Ian Castro-Gamboa

Ian Castro-Gamboa holds a Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Organic Chemistry from the Universidad de Costa Rica [UCR] (1993) and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Federal University of São Carlos [UFSCar] (2000). He completed a postdoctoral fellowship (20002002) in the area of electrochemically active compounds, using the HPLC-EqD interface to search for antioxidants in complex natural matrices. He is currently a faculty member at the Institute of Chemistry of São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (IQ-UNESP), where he has coordinated the NMR Platform since 2013. From 2009 to 2010, he conducted a research internship at the University of Florida (USA), focusing on metabolomics and dereplication techniques, using NMR and computational models for the in situ elucidation of bioactive secondary metabolites. His scientific trajectory centers on the fields of evolution, chemotaxonomy, and spectroscopy, with an emphasis on the study of bioactive small molecules derived from higher plants and microorganisms particularly those associated with the rhizosphere. He is also dedicated to the development of integrated analytical methodologies, with a focus on NMR- and mass spectrometry-based dereplication approaches aimed at the rational exploration of biodiversity. He is a founding member of the Latin American Metabolic Profiling Society (LAMPS) and currently serves as Vice-Director of IQ-UNESP for the 20242028 term. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)