User:Gonzalezdiazh/Humberto González Díaz

Humberto González Díaz (born 1975) is a Cuban-Spanish scientist. González-Díaz holds one Ikerbasque Research Professor position, at the Department of Organic Chemistry II, University of the Basque Country. This is a research chair endowed by the Ikerbasque (Basque Foundation for Science) promoted by the Basque government (Eusko Jaurlaritza). The work of Prof. González-Díaz have focused on the use of Network science for the generalization of classic Quantitative structure–activity relationship(QSAR) models of small molecules. The main emphasis is on the generalization of QSAR models to the study of Complex systems in Chemistry, Biology, Nanotechnology, Neurosciences, Epidemiology, Environmental science, and Social Science.

Birth and education
González-Díaz was born in the city of Santa Clara, in the central region of Cuba. He obtained a BSc degree from one IPVCE; colleges specialized in exact sciences. Between 1993 and 1998, he obtained a degree as Lic. in Pharmaceutical sciences at the Central University of Las Villas in Santa Clara, Cuba. Degree dissertation supervisor was Prof. Ernesto Estrada, currently Chair in Complexity Science, University of Strathclyde. González Díaz, obtained a Ph.D in Organic Chemistry (2005)under the direction of Prof. Eugenio Uriarte and Lourdes Santana, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela.

Research interests and achievements
González Díaz has contributed to the generalization of Quantitative structure–activity relationship(QSAR) models from small molecules to the study of Complex Systems in Network science. In this area he have worked on the development of new Complex network parameters based on classic indices as well as on the devolpment of new Theoretical chemistry methods, Software, and Web server.

Network Science
In this area, González Díaz worked on the use of Probability theory, Markov Chain, and Shannon Infortion Theory for the generalization of different types of classic molecular Topological index used in chemical Graph Theory. González Díaz have introduced the Markov Chain generalizations of Wiener index, Randić index, etc. He worked also on the application of the new parameters to study complex systems such as benchmark sets of Metabolic network of many organisms downloaded from Prof. Albert-László Barabási site, the historic network of USA Supreme court cites released by Prof. James H. Fowler, etc.

Computational Chemistry
González-Díaz is also co-authors with Prof. Cristian Robert Munteanu of the online platform Bio-AIMS a free online service for acdemic research with >10 web servers; thisserver is aimed to be useful for Drug discovery, prediction protein function, and search of disease Biomarkers, etc.; it is hosted by Prof. Alejandro Pazos group at University of A Coruña.

Editor & Pro bono consulting activity
González Díaz have also been international pro bono consulting reviewer of research project proposals with consulting actions for Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), USA National Science Foundation, and UKBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council(BBSRC), etc. In addition, González-Díaz have been (since 2012) Section Editor, co-Editor-in-Chief, and Europe Regional Editor of the Journal Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry published by Bentham Science Publishers. González-Díaz have also been guest editor for >10 research journals such as Current Pharmaceutical Design, Molecules (journal), Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, Frontiers in Bioscience, and reviewer for >50 journals, Publons listed him as accredited reviewer.

Selected publications

 * Curr Drug Metab. 2014;15(4):470-88.
 * J Chem Inf Model. 2014 Mar 24;54(3):744-55.
 * Curr Top Med Chem. 2013;13(14):1713-41.
 * J Chem Inf Model. 2012 Dec 21;52(12):3331-40.
 * J Proteome Res. 2011 Apr 1;10(4):1698-718.
 * Proteomics. 2008 Feb;8(4):750-78.
 * Nanoscale. 2014 Sep 21;6(18):10623-30.