Ana Castilla

Dr Ana Castilla MSc, PhD, MRSC

Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Key details

Dr Ana M Castilla

Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ana holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of the Balearic Islands and has carried out research in several institutions such as the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), University of Liverpool, University of Cambridge and Queen Mary University of London. Her research background is highly interdisciplinary, spanning different areas within the fields of supramolecular and materials chemistry, and nanotechnology. In October 2019, Ana moved to her new role at the University of Greenwich where she is pursuing her research interests in the bottom-up design of smart gels and other soft (nano)materials at the interface of supramolecular chemistry, nanotechnology and biomaterials.

Chemistry Pharmaceutical science Science

Recognition

Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Research / Scholarly interests

Research main interests: supramolecular chemistry, self-assembly, gels, smart (nano)materials, stimuli-responsive systems and polymeric nanoparticles for drug delivery and sensing.

Recent publications

Article

Ghosh, Amit , Slappendel, Laura, Nguyen, Bao-Nguyen T., von Krbek, Larissa K. S. , Ronson, Tanya K. , Castilla, Ana Maria , Nitschke, Jonathan R. (2023), Light-powered reversible guest release and uptake from Zn4L4 capsules. American Chemical Society. In: , , , . American Chemical Society, Journal of the American Chemical Society AU, 145 (7) . pp. 3828-3832 ISSN: 2691-3704 (Print), 1520-5126 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10084).

Liu, Pengfei , Pearce, Charles M., Anastasiadi, Rozalia-Maria, Resmini, Marina , Castilla, Ana Maria (2019), Covalently crosslinked nanogels: an NMR study of the effect of monomer reactivity on composition and structure. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Polymers, 11: 353 (2) . pp. 1-14 2073-4360 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11020353).

Salinas, Y. , Castilla, Ana Maria, Resmini, M. (2018), An L-proline based thermoresponsive and pH-switchable nanogel as a drug delivery vehicle. Royal Society of Chemistry. In: , , , . Royal Society of Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, 9 (17) . pp. 2271-2280 ISSN: 1759-9954 (Print), 1759-9962 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8PY00308D).

Castilla, Ana Maria , Draper, Emily R., Nolan, Michael C., Brasnett, Christopher , Seddon, Annela , Mears, Laura L. E. , Cowieson, Nathan , Adams, Dave J. (2017), Self-sorted oligophenylvinylene and perylene bisimide hydrogels. Nature Research. In: , , , . Nature Research, Scientific Reports, 7: 8380 (1) . pp. 1-10 2045-2322 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08644-0).

Mears, Laura L. E. , Draper, Emily R., Castilla, Ana Maria, Su, Hao , Zhuola, . , Dietrich, Bart , Nolan, Michael C. , Smith, Gregory N. , Doutch, James , Rogers, Sarah (2017), Drying affects the fiber network in low molecular weight hydrogels. ACS Publications. In: , , , . ACS Publications, Biomacromolecules, 18 (11) . pp. 3531-3540 ISSN: 1525-7797 (Print), 1526-4602 (Online) (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00823).

Castilla, Ana Maria , Wallace, Matthew, Mears, Laura L. E., Draper, Emily R. , Doutch, James , Rogers, Sarah , Adams, Dave J. (2016), On the syneresis of an OPV functionalised dipeptide hydrogel. Royal Society of Chemistry. In: , , , . Royal Society of Chemistry, Soft Matter, 12 (37) . pp. 7848-7854 ISSN: 1744-683X (Print), 1744-6848 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SM01194B).

Castilla, Ana Maria , Mille, Mark A., Nitschke, Jonathan R., Smulders, Maarten M. J. (2016), Quantification of stereochemical communication in metal-organic assemblies. Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. In: , , , . Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55 (36) . pp. 10616-10620 ISSN: 1433-7851 (Print), 1521-3773 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201602968).

Jansze, Suzanne M. , Cecot, Giacomo, Wise, Matthew D., Zhurov, Konstantin O. , Ronson, Tanya K. , Castilla, Ana Maria , Finelli, Alba , Pattison, Philip , Solari, Euro , Scopelliti, Rosario (2016), Ligand aspect ratio as a decisive factor for the self-assembly of coordination cages. American Chemical Society (ACS). In: , , , . American Chemical Society (ACS), Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138 (6) . pp. 2046-2054 ISSN: 0002-7863 (Print), 1520-5126 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b13190).

Conference item

Oder, Oriane and , Castilla, Ana Maria (2023), Anion recognition studies with polymeric nanoparticles in water. In: Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry Europe Conference (EWOC), 15th Jun, 2023, Manchester, Pendulum , . , (doi: ).

El-Mahrouky, Yomna , Castilla, Ana Maria, Alexander, Bruce (2023), Self-assembled nanomaterials for fragrance delivery. In: University of Greenwich Ph.D. (NRIPS) Symposium 2023, 9th June 2023, University of Greenwich , . , (doi: https://www.gre.ac.uk/las/research/crel/events).

Oder, Oriane , Bouaouina, Selsabil, Castilla, Ana Maria (2023), Novel nanomaterials for anion recognition. In: 2023 PhD Symposium Faculty of Engineering and Science, 9th June, 2023, University of Greenwich , . , (doi: ).

Oder, Oriane and , Castilla, Ana Maria (2022), Novel nanomaterials for anion-recognition. In: MASC Meeting 2022 - RSC Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Meeting, 19th - 20th Dec 2022, Nottingham , . , (doi: https://mascgroup.co.uk/).

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