Curriculum Vitae
Since 2022 Postdoctoral Researcher in the group of Prof. Gustavo Fernández, Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher in the group of Prof. Félix Freire and Prof. Emilio Quiñoá, Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain June 2018 - August 2018 Predoctoral Researcher in the group of Prof. Bert Meijer, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Nederlands 2015 - 2021 PhD Fellow in the group of Prof. Félix Freire and Prof. Emilio Quiñoá, Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2014 - 2015 M.Sc in Organic Chemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2010 - 2014 B.Sc in Chemistry, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain Awards and Scholarships
2023 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for postdoctoral studies 2022 - 2023 Xunta de Galicia Fellowship for postdoctoral studies 2017 - 2021 Xunta de Galicia Fellowship for predoctoral studies Publications
2024 Impact of boron desymmetrization on supramolecular polymerization of BODIPY dyes
T. B. Tischer, Z. Fernández, L. Borsdorf, C. G. Daniliuc, S. Yamaguchi, S. Ogi, G. Fernández
Org. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 414-421
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01848F
2024 Pathway-dependent Metallosupramolecular Polymerization Regulated by Ligand Geometry
P. Sutar, I. Maisuls, Z. Fernández, C. A. Strassert, G. Fernández
Chem. Eur. J., 2024, e202403287
2024 Pathway-dependent supramolecular polymerization by planarity breaking
R. M. Veedu, Z. Fernández, N. Bäumer, A. Albers and G. Fernández
Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 10745-10752
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC02499K
2024 Oligo(phenyleneethynylene)s: Shape-Tunable Building Blocks for Supramolecular Self-Assembly
Z. Fernández, L. Sánchez, S. S. Babu, G. Fernández
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202402259
2023 Controlling Molecular Packing in Aqueous Metallosupramolecular Self-assembly by Ligand Geometry
P. Sutar, T. Dünnebacke, Z. Fernández, T. Krüger, C. Rest, G. Fernández
Precis. Chem., 2023, 1, 332–340
2022 Exploiting Halido ligands to control nucleation pathways and Pt···Pt interactions in supramolecular co-polymerizations
J. Matern, Z. Fernandez, G. Fernandez
Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 12309-12312
DOI: 10.1039/D2CC04626A
2022 Expanding the Scope of Metastable Species in Hydrogen Bonding-Directed Supramolecular Polymerization
J. Matern, Z. Fernandez, N. Bäumer, G. Fernandez
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, e202203783
2022 Elucidating the Supramolecular Copolymerization of N- and C-Centered Benzene-1,3,5-Tricarboxamides: The Role of Parallel and Antiparallel Packing of Amide Groups in the Copolymer Microstructure
L. de Windt, Z. Fernández, M. Fernández-Míguez, F. Freire, A. R. A. Palmans
Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28, e202103691
2021 Merging Supramolecular and Covalent Helical Polymers: Four Helices Within a Single Scaffold
Z. Fernández, B. Fernández, E. Quiñoá, F. Freire
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 20962−20969
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10327
2021 From Oligo(Phenyleneethynylene) Monomers to Supramolecular Helices: The Role of Intermolecular Interactions in Aggregation
B. Fernández, Z. Fernández, E. Quiñoá, F. Freire
Molecules 2021, 26, 3530
2021 The Competitive Aggregation Pathway of an Asymmetric Chiral Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene) Towards the Formation of Individual P and M Supramolecular Helical Polymers
Z. Fernández, B. Fernández, E. Quiñoá, F. Freire
Angew. Chem. Int Ed., 2021, 60, 9919-9924
2020 Chiral information harvesting in helical poly(acetylene) derivatives using oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)s as spacers
Z. Fernández, B. Fernández, E. Quiñoá, R. Riguera, F. Freire
Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 7182–7187
DOI: 10.1039/d0sc02685a
2019 Macromolecular helicity control of poly(phenylisocyanate)s with a single stimuli-responsive chiral switch
M. Fukuda, R. Rodríguez, Z. Fernández, T. Nishimura, D. Hirose, G. Watanabe, E. Quiñoá, F. Freire, K. Maeda
Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 7906-7909
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc03555a