Jordi Mestres i López

Jordi Mestres i López (born 1967, Girona) is a Catalan chemical researcher who works in the field of research for molecules of pharmacological interest. He is also an active researcher as a genealogist.

Jordi Mestres i López
Born1967 (age 55–56)

Early life

Jordi Mestres was a student at Escolania de Montserrat (1977–1981). In 1990 he obtained a degree in chemistry from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and in 1995 a doctorate in chemistry (computational chemistry) from the University of Girona (UdG),[1] with short research stays at the Université de Paris-Sud (1992), Rice University (1993) and the pharmaceutical company Upjohn Co. ( Kalamazoo, United States ; 1995).

Research in chemistry

In parallel to his research in the field of quantum chemistry, he headed towards the computational design of drugs, with a post-doctoral stay at the company Pharmacia & Upjohn ( Kalamazoo, United States ).

In 1997 he joined NV Organon as a researcher ( Oss, Netherlands ) and three years later was appointed Director of Computational Medical Chemistry at Organon Laboratories (Newhouse, United Kingdom ). In 2003 he started the Chemiogenomics Research Group of the Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM), where he has been a researcher until 2023. He has been an Associate Professor at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).

In 2006 he founded the company Chemotargets SL,[2] which has developed benchmark software in the field of pharmacology prediction and molecule safety,[3] used, for example, by the American regulatory agency of the drug ( FDA ).[4]

Between 2010 and 2016 he was editor of the journal Molecular Informatics.[5]

Research in genealogy

In the field of genealogy, Jordi Mestres has received training from Armand de Fluvià, he has a master's degree in nobility and prize law, heraldry and genealogy from the National University of Distance Education (UNED), under the direction of Jaime de Salazar, and is a member of the board of the Catalan Institute of Genealogy and Heraldry . His area of genealogical research focuses mainly on lineages from the Girona counties,[6][7][8] but he has also investigated Asturian lineages.[9][10][11] He has also worked in the field of genetic genealogy.[12] He is the author of the book that collects the tree of sides, up to the sixth generation, of 100 protagonists in the history of Girona and the regions born between 1813 and 1927.

Awards and honors

His research in drug design was recognized in 2006 with the international Corwin Hansch award given by the QSAR, Chemoinformatics and Modeling Society[13] and more recently with his admission as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.[14][15] His company Chemotargets was awarded in 2007 by the Social Council of Pompeu Fabra University.[16] In 2021, he was considered one of the eight most influential researchers in the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB).[17] He is president of the organizing committee of the 24th European Symposium on Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships in Barcelona in 2024.[18] He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of ChemBioFrance[19] and of the Chemical Abstracts Service.[20]

Work
  • Mestres i López, Jordi (2007). Bibliografia sardanista 1850-2007 (in Catalan). [Girona]: Diputació de Girona : Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Cultura, Centre de Promoció de la Cultura Popular i Tradicional Catalana. ISBN 978-84-611-7179-8. OCLC 804486410.
  • Mestres, Jordi (2022). Genealogies gironines : els orígens de protagonistes de la història de Girona i comarques (in Catalan). [Girona]: Ajuntament de Girona Diputació de Girona Difusió, Publicacions i Videos. ISBN 978-84-125247-2-7. OCLC 1389892026.
  • Montserrat (Monestir). (1981). Música a Montserrat 1881-1981 (in Latin). Madrid: CBS. OCLC 803823840.
  • Montserrat (Monestir). (1981). Cançons populars catalanes (in Catalan). Madrid: CBS. OCLC 807893015.

References
  1. Mestres, Jordi (1996). Structural, electronic and mechanistic aspects of hydrogen (h-/h./h+) transfers. From the simplest model to the enzymic and non-enzymic processes (Thesis).
  2. Bruguera, Laia (2023-09-14). "Recerca avançada – 10 ago 2021" (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  3. "Chemotargets gira del software a la biotecnología" (in Spanish). 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  4. "La FDA compra la llicència del software CLARITY de ChemotargetsParc Científic de Barcelona". Parc Científic de Barcelona (in Catalan). 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  5. Baumann, Knut; Ecker, Gerhard F.; Mestres, Jordi; Schneider, Gisbert (2010-01-12). "Molecular Informatics – From Models to Molecules and Systems". Molecular Informatics. 29 (1–2): 9–9. doi:10.1002/minf.201000271. ISSN 1868-1743.
  6. Mestres de la Meana, Jordi (2020). "Els privilegis de generositat concedits per Ferran II el Catòlic". Armoria (in Catalan) (9): 155–167. ISSN 2696-0966.
  7. Mestres de la Meana, Jordi (2021). "Genealogia de Joaquim Ruyra i Oms". Armoria (in Catalan) (10): 143–160. ISSN 2696-0966.
  8. Mestres de la Meana, Jordi (2021). "Genealogia de Santiago Sobrequés i Vidal". Armoria (in Catalan) (10): 171–195. ISSN 2696-0966.
  9. López, Beatriz; Mestres de la Meana, Jordi (2017). "La rama Gijonesa del linaje Maliayés de la Meana. parte I: Reconstrucción documentada de una genealogía ochocentista inventada". Armoria (in Catalan) (6): 75–111. ISSN 2696-0966.
  10. López, Beatriz; Mestres de la Meana, Jordi (2018). "La rama Gijonesa del linaje Maliayés de la Meana. parte II: Reconstrucción documentada de una genealogía ochocentista inventada". Armoria (in Catalan) (7): 107–142. ISSN 2696-0966.
  11. López, Beatriz; Mestres de la Meana, Jordi (2019). "La rama gijonesa del linaje maliayés De la Meana. Parte III: genealogía descendente del progenitor del linaje, Gutierre Fernández de la Meana". Armoria (in Catalan) (8): 17–71. ISSN 2696-0966.
  12. Mestres de la Meana, Jordi (2017). "Caracterització genètica de llinatges". Armoria (in Catalan) (6): 119–132. ISSN 2696-0966.
  13. Calsina, Marta. "Jordi Mestres guanya el Corwin Hansch Award 2006 de la QSAR and Modelling Society – Notícies" (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  14. "El Doctor Jordi Mestres, admitido como Miembro De La Royal Society Of Chemistry". La Mesa de los Notables (in Spanish). 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  15. adminpcb (2018-07-04). "Jordi Mestres, 'Fellow' de la Royal Society of Chemistry" (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  16. "Premis del Consell Social de la UPF, curs 2006/2007" (in Catalan). Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  17. Antoja, Gemma (2021-12-23). "Vuit investigadors i investigadores del PRBB entre els més influents del món" (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  18. "24th EuroQSAR / Barcelona, Spain – September 22–26, 2024". Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  19. Calsina, Marta. "Jordi Mestres nomenat membre del Consell Científic de ChemBioFrance – Notícies" (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  20. "CAS convenes life sciences advisory board to reimagine the future of scientific discovery | CAS". Retrieved 2023-09-09.
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