Jordi Teixidó i Closa

Jordi Teixidó i Closa is an IQS Chemical Engineer (1987), graduated in Chemistry from URL (1993), Doctor of Chemical Engineering IQS in Organic Chemistry (1991), Fellow Rohm & Haas Agrochemical Division, Pennsylvania, USA (1998). Since 1987, Professor and Chair of the URL (2005). Manager of the Polytechnic University School of Mataró (2008). Director of University Studies, Research and Development of the Public Foundation Tecnocampus Mataró-Maresme (2009-10). Patron of the Xavier Foundation (2013-20). Secretary General of IQS-URL (2012-14). Dean of IQS School of Engineering-URL (2014-20). He has co-founded the IQS Molecular Engineering Group 1998-2017 and the GRC Pharmaceutical Chemistry Group (since 2018). His research has focused on Biomedical research in the design of biologically active molecules. He has participated in the publication of two books on Organic Synthesis, more than a hundred articles in international journals and 15 patents. In 2010 he received the Honorable Mention of the Research Award of the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation and in 2011 the research award of Expoquimia in the International Year of Chemistry. He has been a national basketball player and coach. Director of the Madrigalist Choir of Mataró, founder of the "Ciutat de Mataró" Choir and for thirty years a member of the Orfeó Català.