Lidón Pruñonosa Lara, MChem
PhD student since 10/2021
photoswitchable supramolecular cages
lab 5.102
+49 (0)228 73 5667 (lab)
Lidón, born and raised in a small town in Spain, moved to England in 2017 to complete her Chemistry degree with intercalated master’s at the University of Warwick. During her Master’s year, she joined the group of Prof. Mike Ward which led her to discover the amazing world of photoswitchable supramolecular cages. In 2021, following her passion for metallo-organic cages and travelling, she moved to Bonn to start her PhD studies.
Outside the lab, Lidón enjoys swimming, travelling, and volunteering at the animal shelter.
Publications
3.
Photoswitching of Co(II)-based coordination cages containing azobenzene backbones
M. B. Tipping, L. Pruñonosa Lara, A. B. Solea, L. K. S. von Krbek,* M. D. Ward*
Chem. Sci. 2024, 15(22), 8488-8499.
2.
Correction: Disentangling contributions to guest binding inside a coordination cage host: analysis of a set of isomeric guests with differing polarities
C. Mozaceanu, Atena B. Solea, C. G. P. Taylor, B. Sudittapong, L. Pruñonosa Lara, M. D. Ward*
Dalton Trans. 2023, 52(25), 8818-8818.
1.
Molecular Basis of Selectivity and Activity for the Antimicrobial Peptide Lynronne-1 Informs Rational Design of Peptide with Improved Activity
E. S. Jayawant, J. Hutchinson, D. Gašparíková, C. Lockey, L. Pruñonosa Lara, C. Guy, R. L. Brooks, A. M. Dixon,
ChemBioChem 2021, 22(14), 2430-2439.
Conferences
Talks
28/09/2021
25/10/2023
International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR)
Invited to give a 15-minute talk on my Master’s project titled:
“How to administer a drug that cannot dissolve in the body – a chemical approach”.
Awarded a prize for best presenter ICUR 2021.
796. WE-Heraeus-Seminar: Photoinduced, Charge‐Driven, and Molecular Processes under Confinement
15-minute contributed talk titled:
"Controlled light-induced switching of Co(II) coordination cage structures"
Poster presentations
07/11/2018
The University of Warwick Undergraduate Research Showcase.
Presented my summer research project as a poster titled: “Can peptides save us from antimicrobial resistance?”.