Daniel Plano
Dr. Daniel Plano received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Navarra at Pamplona. He also received the European Ph.D. degree in Science (Chemistry), awarded with the Extraordinary Ph.D. issued in 2010 by the School of Science of the University of Navarra (Spain). In 2011, he received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Navarra’s Government and joined the laboratory of A. K. Sharma, where he was mainly working on developing novel small drug-like molecules for cancer prevention and therapy. In 2014, he became Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Chemistry at the University of Navarra. Currently, he is a Full Professor of Organic Chemistry in the same institution. In 2019, he was adjudged with a “JoséCastillejo” scholarship granted by the Spanish Government to join again Dr. Sharma’s lab for 3 months. To date, Dr. Daniel Plano has published a total of 81 articles (49 in Q1 journals, including 20 in D1 journals) related with selenium derivatives with bioactivity against several illnesses including cancer, Alzheimer disease and leishmaniasis.