Belén Martín-Matute

Belén Martín-Matute is a Spanish-Swedish chemist and professor of organic chemistry at Stockholm University. Her research focuses on sustainable catalysis, including the development of catalytic methods combining transition metal catalysis, organocatalysis, and biocatalysis for environmentally friendly chemical synthesis.

She was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2023 and is a recipient of several major scientific awards, including the Arrhenius Plaque and the Göran Gustafsson Prize in Chemistry.

Early life and education Martín-Matute was born in Madrid, Spain. She obtained her Licenciate degree in organic chemistry from the Autonomous University of Madrid in 1998 and completed her PhD in 2002 under the supervision of A. M. Echavarren.

Career Following her doctoral studies, Martín-Matute conducted postdoctoral research at Stockholm University with Jan-E. Bäckvall, where she worked on dynamic kinetic resolution using combined metal and enzyme catalysis. She later worked in Spain with José C. Carretero on asymmetric catalysis.

She has contributed to international research efforts addressing the development of safe and sustainable chemical systems, including collaborative work published in journals of the Nature Portfolio.

She was awarded the Ulla and Stig Holmquist Science Prize in Organic Chemistry in 2023. According to the award motivation, her work represents the "pioneering development of new reagents and reactions in organic chemistry" and has had "great influence on central parts of organic chemistry".

Scientific leadership Martín-Matute has served as associate editor of Organic Letters since 2021 and has held advisory roles in several international scientific journals. Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2023) Ulla and Stig Holmquist Science Prize in Organic Chemistry (2023) Göran Gustafsson Prize in Chemistry (2018)

Selected publications Martín-Matute has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading journals in organic chemistry and catalysis.