Dr. Rebeca Gomez Castillo - Time Resolved Spectroscopy

Vita

B.Sc Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (2015)
M.Sc Ruhr Universitat Bochum / MPI CEC, Germany (2016)
Phil(Hons) in Chemistry Ruhr Universitat Bochum / MPI CEC, Germany (2017-2021)
Post Doctoral Researcher Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, École’ polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. Prof. Majed Chergui (2021-2024)
Post Doctoral Researcher Alvra Beamline, Swiss FEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Prof. Christoph Bostedt (2023-2024)
Group Leader MPI CEC (since 2024)

 

Awards

  • Fellowship program of the NCCR MUST and Cluster of Excellence, 2021-2023.
  • International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) Fellowship, 2016-2021. 
  • UCr scholarship for young scientists (Krakow), 2017
  • UCM ERASMUS-Practicum fellowship, 2015
  • Imperial College London -UROP fellowship, 2013
Publications

  • Castillo, R.G.; Van Kuiken, B.; Weyhermüller, T.; DeBeer, S.; Kβ Resonant XES studies on heterometallic model complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2024 63 (39), 18468-18483
  • Chrysina, M.; Drosou, M.; Castillo, R. G.; Reus, M.; Neese, F.; Krewald, V.; Pantazis, D. A.; DeBeer, S. Nature of S-States in the Oxygen-Evolving Complex Resolved by High-Energy Resolution Fluorescence Detected X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 47, 25579–25594
  • Chatterjee, S.; Harden, I.; Bistoni, G.; Castillo, R. G.; Chabbra, S.; van Gastel, M.; Schnegg, A.; Bill, E.; Birrell, J. A.; Morandi, B.; Neese, F.; DeBeer, S. A Combined Spectroscopic and Computational Study on the Mechanism of Iron-Catalyzed Amino functionalization of Olefins Using Hydroxylamine Derived N–O Reagent as the “Amino” Source and “Oxidant”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 6, 2637–2656
  • Castillo, R.G.; Hahn, A. W., Van Kuiken, B. E.;Henthorn, J.T.; DeBeer, S.;. physical oxidation state sensitivity via resonant X-ray emission spectroscopy: Applications to synthetic model complexes and the MoFe protein of nitrogenase. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60 (18), 10112-10121.
  • Schulz, C. E.; Castillo, R. G.; Pantazis, D. A.; DeBeer, S.; Neese, F. Structure–Spectroscopy Correlations for Intermediate Q of Soluble Methane Monooxygenase: Insights from QM/MM Calculations, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 6560.
  • Yu, M.; Moon, G.-H.; Castillo, R.G.; DeBeer, S.; Weidenthaler, C.; Tüysüz, H. Dual role of silver moieties coupled with ordered mesoporous cobalt oxide towards electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 16544-16552.
  • Castillo, R.G.; Henthorn, J.T.; McGale, J.; Maganas, D.; DeBeer, S. Kβ X-ray Emission Spectroscopic study of a second-row transition metal (Mo) and its application
  • to nitrogenase related model complexes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 12965-12975.
  • Castillo, R.G.; Banerjee, R.; Allpress, C.; Rohde, G. T.; Bill, E.; Que Jr., L.; Lipscomb, J. D.; DeBeer, S., High-energy resolution fluorescence detected X-ray absorption of the Q intermediate of soluble methane monooxygenase. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 18024- 18033.

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