Member Profile
Membership type: full
Elena Laura Coitiño Izaguirre
Country of origin: Uruguay Currently in: Uruguay, Montevideo General field of specialization: Chemical Sciences-
Degrees
Doctorate Chemical Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Chemical Sciences
Computational modeling of molecular structure and physicochemical properties of molecules in condensed and gas phase Computational modeling of environment effects on structure, dynamics and reactivity Computational modeling of reaction mechanisms and kinetics
Publications resulting from Research:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aC7WkYAAAAAJ&hl=en
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeachingOtherProfessor & Head of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Sciences, University of the Republic (1997-present) Director of the Institute of Biological Chemistry, School of Sciences, University of the Republic (2012-present)
Affiliations
American Chemical Society -
TWAS Awards
Oct 1999AwardTWAS-CONICYT National Prize - Best Young Researcher (Chemistry)Sep 1997OtherTWAS Research Grant in Basic SciencesOther Awards
Sep 1995Minnesota Supercomputer Institute International ScholarInternational Scholarship to conduct postdoctoral research with Donald G. Truhlar, Dept. of Chemistry, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USASep 1991European Community - DGXII Directorate - 3 years Research Grant3 years research grant to conduct Ph.D. Studies with Jacopo Tomasi, Dept. of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, School of Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, ItalyMay 1988PEDECIBA (UNDP-Uruguayan Government) - M.Sc. bursary 1988-1990Two years bursary for conducting M.Sc. Thesis (Chemical Sciences) at School of Chemistry, University of the Republic. 1998-1990