Fabio Juliá was born in Cieza (Spain) in 1987.

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He began his career at the University of Murcia (Spain), where he carried out his MSc and PhD studies under the supervision of Dr. Pablo González-Herrero (2011–2016), focused on the synthesis and photophysical studies of organometallic platinum complexes. In 2014 he was also a visiting student in the group of Prof. Corey Stephenson at the University of Michigan (USA).

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After obtaining his PhD and work in the pharmaceutical industry (Eurofins) he moved to Manchester (UK), where he was a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Daniele Leonori (2017-2020). His work there targeted the assembly of C–N bonds via photoredox catalysis and the development of new agents for halogen-atom transfer radical reactions.

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In 2020 he underwent a second postdoctoral stage in the group of Prof. Tobias Ritter at Max Planck Institute (Germany), working on novel strategies for late-stage functionalization and mechanistic studies of regioselective aromatic C–H functionalization reactions.

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In 2021 he started his independent career at ICIQ (Spain) as Group Leader Junior. Since 2023 he is a "Ramón y Cajal" Fellow (Assistant Prof. with Tenure Track) at the University of Murcia (Spain). His main research interest is focused on developing new and sustainable synthetic tools by combining Earth-abundant metal complexes and photochemistry.

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Grants & Awards:

2023 – ERC Starting Grant

2022 – "Ramón y Cajal" Fellowship

2022 – RSEQ-Lilly Young Researcher Award

2022 – Thieme Chemistry Journals Award

2021 – "LaCaixa" Junior Leader Incoming Fellowship

2019 – "Outstanding Achievement Award", School of Chemistry of the University of Manchester

2017 – Best Doctoral Thesis in Photochemistry (2015-2016), Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry – Photochemistry section (RSEQ-GRUFO)