CV

Curriculum vitae with downloadable PDF. Full publication list on the publications page.

Contact Information

Name Iñigo Iribarren Aguirre
Professional Title Postdoctoral researcher in computational chemistry
Email inigo.iribarren@tum.de
Location Munich, Germany
Website https://iribirii.github.io/

Professional Summary

Computational chemist developing machine learning–powered approaches to design and understand supramolecular metallacages as drug-delivery systems. Background in organocatalysis, noncovalent interactions, and scientific visualization.

Summary

Education

  • 2024 - present

    Munich, Germany

    Postdoctoral researcher
    Technical University of Munich
    School of Natural Sciences
  • 2019 - 2024

    Dublin, Ireland

    Ph.D.
    Trinity College Dublin
    School of Chemistry
  • 2016 - 2018

    Madrid, Spain

    M.Sc.
    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
    Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (TCCM)
  • 2012 - 2016

    Madrid, Spain

    B.Sc.
    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
    Department of Chemistry

Outreach

  • 2026

    Munich, Germany

    SciLab / Deutsches Museum (TUM 150th anniversary)
    Public engagement
  • 2026

    Garching, Germany

    Open Day Garching
    Public engagement
  • 2021 - 2024

    Dublin, Ireland

    Current Chemistry Investigators
    Primary and secondary school outreach
  • 2023

    Dublin, Ireland

    ESB Science Blast
    Public engagement
  • 2020 - 2021

    Dublin, Ireland

    Stories from the lab
    Primary and secondary school outreach
  • 2020

    Dublin, Ireland

    European Researchers' Night
    Public engagement
  • 2019 - 2020

    Dublin, Ireland

    Spectroscopy in a Suitcase
    Primary and secondary school outreach

Awards

  • 2026
    Best Contributed Talk

    European Symposium on Chemical Bonding (CBOND2026) — A Dynamic Evaluation of Cisplatin Encapsulation into [Pd₂L₄]⁴⁺ Metallacages in Solution

  • 2024
    BOC Gases bursary thesis competition — 2nd prize

    Trinity College Dublin / BOC Gases

  • 2022
    Best poster

    3rd European Symposium on Chemical Bonding (CBOND2022) — Efficiency and Suitability when Exploring the Conformational Space of Phase-Transfer Catalysts

  • 2020
    Best poster

    WATOC 2020 — Efficiency and Suitability when Exploring the Conformational Space of Phase-Transfer Catalysts

  • 2020
    Best flash talk

    Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Postgraduate Chemistry Research Symposium — Anion Recognition by Neutral and Cationic Iodotriazole Halogen Bonding Scaffolds

  • 2019
    SFI fellowship for Ph.D. studies

    Science Foundation Ireland

  • 2016
    UAM–Fujitsu fellowship for TCCM master's studies

    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid / Fujitsu