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Research interests

• Thermodynamics of receptor–ligand interactions
• Discovery of novel inhibitors for pharmacologically relevant enzymes

Profile

Professor Zubillaga earned his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry in 1984 and his Master’s degree in Chemistry in 1987 from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Iztapalapa Campus. In 1994, he received his Ph.D. in Science from the same institution. His doctoral research was conducted at the Institute of Cellular Physiology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) under the supervision of Dr. Armando Gómez Puyou.

He has been a Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Iztapalapa Campus, since 1996. He has held research appointments at the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain (2011); the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology in Valencia, Spain (2000); the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth, Texas, USA (1992); and the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), Venezuela (1991).

He has supervised six doctoral dissertations and ten master’s theses. His scholarly output includes 42 research articles published in indexed scientific journals. In 2011, he received the UAM Research Award in recognition of his scientific contributions. He is a founding member of the Physical Chemistry, Protein Structure and Design Division of the Mexican Society of Biochemistry, established in 2006.

Professor Zubillaga serves as a reviewer for several international scientific journals, including Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, and Thermochimica Acta (Elsevier), as well as the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (Springer). He has also served as a scientific evaluator of research proposals for CONACYT.

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Research interests

• Thermodynamics of receptor–ligand interactions
• Discovery of novel inhibitors for pharmacologically relevant enzymes

Academic Work

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Open Access	References	UN SDGs
OA	Gutiérrez-Flores, J., Padilla-Bernal, G., Sánchez-Juárez, C. and 5 more (...) (2026).Residue-Level Affinity Decomposition via Quantum Electron Density: A Multivariable Framework Applied to HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors. Journal of Physical Chemistry B,130(15) 4080-4093	\| 3 \|
OA	Sánchez Juárez, C., Sánchez Pérez, L.C., Zubillaga, R.A. and 7 more (...) (2025).Effect of Glutathione on the Stability, Dynamics and Catalysis of Two Different Classes of Glutathione Transferases from Taenia solium. Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society,69(1) 39-47
OA	Miranda-Blancas, R., García-Gutiérrez, P., Sánchez-Juárez, C. and 7 more (...) (2025).Structural insights into sigma class glutathione transferase from Taenia solium: Analysis and functional implications. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases,19(5)	\| 3 \|
OA	Sánchez-Juárez, C., Flores-López, R., Sánchez-Pérez, L.D.C. and 4 more (...) (2025).Discovery and Characterization of Two Selective Inhibitors for a Mu-Class Glutathione S-Transferase of 25 kDa from Taenia solium Using Computational and Bioinformatics Tools. Biomolecules,15(1)
OA	Miranda-Blancas, R., Rodríguez-Lima, O., García-Gutiérrez, P. and 5 more (...) (2024).Biochemical characterization and gene structure analysis of the 24-kDa glutathione transferase sigma from Taenia solium. FEBS Open Bio,14(5) 726-739
OA	Garduño-Juárez, R., Tovar-Anaya, D.O., Perez-Aguilar, J.M. and 4 more (...) (2024).Molecular Dynamic Simulations for Biopolymers with Biomedical Applications. Polymers,16(13)	\| 9 \|
OA	Sánchez Pérez, L.D.C., Zubillaga, R.A., García-Gutiérrez, P. and 1 more (...) (2024).Sigma-Class Glutathione Transferases (GSTσ): A New Target with Potential for Helminth Control. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease,9(4)
	García-Gutiérrez, P., Camarillo-Cadena, M., Vera-Robles, L.I. and 2 more (...) (2022).Circular dichroism spectroscopic assessment of structural changes upon protein thermal unfolding at contrasting pH: Comparison with molecular dynamics simulations. Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy,274
OA	García-Gutiérrez, P., Zubillaga, R.A., Ibarra, I.A. and 3 more (...) (2021).Non-conventional interactions of N3 inhibitor with the main protease of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal,194669-4675	\| 3 \|
	Martínez, A., García-Gutiérrez, P., Zubillaga, R.A. and 2 more (...) (2021).Main interactions of dopamine and risperidone with the dopamine D2 receptor. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,23(26) 14224-14230
	García-Gutiérrez, P., Zubillaga, R.A., Téllez-Plancarte, A. and 3 more (...) (2020).Discovery of a new non-substrate inhibitor of the 26.5 kDa glutathione transferase from Taenia solium by virtual screening. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling,100

Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	26I	Estructura de la Materia	Licenciatura
2	26I	Proyecto Terminal I Biofisicoquímica	Licenciatura
3	26I	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
4	26I	Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I	Licenciatura
5	25O	Estructura de la Materia	Licenciatura
6	25O	Seminario VII	Posgrado
7	25O	Temas Selectos en Farmoquímica	Licenciatura
8	25O	Trabajo de Investigación IX	Posgrado
9	25P	Biofisicoquímica	Posgrado
10	25P	Introducción a la Investigación III	Posgrado
11	25P	Introducción a la Investigación III	Posgrado
12	25P	Trabajo de Investigación VIII	Posgrado
13	25I	Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I	Licenciatura
14	25I	Trabajo de Investigación VII	Posgrado
15	25I	Temas Selectos de Biofisicoquímica	Posgrado
16	25I	Introducción a la Investigación II	Posgrado
17	24O	Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I	Licenciatura
18	24O	Introducción a la Investigación I	Posgrado
19	24O	Seminario VI	Posgrado
20	24O	Trabajo de Investigación VI	Posgrado
21	24O	Trabajo de Investigación VI	Posgrado
22	24O	Transformaciones Químicas	Licenciatura
23	24P	Biofisicoquímica	Posgrado
24	24P	Trabajo de Investigación V	Posgrado
25	24P	Introducción a la Investigación III	Posgrado
26	24I	Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I	Licenciatura
27	24I	Introducción a la Investigación II	Posgrado
28	24I	Introducción a la Investigación III	Posgrado
29	24I	Trabajo de Investigación IV	Posgrado
30	23O	Estructura de la Materia	Licenciatura
31	23O	Introducción a la Investigación I	Posgrado
32	23O	Introducción a la Investigación II	Posgrado
33	23O	Temas Selectos de Biofisicoquímica	Posgrado
34	23P	Introducción a la Investigación I	Posgrado
35	23P	Trabajo de Investigación III	Posgrado
36	23P	Biofisicoquímica	Posgrado
37	23I	Técnicas Experimentales en Biofisicoquímica	Posgrado
38	23I	Trabajo de Investigación II	Posgrado
39	22O	Estructura de la Materia	Licenciatura
40	22O	Introducción a la Investigación I	Posgrado
41	22O	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
42	22P	Introducción a la Investigación III	Posgrado
43	22I	Diseño de Fármacos	Licenciatura
44	22I	Introducción a la Investigación II	Posgrado
45	22I	Introducción a la Investigación III	Posgrado

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