Jesus Alcazar's Biography

Jesus Alcazar, Principal Chemist, Janssen Research & Development

Jesús Alcázar studied in Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha in Ciudad Real where he got his bachelor degree in 1990 and Ph. D. in 1996. As Ph. D. student he stayed for 6 months at the Royal Danish School of Pharmacy (Copenhagen, Denmark) under the direction of Prof. Michael Begtrup. In 1995 he joined Janssen-Cilag at the research center in Toledo. Currently he is Senior Principal Scientist at Janssen Research and Development. In this position he is involved in the implementation of novel technologies in Drug Discovery in Toledo and in collaboration with other J&J sites worldwide. In this role he has led the successful implementation of 3 different technologies: microwave, H-CUBE and Flow chemistry. From this work he has been author of around 50 articles, 4 reviews and 3 book chapters. In addition he has successfully applied these technologies to Medicinal Chemistry programs with 4 compounds selected as clinical candidates. This part of the work is reflected as inventor in more than 25 patent applications.