carmen María Parra-Milla, Christophe Drouet, Françoise Maube-Bosc, Francesca Oltolina, Maria Prat, Jorge Fernando Fernández-Sánchez. 2018 Luminescent biomimetic citrate-coated europium-doped carbonated apatite nanoparticles for use in bioimaging: physico-chemistry and cytocompatibility RSC Advances, 8, 2385-2397
Gan Zhang, Cristobal Verdugo-Escamilla, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte, Juan Manuel García-Ruiz. 2018 Thermal assisted self-organization of calcium carbonate Nature Communications, 9,
Jaime Gómez-Morales, Luis Antonio González-Ramírez, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Isaac Rodríguez-Ruiz, Giuseppe Falini. 2017 Vapour Diffusion Route to Mineralize Graphene and Polymer Surfaces with Calcium Phosphate Intended for Biomedical Applications Key Engineering Materials, 758, 210-214
Jaime Gómez-Morales, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, José Antonio Gavira. 2016 Bioinspired Calcium Phosphate Coated Mica Sheets by Vapor Diffusion and Its Effects on Lysozyme Assembly and Crystallization Crystal Growth & Design, 16, 5150-5158
Min Ying Tsang, Sabina Rodríguez-Hermida, Kyriakos C. Stylianou, Fangchang Tan, Divya Negi, Francesc Teixidor, Clara Viñas, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Miguel Guerrero, Jordi Sort, Jordi Juanhuix, Daniel Maspoch, José Giner Planas. 2016 Carborane Bis-pyridylalcohols as Linkers for Coordination Polymers: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Guest-Framework Dependent Mechanical Properties Crystal Growth & Design, 17, 846-857
Mayte Conejero-Muriel, Isaac Rodríguez-Ruiz, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Andreu Llobera, José A. Gavira. 2016 Continuous Sensing Photonic Lab-on-a-Chip Platform Based on Cross-Linked Enzyme Crystals Analytical Chemistry, 88, 11919-11923
Sabina Rodríguez-Hermida, Min Ying Tsang, Claudia Vignatti, Kyriakos C. Stylianou, Vincent Guillerm, Javier Pérez-Carvajal, Francesc Teixidor, Clara Viñas, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Inmaculada Peral, Jordi Juanhuix, Albert Verdaguer, Inhar Imaz, Daniel Maspoch, José Giner Planas. 2016 Switchable Surface Hydrophobicity-Hydrophilicity of a Metal-Organic Framework Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55, 16049-16053
Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, Fermin Otalora, Alfonso Garcia-Caballero, Luis A. González-Ramírez, Cristobal Verdugo-Escamilla. 2015 CRISTALES: a world to discover.An exhibition for schools and universities Journal of Applied Crystallography, 48, 1264-1275
Kyriakos C. Stylianou, Laura Gómez, Inhar Imaz, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Xavi Ribas, Daniel Maspoch. 2015 Engineering Homochiral Metal-Organic Frameworks by Spatially Separating 1D Chiral Metal-Peptide Ladders: Tuning the Pore Size for Enantioselective Adsorption Chemistry - A European Journal, 21, 9964-9969
Carlos Luna, Cristobal Verdugo, Enrique Sancho, Diego Luna, Juan Calero, Alejandro Posadillo, Felipa Bautista, Antonio Romero. 2014 A Biofuel Similar to Biodiesel Obtained by Using a Lipase from Rhizopus oryzae, Optimized by Response Surface Methodology Energies, 7, 3383-3399
Juan Calero, Diego Luna, Enrique D. Sancho, Carlos Luna, Felipa M. Bautista, Antonio A. Romero, Alejandro Posadillo, Julio Berbel, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla. 2014 An overview on glycerol-free processes for the production of renewable liquid biofuels, applicable in diesel engines Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 42, 1437-1452
Carlos Luna, Cristóbal Verdugo, Enrique Sancho, Diego Luna, Juan Calero, Alejandro Posadillo, Felipa Bautista, Antonio Romero. 2014 Biocatalytic Behaviour of Immobilized Rhizopus oryzae Lipase in the 1,3-Selective Ethanolysis of Sunflower Oil to Obtain a Biofuel Similar to Biodiesel Molecules, 19, 11419-11439
Juan Calero, Diego Luna, Enrique D. Sancho, Carlos Luna, Felipa M. Bautista, Antonio A. Romero, Alejandro Posadillo, Cristóbal Verdugo. 2014 Development of a new biodiesel that integrates glycerol, by using CaO as heterogeneous catalyst, in the partial methanolysis of sunflower oil Fuel, 122, 94-102
Juan Calero, Gema Cumplido, Diego Luna, Enrique Sancho, Carlos Luna, Alejandro Posadillo, Felipa Bautista, Antonio Romero, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla. 2014 Production of a Biofuel that Keeps the Glycerol as a Monoglyceride by Using Supported KF as Heterogeneous Catalyst Energies, 7, 3764-3780
Juan Calero, Cristóbal Verdugo, Diego Luna, Enrique D. Sancho, Carlos Luna, Alejandro Posadillo, Felipa M. Bautista, Antonio A. Romero. 2014 Selective ethanolysis of sunflower oil with Lipozyme RM IM, an immobilized Rhizomucor miehei lipase, to obtain a biodiesel-like biofuel, which avoids glycerol production through the monoglyceride formation New Biotechnology, 31, 596-601
D. Luna, J. Calero, E.D. Sancho, C. Luna, A. Posadillo, F.M. Bautista, A.A. Romero, J. Berbel, C. Verdugo. 2014 Technological challenges for the production of biodiesel in arid lands Journal of Arid Environments, 102, 127-138
Carlos Luna, Enrique Sancho, Diego Luna, Verónica Caballero, Juan Calero, Alejandro Posadillo, Cristóbal Verdugo, Felipa Bautista, Antonio Romero. 2013 Biofuel that Keeps Glycerol as Monoglyceride by 1,3-Selective Ethanolysis with Pig Pancreatic Lipase Covalently Immobilized on AlPO4 Support Energies, 6, 3879-3900
Diego Luna, Alejandro Posadillo, Verónica Caballero, Cristóbal Verdugo, Felipa M. Bautista, Antonio A. Romero, Enrique D. Sancho, Carlos Luna, Juan Calero. 2012 New Biofuel Integrating Glycerol into Its Composition Through the Use of Covalent Immobilized Pig Pancreatic Lipase International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13, 10091-10112

PhD Thesis

  • 2015
    • Doctorado Europeo APLICACIÓN DE LIPASAS MICROBIANAS PARA LA PRODUCCIÓN DE BIOCOMBUSTIBLES SIMILARES AL BIODIESEL QUE INTEGRAN LA GLICERINA EN FORMA DE MONOGLICERIDO.

      Type: Tesis Doctoral
      Date: 29/07/2015
      Autores/as de tesis: CARLOS LUNA DURÁN.
      Directores/as de tesis: Cristobal Verdugo Escamilla, Diego Luna Martínez, Felipa Maria Bautista Rubio.
      Universidad de Córdoba
    • Doctorado Europeo OPTIMIZACIÓN DEL PROCESO DE OBTENCIÓN DE BIOCOMBUSTIBLES QUE INTEGRAN LA GLICERINA EN FORMA DE MONOGLICÉRIDO MEDIANTE CATÁLISIS HETEROGÉNEA.

      Type: Tesis Doctoral
      Date: 30/04/2015
      Autores/as de tesis: JUAN CALERO MÁRMOL.
      Directores/as de tesis: Cristobal Verdugo Escamilla, Diego Luna Martínez, Felipa Maria Bautista Rubio.
      Universidad de Córdoba

Knowledge transfer

  • 2022
    • Material Para Recubrimiento Pulpar Y Regeneración Ósea

      Date: 28/04/2022
      Reference: P202230390
      Institution: CSIC
      Naturaleza: Patente nacional
      Author: Gómez Gómez Morales, Raquel Fernández Penas, Cristóbal Verdugo Escamilla, Pedro Domingo Álvarez Lloret, Adriana Carolina Torres Mansilla, Juan Antonio Marchal Corrales, Elena López Ruíz, Ana Voltes Martínez