Dr Carlos Redondo, BSc MSc MRSC

Molecular Biomaterials

Junior Researcher

Carlos holds a Junior Researcher position in the Molecular Biomaterials research group at INEB/i3S. His research focuses on the development of responsive nanobiomaterials based on self-assembling peptides for targeted diagnosis/therapies.

He graduated from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry (2010), and a Master’s degree in Supramolecular Chemistry (2015) with the thesis “Synthesis and supramolecular aggregation study of novel cholic acid 12-amidoderivatives”. He spent two years as a researcher in Costa Rica’s National Nanotechnology Laboratory (LANOTEC-CeNAT) investigating carbon nanomaterials for renewable energies, supramolecular self-assembly of steroidal amphiphiles, and biomolecular interactions involving proteins, nanomaterials, and drugs.

In 2020, Carlos earned his Ph.D. in Medical Engineering from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, London, UK) with the dissertation “Generating molecularly-controlled biomaterials using host-guest guided peptide amphiphile self-assembly”. After this, he acted as a scientific adviser to the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica, where he also held the position of R&D Director. He has published 2 book chapters and over 20 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals ( >400 citations on Google Scholar). He is also a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

With an interdisciplinary background, Dr Redondo’s areas of expertise include organic chemistry, supramolecular interactions, molecular self-assembly, self-assembling hydrogels, and formulation of complex biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative therapies.

Selected Publications

Hedegaard C.L., Redondo-Gómez C., Tan B.Y., Ng K.W., Loessner D., Mata A.,

Peptide-protein coassembling matrices as a biomimetic 3d model of ovarian cancer. Science Advances6(40):, 2020. [Journal: Article] [CI: 35] [IF: 14,1]
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb3298 SCOPUS: 85092677990.

Hedegaard C.L., Collin E.C., Redondo-Gómez C., Nguyen L.T.H., Ng K.W., Castrejón-Pita A.A., Castrejón-Pita J.R., Mata A.,

Hydrodynamically Guided Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Peptide–Protein Bioinks. Advanced Functional Materials28(16):, 2018. [Journal: Article] [CI: 74] [IF: 15,6]
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201703716 SCOPUS: 85042010294.

Redondo-Gómez C., Abdouni Y., Becer C.R., Mata A.,

Self-Assembling Hydrogels Based on a Complementary Host-Guest Peptide Amphiphile Pair. Biomacromolecules20(6):2276-2285, 2019. [Journal: Article] [CI: 40] [IF: 6,1]
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00224 SCOPUS: 85066411795.

Redondo-Gómez C., Padilla-Lopategui S., Azevedo H.S., Mata A.,

Host-Guest-Mediated Epitope Presentation on Self-Assembled Peptide Amphiphile Hydrogels. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering6(9):4870-4880, 2020. [Journal: Article] [CI: 13] [IF: 4,7]
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00549 SCOPUS: 85092543510.

Redondo-Gómez C., Padilla-Lopátegui S., Mata A., Azevedo H.S.,

Peptide Amphiphile Hydrogels Based on Homoternary Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Complexes. Bioconjugate Chemistry33(1):111-120, 2022. [Journal: Article] [CI: 5] [IF: 4,7]
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00441 SCOPUS: 85121987613.

Okesola B.O., Redondo-Gómez C., Mata A.,

Multicomponent self-assembly: Supramolecular design of complex hydrogels for biomedical applications. Self-Assembling Biomaterials: Molecular Design, Characterization and Application in Biology and Medicine:371-397, 2018. [Book: Book Chapter] [CI: 10]
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102015-9.00019-8 SCOPUS: 85073650176.

Redondo-Gómez C., Leandro-Mora R., Blanch-Bermúdez D., Espinoza-Araya C., Hidalgo-Barrantes D., Vega-Baudrit J.,

Recent Advances in Carbon Nanotubes for Nervous Tissue Regeneration. Advances in Polymer Technology2020:, 2020. [Journal: Review] [CI: 30] [IF: 2,4]
DOI: 10.1155/2020/6861205 SCOPUS: 85104005856.

Cautela J., Severoni E., Redondo-Gómez C., di Gregorio M.C., Del Giudice A., Sennato S., Angelini R., D'Abramo M., Schillén K., Galantini L.,

C-12 vs C-3 substituted bile salts: An example of the effects of substituent position and orientation on the self-assembly of steroid surfactant isomers. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces185:, 2020. [Journal: Article] [CI: 5] [IF: 5,3]
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.110556 SCOPUS: 85074417041.

Majkowska A., Inostroza-Brito K.E., Gonzalez M., Redondo-Gómez C., Rice A., Rodriguez-Cabello J.C., Del Rio Hernandez A.E., Mata A.,

Peptide-Protein Coassemblies into Hierarchical and Bioactive Tubular Membranes. Biomacromolecules24(10):4419-4429, 2023. [Journal: Article] [CI: 1] [IF: 6,2 (*)]
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01095 SCOPUS: 85147203416.

Abdouni Y., Ter Huurne G.M., Yilmaz G., Monaco A., Redondo-Gómez C., Meijer E.W., Palmans A.R.A., Becer C.R.,

Self-Assembled Multi- And Single-Chain Glyconanoparticles and Their Lectin Recognition. Biomacromolecules22(2):661-670, 2021. [Journal: Article] [CI: 12] [IF: 7]
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01486 SCOPUS: 85099100104.

Ajovalasit A., Redondo-Gómez C., Sabatino M.A., Okesola B.O., Braun K., Mata A., Dispenza C.,

Carboxylated-xyloglucan and peptide amphiphile co-assembly in wound healing. Regenerative Biomaterials8(5):, 2021. [Journal: Article] [CI: 11] [IF: 5,8]
DOI: 10.1093/rb/rbab040 SCOPUS: 85117928070.

Redondo-Gómez C., Quesada M.R., Astúa S.V., Zamora J.P.M., Lopretti M., Vega-Baudrit J.R.,

Biorefinery of Biomass of Agro-Industrial Banana Waste to Obtain High-Value Biopolymers. Molecules25(17):, 2020. [Journal: Review] [CI: 36] [IF: 4,4]
DOI: 10.3390/molecules25173829 SCOPUS: 85089929350.

González-Masís J., Cubero-Sesin J.M., Guerrero S., González-Camacho S., Corrales-Ureña Y.R., Redondo-Gómez C., Vega-Baudrit J.R., Gonzalez-Paz R.J.,

Self-assembly study of type I collagen extracted from male Wistar Hannover rat tail tendons. Biomaterials Research24(1):, 2020. [Journal: Article] [CI: 9]
DOI: 10.1186/s40824-020-00197-0 SCOPUS: 85096428943.

Majkowska A., Redondo-Gómez C., Rice A., Gonzalez M., Inostroza-Brito K.E., Collin E.C., Rodriguez-Cabello J.C., Del Rio Hernandez A.E., Solito E., Mata A.,

Interfacial Self-Assembly to Spatially Organize Graphene Oxide Into Hierarchical and Bioactive Structures. Frontiers in Materials7:, 2020. [Journal: Article] [CI: 3] [IF: 3,5]
DOI: 10.3389/fmats.2020.00167 SCOPUS: 85087152877.

Di Gregorio M.C., Severoni E., Travaglini L., Gubitosi M., Sennato S., Mura F., Redondo-Gómez C., Jover A., Pavel N.V., Galantini L.,

Bile acid derivative-based catanionic mixtures: Versatile tools for superficial charge modulation of supramolecular lamellae and nanotubes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics20(28):18957-18968, 2018. [Journal: Article] [CI: 15] [IF: 3,6]
DOI: 10.1039/c8cp02745e SCOPUS: 85050215206.

Orozco F., Redondo-Gómez C., Vega-Baudrit J.R., Moreno-Villoslada I.,

On the comparison between diafiltration and isothermal titration calorimetry: Determination of the amount of analytes bound to water-soluble polymers. Polymer Testing76:443-447, 2019. [Journal: Article] [CI: 1] [IF: 3,3]
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2019.04.003 SCOPUS: 85064180324.

Rojas-Parrales A., Orantes-Sibaja T., Redondo-Gómez C., Vega-Baudrit J.,

Biological degradation of plastics: Polyethylene biodegradation by aspergillus and streptomyces species-A review. ACS Symposium Series1302:69-79, 2018. [Book Series: Conference Paper] [CI: 6] [IF: ,6 (*)]
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2018-1302.ch003 SCOPUS: 85056097158.

Katerine I., Romina A A., Jorge E S., Natalia B., José R V.B., Carlos R.G., Patricia G V.,

Antifungal activity of cotton fabrics finished modified silica-silver- carbon-based hybrid nanoparticles. Textile Research Journal89(5):825-833, 2019. [Journal: Article] [CI: 8] [IF: 1,9]
DOI: 10.1177/0040517518755792 SCOPUS: 85045110052.

Redondo-Gómez C., Orozco F., Noeske P.L.M., Soto-Tellini V., Corrales-Ureña Y.R., Vega-Baudrit J.,

Cholic acid covalently bound to multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Improvements on dispersion stability. Materials Chemistry and Physics200:331-341, 2017. [Journal: Article] [CI: 7] [IF: 2,2]
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2017.07.089 SCOPUS: 85028377750.