Alberto Jiménez

Dr. Alberto Jiménez earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Colorado State University in 2013 and his B.S. in 1999 from the University of Costa Rica. He joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas Tech University after being trained as a Post-doctoral Research Scholar at Emory University. As a member of the research team at the Emory Institute for Drug Development, he worked in medicinal chemistry projects related to the synthesis of antiviral compounds targeting RNA-dependent RNA polymerases.

As a doctoral student, Jiménez was involved in a project related to the synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinoline antitumor antibiotic natural products. Previously, he worked in the bioprospecting program at the National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica on projects related to the isolation of bioactive natural products. Before the start of his graduate studies, he taught organic and general chemistry courses at the University of Medical Sciences in Costa Rica and at the University of Costa Rica.