CONICET Researcher
uOttawa Visiting Researcher
Mario David Martínez, PhD
Undergraduate degree in Chemistry (2009)
Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
PhD in Chemistry (2015)
Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
Overview
Mario D. Martínez completed undergraduate and doctoral studies at Universidad de Buenos Aires with Prof. Gerardo Burton. He conducted postdoctoral research at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) with Prof. Kilian Muñiz. In 2021, he became a researcher at UMYMFOR (UBA-CONICET), focusing on steroid diversification. In 2024, he joined Stephen G. Newman’s group at the University of Ottawa, working on high-throughput experimentation, Ni-catalyzed C–O activation, and glycolipid chemistry.
Selected publications
• Vaezghaemi, A.; Khan, S. I.; Martínez, M. D.; Altamimi, B.; Newman, S. G. Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Using Ketones for the Synthesis of Multisubstituted Alkenes. (2026) ACS Catal. 16(18), 18240–18248. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.6c04640
• Pegenaute, M.; Pugliese, M. B.; Perez, F.; Di Salvo, F.; Misico, R. I.; Dansey, M. V.; Alvarez, L. D.; Burton, G.; Martínez, M. D. Carbamate and Sulfamate Bioisosteres of N,N-Dimethyl-3β-Hydroxycholenamide as Ligands of the Liver X Receptors. (2026) ChemPlusChem 91, e202600007. DOI:10.1002/cplu.202600007
• Duhamel, T.; Martínez, M. D.; Sideri, I. K. and Muñiz, K. 1,3-Diamine Formation from an Interrupted Hofmann–Löffler Reaction: Iodine Catalyst Turnover through Ritter-Type Amination (2019) ACS Catalysis. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.9b01566
• Martínez, M. D.; Ghini, A. A.; Dansey, M. V.; Veleiro, A. S.; Pecci, A.; Alvarez, L. D. and Burton, G. Synthesis and activity evaluation of a series of cholanamides as modulators of the liver X receptors (2018) Bioorganic Med. Chem. DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2018.01.025
• Del Castillo, E. ¥ ; Martínez, M. D.¥; Bosnidou, A.; Duhamel, T.; O’Broin, C.; Zhang, H.; EscuderoAdán, E.; Martínez-Belmonte, M. and Muniz, K. Multiple Halogenation of Aliphatic C‐H Bonds within the Hofmann‐Löffler Manifold (2018) Chem. Eur. J. DOI:10.1002/chem.201804504