Department: Department of Inorganic Chemistry

Faculty: Faculty of Sciences

Institute: Instituto de Investigación en ´Saúde Global e Desenvolvemento Sostible (iTERRA)

Universidad: University of Santiago de Compostela

Area: Inorganic Chemistry

Research group: SUPRABIOIN Bioinorganic and Supramolecular Chemistry

Email: marcelino.maneiro@usc.es

Doctor by the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela with the thesis Fotosíntese artificial síntese de novos complexos miméticos 1998. Supervised by Dr. Manuel R. Bermejo Patiño, Dr. Antonio Sousa Alonso.

Marcelino Maneiro graduated with an M.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Galiza, Spain, in 1993 and received his Ph.D. degree in 1998 under the supervision of Professors Manuel R. Bermejo and Antonio Sousa in Santiago de Compostela, working in the field of coordination chemistry and, in particular, focusing on the study of manganese complexes as mimetic models for artificial photosynthesis. During his Ph.D. degree period, he also performed different stages in 1996-1997 at the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), UK, under the supervision of Professor Charles A. McAuliffe. From 1998 to 2000, Maneiro was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University, NJ, USA, with Professor Charles G. Dismukes; in 2004, he was a Visiting Researcher at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, working in the Kevin Nolan group. Maneiro has occupied different researcher and academic positions at USC, and he became a Professor of inorganic chemistry at USC in 2024. Maneiro is an author or coauthor of more than 80 scientific publications. His research topics focus on biomimetic catalysts, synthetic inorganic complexes that can simulate the mode of action of a natural enzyme by catalyzing a reaction in ambient conditions. Bioinorganic chemistry of manganese complexes, studying their peroxidase and catalase activities, and their capacity to catalyse water photolysis are some of his research areas of interest. He is also keenly interested in the role of the supramolecular contacts in these systems to enhance the catalytic activity of the complexes. Maneiro currently leads the Bioinorganic and Supramolecular Chemistry research group (SUPRABIOIN) at USC. He is actively involved in science outreach through the innovation group Ciencianosa (ciencianosa.gal), with a focus on introducing a gender perspective in science, recovering and promoting scientific heritage, critically reviewing the history of science, and developing new teaching materials.