:Cristina Nevado

Nevado was born in Madrid and grew up in Spain.{{Cite web|title=Noticias {{!}} Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències|url=https://www.cac.es/es/info/prensa/noticias/exposicion-mujeres-Museu-.html|access-date=2021-02-27|website=www.cac.es}}{{Cite web|date=2018-10-19|title=Cristina Nevado's Personal Story of Discovery|url=https://axial.acs.org/2018/10/19/cristina-nevado/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=ACS Axial|language=en-US}} She was the first scientist in her family.{{Cite journal|date=2017-04-26|title=Science Abroad|url= |journal=ACS Central Science|volume=3|issue=4|pages=259–260|doi=10.1021/acscentsci.7b00158|issn=2374-7943|pmc=5410660|pmid=28470037|last1=Nevado|first1=Cristina}} At high school she was inspired by her chemistry and physics teachers to pursue a career in science. She eventually studied chemistry at the Autonomous University of Madrid, and earned her bachelor's degree in 2000. During one summer holiday she worked at the Menéndez Pelayo International University, where she met international students and realised the scientific community was global. She remained at the Autonomous University for her doctoral research, where she worked on organic chemistry and the cyclisation of enynes that had been catalysed by gold and platinum complexes.{{Cite journal|last1=Nevado|first1=Cristina|last2=Cárdenas|first2=Diego J.|last3=Echavarren|first3=Antonio M.|date=2003|title=Reaction of Enol Ethers with Alkynes Catalyzed by Transition Metals: 5exo-dig versus 6endo-dig Cyclizations via Cyclopropyl Platinum or Gold Carbene Complexes|url=https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/chem.200204646|journal=Chemistry – A European Journal|language=en|volume=9|issue=11|pages=2627–2635|doi=10.1002/chem.200204646|pmid=12794906|issn=1521-3765|url-access=subscription}} After earning her doctorate, Nevado moved to the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, where she worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Alois Fürstner.{{cite web|url=https://chair-itn.eu/about-us/pis/nevado/ |title=Cristina Nevado | PIs | CHAIR |publisher=Chair-itn.eu |date= |accessdate=2021-02-27}} Her postdoctoral research considered natural product synthesis. She spent three months working alongside Eiichi Nakamura at the University of Tokyo.

Nevado joined the University of Zurich as an assistant professor in 2007.{{cite web|last=Elsevier|title=Successful women in Chemistry - Reaxys {{!}} Elsevier|url=https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/reaxys/reaxys-phd-prize/news/women-in-chem|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.elsevier.com|language=en}} Her research has concentrated on catalysis and the development of selective, sustainable approaches to develop new materials.{{Cite journal|last1=Aspuru-Guzik|first1=Alán|last2=Baik|first2=Mu-Hyun|last3=Balasubramanian|first3=Shankar|last4=Banerjee|first4=Rahul|last5=Bart|first5=Suzanne|last6=Borduas-Dedekind|first6=Nadine|last7=Chang|first7=Sukbok|last8=Chen|first8=Peng|last9=Corminboeuf|first9=Clemence|author-link9=Clémence Corminboeuf|last10=Coudert|first10=François-Xavier|last11=Cronin|first11=Leroy|date=2019-04-01|title=Charting a course for chemistry|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-019-0236-7|journal=Nature Chemistry|language=en|volume=11|issue=4|pages=286–294|doi=10.1038/s41557-019-0236-7|pmid=30903035|bibcode=2019NatCh..11..286A |s2cid=85456150|issn=1755-4349}}{{Cite web|title=Interview with Cristina Nevado - SYNFORM - Thieme Chemistry|url=https://www.thieme.de/en/thieme-chemistry/interview-with-cristina-nevado-139572.htm|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Thieme|language=en-GB}} In particular, Nevado is interested in new approaches to construct C–C and C–X bonds based on transition metal catalysts. In 2011 Nevado was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council to develop catalysts based on nature.{{cite web|title=ERC FUNDED PROJECTS|url=https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/erc-funded-projects/results|access-date=2021-02-26|website=ERC: European Research Council|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113223931/https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/erc-funded-projects/results|url-status=dead}} These gold(I) and gold(III)-catalytic tools look to promote the synthesis of biologically relevant small molecules with high levels of stereocontrol.{{cite web|title=Research {{!}} Nevado Research Group|url=http://www.nevadogroup.com/research|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.nevadogroup.com}} She was promoted to professor in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.chem.uzh.ch/en/research/groups/nevado/curriculumVitae.html |title=UZH - Cristina Nevado - Prof. Dr. Cristina Nevado |publisher=Chem.uzh.ch |date=2018-10-16 |accessdate=2021-02-27}} Nevado develops computational tools to study biological processes in an effort to understand cancer metastasis and progression.

She serves on the editorial board of the ACS Central Science and the advisory board of the Reaxys Doctoral Prize.{{Cite web|last=Elsevier|title=Does being a woman matter in chemistry research?|url=https://www.elsevier.com/connect/does-being-a-woman-matter-in-chemistry-research|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Elsevier Connect|language=en}}

• 2008 Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry Young Investigator Award{{Cite journal|date=2018|title=Cristina Nevado|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ange.201712494|journal=Angewandte Chemie|volume=130|issue=9|pages=2307|doi=10.1002/ange.201712494|bibcode=2018AngCh.130.2307. |issn=1521-3757|url-access=subscription}}
• 2011 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award{{cite web|title=Previous Winners - Thieme Chemistry - Georg Thieme Verlag|url=https://www.thieme.de/en/thieme-chemistry/thieme-chemistry-journals-award-previous-winners-107365.htm|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Thieme|language=en-GB}}
• 2011 Chemical Society Review Emerging Investigator Award{{cite web|title=Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Award – winner announced – Chemical Society Reviews Blog|url=https://blogs.rsc.org/cs/2011/04/13/chem-soc-rev-emerging-investigator-award_winner-announce/|access-date=2021-02-26|language=en-US}}
• 2013 Swiss Chemical Society Werner Prize{{cite web|title=Werner Prize for C. Nevado and C. Mazet :: ChemViews Magazine :: ChemistryViews|url=https://www.chemistryviews.org/details/ezine/4430611/Werner_Prize_for_C__Nevado_and_C__Mazet.html|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.chemistryviews.org|date=19 April 2013 |language=en}}
• 2019 Royal Society of Chemistry Organometallic Chemistry{{Cite web|title=Search RSC prizes|url=https://www.rsc.org/prizes-funding/prizes/find-a-prize/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Royal Society of Chemistry|language=en-GB}}
• 2021 Margaret Faul Women in Chemistry Award{{cite web|title=2021 Winner - Thieme Chemistry - Georg Thieme Verlag KG|url=https://www.thieme.de/en/thieme-chemistry/winner-2021-163231.htm|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Thieme|language=en-GB}}

{{Scholia|author}}

• {{Cite Q|Q80010903}}
• {{Cite Q|Q88546952}}
• {{Cite Q|Q37817429}}

{{reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nevado, Cristina}}

Category:Autonomous University of Madrid alumni

Category:1977 births

Category:Spanish women chemists

Category:Organic chemists

Category:Academic journal editors

Category:Academic staff of the University of Zurich

Category:Living people