Carlos is a Marie Curie Fellow in the Molecular Biomaterials research group at i3S. His research focuses on developing 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 for over 3 years. He has published 2 book chapters and over 20 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals ( >580 citations on Google Scholar). He is also a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
With an interdisciplinary background, his expertise includes organic chemistry, supramolecular interactions, molecular self-assembly, self-assembling hydrogels, and formulation of complex biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative therapies.
Selected Publications
Peptide-protein coassembling matrices as a biomimetic 3d model of ovarian cancer. Science Advances6(40):, 2020. [Journal: Article] [CI: 44] [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: 85] [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: 51] [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: 17] [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: 7] [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: 13]
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: 37] [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: 7] [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: 5] [IF: 5.5]
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: 58] [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: 16]
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: 5] [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: 16] [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: 8] [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: 10] [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: 10] [IF: 2,2]
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2017.07.089 SCOPUS: 85028377750