Jesus Tejero

Dr Tejero received his B.Sc. degree in Organic Chemistry in 1998 and his PhD in Biochemistry in 2004 from the University of Saragossa (Spain). In 2005 he joined Dr. Dennis Stuehr lab in the Cleveland Clinic for postdoctoral studies on Nitric Oxide Synthase structure and function. He moved to the Vascular Medicine Institute of the University of Pittsburgh in 2009 as a Research Associate to work with Dr. Mark Gladwin on heme proteins and nitrite metabolism. Since 2015, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh. His research is focused on the biology of heme proteins. His main research goals include: i) to understand the chemistry and biology of the reactions of nitrite with mammalian heme proteins; ii) to determine the cytoprotective mechanisms of the novel six-coordinate globins neuroglobin and cytoglobin, and iii) the development of heme-based antidotes for carbon monoxide poisoning. Dr Tejero cofounded Globin Solutions, Inc., along with Drs. Gladwin and Rose in 2017.