Cristina García Ruiz

I have been committed to scientific research ever since my early university years. After graduating with a First Class Honour BSc degree and completing a MSc in Advanced Chemistry, I obtained one of the most competitive doctoral scholarship (FPU programme) from the Government of Spain and started my first PhD studies in the research group of Prof. F. Sarabia, at the University of Málaga. My work in Organic Chemistry focused on the stereoselective synthesis of epoxides and diepoxides using a novel type of cyclic sulfur ylides and its application towards the total synthesis of natural products and analogues of biological interest for the pharmacy industry. During my predoctoral years, I was awarded several grants for congress attendance and was also the finalist in the XII Lilly Research Awards for PhD Students, granted by Lilly Spain. Gratifyingly these studies also rendered me with the Esteve Award for Young Researchers, granted by the Spanish Society of Medicinal Chemistry (SEQT) in 2015. I got my PhD (Suma Cum Laude) from the University of Málaga in December 2014.

In 2013, I was a visiting student at the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Prof. S. V. Ley and Dr D. L. Browne. This short-stay provided me in 2016 with a publication related to the synthesis of trifluoromethylated isoxazoles. Also in 2015, I obtained a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Ramón Areces Foundation to initiate my postdoctoral career at the prestigious group of Prof. V. K. Aggarwal, at the University of Bristol, where I have been developing new methodologies of synthesis. My early postdoctoral studies provided me with three publications; one of them related with a stereospecific allylic functionalization by reactions of allyl boronate complexes and the other two, with the stereo divergent olefination of enantioenriched boronic esters. In 2017, after having gained a significant background in organic synthesis and methodology, as well as in medicinal chemistry, with significant contributions in JCR publications (Q1 and Q2 papers) and international conferences, I decided to expand my professional career, redirecting it into Science Education research. Thus, I completed the MEd in Teaching Training at the University of Málaga and enrolled myself in a second PhD focused on the Inquiry-based Science Education (IBSE), under the supervision of Prof. Dr Ángel Blanco and Dr Teresa Lupión. Gratefully, in 2020 I earned a Postdoctoral Research Contract at the Science Education Department, where I have been working into pre-service science teaching (PSST) training and IBSE, as a way to promote scientific literacy and responsible citizenship in Secondary Education. Several publications and conference contributions have emerged from this research, whose results are still being investigated. In parallel, I am a collaborator of IndagaSTEM Escuela project, an educational cooperation agreement between the Junta de Andalucía and the University of Malaga. The project, dedicated to developing critical thinking through scientific projects with inquiry and context-based learning approaches in schools, is being carried out with Primary Education Teachers, opening the door to a possible extension to Secondary Education, in which proposals for inquiry made by PSST would be accommodated.

Also, during this short time, I have established a MARCO Agreement of collaboration with the Universities of Playa Ancha and Metropolitana de Chile (ref. 8.07 / 5.12.5574). Within this project, the INCE Network arises, dedicated to promoting IBSE between Chile and Spain, and from which exchange seminars have begun between teachers and students from both countries. 

I now wish to continue pursuing my professional career in Science Education as an independent researcher at the University of Málaga, where I could apply all the acquired knowledge and expertise. Hence, having gained some experience in the study and analysis of teachers perceptions about IBSE, and after getting to know the main difficulties pre-service teachers encounter about their future practice, as well as the lack of relationship they establish with their background, I consider the next step would be to deepen in the identity process. For doing so, I have been awarded with the Ramón y Cajal Postdoctoral Fellowship, granted in March 2022. More recently, in January 2023 I earned my second PhD, in Education and Social Communication (Suma Cum Laude).

Fellowships

• Ramón y Cajal RYC2020-029033-I contract. Five-year contract to carry out postdoctoral studies in Science Education, co-financed by the State Research Agency and the European Social Fund (since March 2022)

• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship granted by the University of Málaga (Spain) to carry out postdoctoral studies in Science Education at the research group of Prof. A. Blanco-López, University of Málaga (Spain) (Feb 2020-Feb 2021)

• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship granted by the Ramón Areces Foundation (Spain) to carry out postdoctoral studies abroad at the research group of Prof. V. K. Aggarwal, University of Bristol (UK) (Oct 2015-Oct 2017)

• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship granted by the University of Málaga to continue postdoctoral studies at the research group of Prof. F. Sarabia,University of Málaga (Spain) (Jan 2015-Jun 2015)

• PhD Fellowship (FPU Programme) granted by the Government of Spain (Ministry of Education), to carry out predoctoral studies at the research group of Prof. F. Sarabia, University of Málaga (Spain) (Oct 2010-Oct 2014)

Awards

• XVII Esteve - SEQT Research Award for young researchers (2015)

• XII Lilly Research Award for PhD students (finalist) (2014)

• First Class Honour BSc in Chemistry (2009)

Articles

• Lupión-Cobos, T., Crespo-Gómez, J. I. and García-Ruiz, C. (2023). Challenges and opportunities to teaching inquiry approaches by STE(A)M projects in the Primary Education classroom. Journal of Baltic Science Education, 22(3), 454-469. DOI: 10.33225/jbse/23.22.454

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T. and Blanco-López, A. (2022). Effects of an inquiry-based science education training programme on pre-service teachers. A mixed-methods case study. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 18(12), 2186. DOI: 10.29333/ejmste/12578

• García-Ruiz, C., Torres-Blanco, V., and Lupión-Cobos, T. (2022). Analizando la alfabetización en salud sobre COVID-19 del profesorado en formación inicial. Revista Eureka sobre Enseñanza y Divulgación de las Ciencias, 19(3), 3603. DOI: 10.25267/Rev_Eureka_ensen_divulg_cienc.2022.v19.i3.3603

• Lupión-Cobos, T., Girón-Gambero, J., and García-Ruiz, C. (2022). Building STEM inquiry-based teaching proposal through collaborations between schools and research centres: students’ and teachers’ perceptions. European Journal of Educational Research, 11(2), 899-915. DOI: 10.12973/eu-jer.11.2.899

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2021). Perceptions of pre-service secondary science teachers on inquiry-based science education: an analysis of the demographic variables.European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 9(4), 168-182. DOI: 10.30935/scimath/11205 

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2020). Emociones y percepciones sobre indagación de profesorado en formación inicial. Investigación en la Escuela, 102, 54-70. DOI: 10.12795/IE.2020.i102.04 

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2020). Dinamización del seguimiento del Prácticum de profesorado de secundaria de Física y Química en formación inicial a través del uso de portafolio digital. Boletín ENCIC, Revista del Grupo de Investigación HUM-974, 4(2), 74-79.

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2020). Promoviendo el desarrollo de la identidad docente en indagación desde la formación inicial del profesorado de Física y Química de Educación Secundaria. Boletín ENCIC, Revista del Grupo de Investigación HUM-974, 4(1), 30-36.

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T. and Blanco-López, A. (2020). Percepciones de docentes de Educación Primaria participantes en el programa Andalucía Profundiza sobre el aprendizaje cooperativo y por investigación. Ápice. Revista de Educación Científica, 4(2), 1-15. DOI: 10.17979/arec.2020.4.2.6536

• Hierrezuelo-Osorio, J. M., Lupión-Cobos, T., and García-Ruiz, C. (2019). Propuesta de enseñanza-aprendizaje sobre argumentación en maestros en formación inicial de Educación Primaria. Boletín ENCIC, Revista del Grupo de Investigación HUM-974, 3(2), 98-101.

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2019). Percepciones de maestros y maestras de Educación Primaria sobre el uso de estrategias cooperativas dentro del programa Andalucía Profundiza. Boletín ENCIC, Revista del Grupo de Investigación HUM-974, 3(2), 37-39.

• García-Ruiz, C., and Lupión-Cobos, T. (2019). ABP en el aula de ciencias como estrategia en un estudio sobre la energía en la ESO. Alambique. Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales, 98, 8-15. 

• García-Ruiz, C., and Lupión-Cobos, T. (2018). Energía y sostenibilidad. Una propuesta de Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos para ejorar la motivación del alumnado de Física y Química e 2º de ESO. Boletín ENCIC, Revista del Grupo de Investigación HUM-974, 2(2), 98-102.

• García-Ruiz, C, Chen, J. L.-Y., Sandford, C, Feeney, K., Lorenzo, P., Berionni, G., Mayr, H., and Aggarwal, V. K. (2017). Stereospecific allylic functionalization: the reactions of allylboronate complexes with electrophiles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(43), 15324-15327. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10240

• Armstrong, R. J., Sandford, C., García-Ruiz, C., and Aggarwal, V. K. (2017). Conjunctive functionalization of vinyl boronate complexes with electrophiles: a diastereoselective three-component coupling. Chemical Communications, 53(36), 4922-4925. DOI: 10.1039/c7cc01671a

• Cheng-Sánchez, I., García-Ruiz, C., Guerrero-Vásquez, G., and Sarabia, F. (2017) An olefin cross-metathesis approach to depudecin and stereoisomeric analogues. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 82(9), 4744-4757. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00424

• Armstrong, R. J:, García-Ruiz, C., Myers, E. L., and Aggarwal, V. K. (2017). Stereodivergent olefination of enantioenriched boronic esters. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(3), 786-790. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610387

• Poh, J. -S., García-Ruiz, C.,  Zúñiga, A., Meroni, F.,  Blakemore, D. C., Browne, D. L., and Ley, S. V. (2016). Synthesis of trifluoromethylated isoxazoles and their elaboration through inter- and intra-molecular C-H arylation. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 14(25), 5983-5991. DOI: 10.1039/C6OB00970K

• Cheng-Sánchez, I., García-Ruiz, C., and Sarabia, F. (2016). An olefin metathesis approach towards the solomonamides. Tetrahedron Letteers, 57(30), 3392-3395. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.06.081

• García-Ruiz, C., Cheng-Sánchez, I., and Sarabia, F. (2016). Synthesis of (-) and (+)-gummiferol via asymmetric synthesis of glycidic amides.  Synthesis, 48(11), 1655-1662. DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1561606

• García-Ruiz, C., Cheng-Sánchez, I., and Sarabia, F. (2015). Stereoselective total synthesis of (-)-depudecin.  Organic Letters, 17(22), 5558-5561. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02697

• Goh, S.,  Hohmeier, A., Stone, T. C., Oxford, V., Sarabia, F., and García-Ruiz, C. (2015). Silencing of essential genes within a highly coordinated operon in Escherichia coli. Applied and environmental microbiology, 81(16), 5650-5659. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01444-15

• Sarabia, F., Vivar-García, C., García-Ruiz, C., Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Pino-González, M. S., García-Castro, M., and Chammaa, S. (2014). Exploring the reactivity of chiral glycidic amides for their applications in synthesis of bioactive compounds. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014(18), 3847-3867. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201402221

• García-Ruiz, C., and Sarabia, F. (2014). Chemistry and biology of bengamides and bengazoles, bioactive natural products from Jaspis sponges. Marine Drugs, 12(3), 1580-1622. DOI: 10.3390/md12031580

• Sarabia, F., Martín-Gálvez, F., García-Ruiz, C., Sánchez-Ruiz, A., and Vivar-García, C. (2013) Epi-, epoxy-, and C2-modified bengamides: synthesis and biological evaluation. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 78(11), 5239-5253. DOI: 10.1021/jo4003272

• Martín-Gálvez, F., García-Ruiz, C., Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Valeriote, F. A., and Sarabia, F. (2013) An array of bengamide E analogues modified at the terminal olefinic position: synthesis and antitumor properties.ChemMedChem, 8(5), 819-831. DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201300033 

• Sarabia, F., Vivar-García, C., García-Ruiz, C., Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Martín-Gálvez, F., and García-Castro, M. (2012). A highly stereoselective synthesis of glycidic amides based on a new class of chiral sulfonium salts: applications in asymmetric synthesis. Chemistry. A European Journal, 18(47), 15190-15201. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201332

• Sarabia, F., Vivar-García, C., García-Ruiz, C., Martín-Ortiz, L., and Romero Carrasco, A. (2012) Exploring the chemistry of epoxy amides for the synthesis of the 2”-epi-diazepanone core of liposidomycins and caprazamycins. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 77(3), 1328-1339. DOI: 10.1021/jo202061t

• Sarabia, F., Chammaa, S., and García-Ruiz, C. (2011). Solid phase synthesis of globomycin and SF-1902 A5. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 76(7), 2132-2144. DOI: 10.1021/jo1025145

Book chapters

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2022). Professional development in pre-service teaching. Perceptions of Physics and Chemistry pre-service teachers about their inquiry teacher identity. In J. M. Esteve, A. Fernández-Sogorg, R. Martínez-Roig, J. F. Álvarez-Herrero (eds.), Transformando la educación a través del conocimiento. Octaedro. 

• García-Ruiz, C., Luque-Jiménez, J., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, Á. (2023). Pre-service science teachers' emotional profile designing IBSE activities: the gender perspective. In M. Carmo (ed.). Education and new developments. inScience Press. DOI: 10.36315/2023v1end105

• Lupión-Cobos, T., García-Ruiz, C., and Rodríguez-Losada, N. (2022). ¿Cuáles son los mecanismos de defensa que posee el organismo humano ante los ataques de los microorganismos patógenos? In A. M. Abril, A. Blanco and A. J. Franco (coords.), Enseñanza de las ciencias en tiempos de Covid-19. Graó.

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2021). Análisis del concepto de identidad profesional docente: mapeo de los componentes principales y su distribución mediante machine learning. In J. A. Marín, J. C. de la Cruz, S. Pozo, and G. Gómez, , (coords.), Investigación e innovación educativa frente a los retos para el desarrollo sostenible. Dykinson 

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2021). Educathon21 – desarrollo de una jornada de diseño para promover los enfoques de indagación y contextualización en el profesorado de formación inicial de física y química. In T. Linde, F. D. Guillén, A. Cívico, and E. Sánchez, (coords.), Tecnología y Educación en tiempos de cambio. UMA editorial

• García-Ruiz, C., Hierrezuelo-Osorio, J., and Lupión-Cobos, T. (2021) Applying argumentation in primary pre-service teacher education. A teaching-learning sequence using collaborative video annotations. In  O. Levrini, and G. Tasquier (eds). The beauty and pleasure of understanding: engagin with contemporary challenges through science education (Proceedings of ESERA 2019). Alma Mater Studiorum

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2020). Propuesta formativa sobre indagación para profesorado de física y química en formación inicial. In D. Cebrián-Robles, A. J. Franco-Mariscal, T. Lupión-Cobos, C. Acebal-Expósito, and A. Blanco-López,  (coords.), Enseñanza de las ciencias y problemas relevantes de la ciudadanía. Transferencia al aula. Graó

• Iglesias-Dago, A., Lupión-Cobos, T., and García-Ruiz, C. (2020). El uso de la red social Instagram para mejorar la motivación y el desarrollo de competencias. Un estudio de caso en Física y Química. In E. Sánchez, E. Colomo, J. Ruiz, and J. Sánchez (coords.). Tecnologías educativas y estrategias didácticas. UMA editorial

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2020). Concepciones de profesorado de Ciencias de Secundaria sobre actividades prácticas y de indagación. In T. Sola, M. García, A. Fuentes, A. M. rodríguez-García, and J. López (coords.). Innovación educativa en la sociedad digital. Dykinson

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2019). Diseño y optimización de actividades de indagación mediante herramientas TIC para profesorado de ciencias en formación inicial. In E. Sánchez, J. Ruiz, and E. Sánchez (coords.). Innovación y tecnología en contextos educativos. UMA editorial

• Cheng-Sánchez, I., García-Ruiz, C., Trujillo, J. I., and Sarabia, F. (2015).  Synthesis and biological activity of the liposidomycins and caprazamycins, members of a novel class of diazepanone-containing nucleosides. In O. A. Attanasi, P. Merino, and D. Spinelli (eds.) Targets Heterocyclic Systems. Chemistry and Properties, 19. Società Chimica Italiana

• Pino-González, M. S., García-Ruiz, C., Sarabia, F., and Torres-García, G. (2016). Knorr synthesis of diethyl 3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-2,4-dicarboxylate. In C. A. M. Alfosno, N. R. Candeias, D. Pereira, A. F. Trindade, J. A. S. Coehlo, B. Tan, R. Franzén (eds.) Comprehensive Organic Chemistry Experiments for the Laboratory Classroom. RSC

• García-Ruiz, C., and Lupión-Cobos, T. (2023). Analysis of pre-service science teachers' perceptions about their teaching competencies (oral communication). 15th Conference of the European Research Association (ESERA). Cappadocia (Turkey), 28-01 Sep 2023

• Luque-Jiménez, J., and García-Ruiz, C. (2023). Comparison of the teacher identity perception of novice science teachers through a mixed-methods approach (oral communication). 15th Conference of the European Research Association (ESERA). Cappadocia (Turkey), 28-01 Sep 2023

• Moraga-Toledo, S., García-Ruiz, C., and Lupión-Cobos, T. (2023). IBSE perceptions of pre-service science teachers at three state universities in Chile (oral communication - symposium). 15th Conference of the European Research Association (ESERA). Cappadocia (Turkey), 28-01 Sep 2023

• Lupión-Cobos, T., and García-Ruiz, C. (2023). STEAM interventions with inquiry and contextualization strategies (oral communication). 15th Conference of the European Research Association (ESERA). Cappadocia (Turkey), 28-01 Sep 2023

• García-Ruiz, C., Luque-Henares, E., and Martín-Gámez, C. (2023). Educathon23 - Girls in Science. An educational experience for teaching technology with a gender perspective. International Conference on Research in Education and Social Sciences (ICRESS2023). Budapest (Hungary), 06-09 Jul 2023

• García-Ruiz, C., Luque-Jiménez, J., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, Á. (2023). Pre-service science teachers' emotional profile designing IBSE activities: the gender perspective. International Conference on Education and New Developments (END2023). Lisbon (Portugal), 24-26 Jun 2023

• Luque-Jiménez, J., and García-Ruiz, C. (2023). Gender and age gap in the pre-service science teachers' perception of digital competence. 17th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED2023). Valencia (Spain), 06-08 Mar 2023

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2021). An approach to the inquiry teaching identity of preservice science teachers (oral communication). I Internacional Congress: Education and Knowledge (ICON-edu 2022). Alicante (Spain), 11-13 May 2022

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2021). Promoción de los ODS a través del diseño de indagaciones en el Máster en Profesorado (poster). I Congreso Internacional sobre Sostenibilidad Curricular y ODS en la Formación Universitaria. Valencia (Spain), 04-07 Oct 2022

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2021). Análisis del concepto de identidad profesional docente: mapeo de los componentes principales y su distribución mediante machine learning (oral communication). XV Congresso Internazionale sull’educazione e línnovazionee. Florence (Italy), 13-15 Dec 2021

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2021). El hackathon como estrategia para la promoción de la indagación y la contextualización en la formación inicial de profesorado de secundaria (oral communication). 8º Congreso Internacional sobre Buenas Prácticas con TIC. Málaga (Spain), 19-21 Oct 2021

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2021). Evolución de las preferencias sobre el énfasis curricular en profesorado de secundaria en formación inicial (oral communication). XI Congreso Internacional sobre Investigación en Didáctica de las Ciencias, Lisbon (Portugal), 07-10 Sep 2021

• García-Ruiz, C., and Torres-Blanco, V. (2021). Proyecto IndagaSTEAM Escuela en la formación inicial de maestros y maestras de Educación Primaria. Percepciones para la transferencia (oral communication - symposium). XI Congreso Internacional sobre Investigación en Didáctica de las Ciencias, Lisbon (Portugal), 07-10 Sep 2021.

• García-Ruiz, C., Moraga-Toledo, S., and Lupión-Cobos, T. (2021). Comparison between Chilean and Spanish pre-service teachers and their perceptions about inquiry-based science education (oral communication). 14th Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA). Braga (Portugal), 30-03 Sep 2021

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2021). Design, implementation and evaluations of an inquiry training programme with physics and chemistry pre-service teachers (poster). 14th Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA). Braga (Portugal), 30-03 Sep 2021

• Moraga-Toledo, S., García-Ruiz, C., and Lupión-Cobos, T. (2021). Analysis of the curricular emphasis preferences of preservice science teachers in Chile and Spain (oral communication). 14th Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA). Braga (Portugal), 30-03 Sep 2021

• Moraga-Toledo, S., García-Ruiz, C., and Lupión-Cobos, T. (2021). Estudio comparativo entre las percepciones sobre la enseñanza de las ciencias por indagación en profesorado de formación inicial de Chile y España (oral communication). V Seminario Nacional ENCIC – Educación STEM y pensamiento crítico: retos para la enseñanza de las ciencias. Málaga (Spain), 30-02 Jul 2021

• García-Ruiz, C., and Torres-Blanco, V. (2021). Proyecto IndagaSTEAM Escuela en la formación inicial de maestros y maestras de Educación Primaria. Percepciones para la transferencia (oral communication). V Seminario Nacional ENCIC – Educación STEM y pensamiento crítico: retos para la enseñanza de las ciencias. Málaga (Spain), 30-02 Jul 2021

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2021). Importancia del énfasis curricular en Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad en el uso del enfoque didáctico de contextualización. Actitudes de profesorado en formación inicial (poster). 29 Encuentros de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales. Córdoba (Spain), 10-12 Feb 2021

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2020). Percepciones de docentes de ciencias de secundaria en formación inicial sobre el enfoque de indagación y su relación con finalidades CTS (oral communication). VII Seminario Iberoamericano CTS (VII SIACTS). Valencia (Spain), 19-21 Nov 2020

• García-Ruiz, C., and Blanco-López, A. (2020). Efectos de un programa de indagación en las emociones de profesorado de secundaria en formación inicial (oral communication). 1er Congreso Internacional sobre Educación Científica y Problemas Relevantes para la Ciudadanía. Málaga (Spain), 12-13 Nov 2020

• Lupión-Cobos, T., García-Ruiz, C., and Torres-Blanco, V. (2020). Proyecto IndagaSTEAM Escuela: retos y oportunidades para promover capacidades científicas mediante talleres de indagación con alumnado del tercer ciclo de Educación Primaria (oral communication). 1er Congreso Internacional sobre Educación Científica y Problemas Relevantes para la Ciudadanía. Málaga (Spain), 12-13 Nov 2020.

• García-Ruiz, C., Valencia, J., and Crespo-Gómez, J. I. (2020). Proyecto IndagaSTEAM Escuela: retos y oportunidades para promover capacidades científicas mediante talleres de indagación con alumnado del primer ciclo de Educación Primaria (oral communication). 1er Congreso Internacional sobre Educación Científica y Problemas Relevantes para la Ciudadanía. Málaga (Spain), 12-13 Nov 2020

• Iglesias-Dago, A., Lupión-Cobos, T., and García-Ruiz, C. (2020). El uso de la red social Instagram para la mejora de la motivación y el desarrollo de competencias en física y química (oral communicatioin). XXIII Congreso Internacional de Educación y Tecnología (EDUTEC). Málaga (Spain), 27-30 Oct 2020.

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2019). Concepciones de profesorado de ciencias de secundaria sobre actividades prácticas y de indagación(oral communication). XIII Congreso INternacional de Educación e Innovación. Granada (Spain), 19-20 Dec 2019

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2019). Diseño y optimización de actividades de indagación mediante herramientas TIC para profesorado de ciencias en formación inicial (oral communication). 7º Congreso Internacional sobre Buenas Prácticas con TIC. Málaga (Spain), 16-18 Oct 2019

• García-Ruiz, C., Lupión-Cobos, T., and Blanco-López, A. (2019). Percepciones de maestros y maestras de Educación Primaria sobre el uso de estrategias cooperativas dentro dle programa Andalucía Profundiza (oral communication). I Jornadas de la APICE. Málaga (Spain), 04-05 Jul 2019

• Cheng-Sánchez, I., Carrillo, P., García-Ruiz, C., Martínez-Poveda, B., Rodríguez-Quesada, A., Medina, M. A., and Sarabia, F. (2019). Synthesis and biological evaluation of depudecin analogues (poster). VIII EFMC International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry, Athens (Greece), 01-05 Sep 2015

• García-Ruiz, C., and Sarabia, F. (2015). New approaches to oxirane containing natural products: stereoselective total synthesis of the antitumor agents gummiferol and depudecin (poster). SIMCC 2015 Spanish-Italian Medicinal Chemistry Congress, Barcelona (Spain), 12-15 Jul 2015

• García-Ruiz, C. (2015) New approaches to oxirane containing natural products - total syntheses of gummiferol and depudecin (oral communication). VII-REQOMED, Málaga (Spain), 10-12 Jun 2015

• García-Ruiz, C., and Sarabia, F. (2014).  Towards a new library of bengamide analogues (poster). EFMC-ISMC 2014, XXIII International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Lisbon (Portugal), 07-11 Sep 2014

• García-Ruiz, C., Martín-Gálvez, F., and Sarabia, F. (2013). An array of bengamide E analogues: synthesis and antitumoral properties (poster). MaNaPro 2013-XIV International Symposium on Marine Natural Products, La Toja (Spain), 15-20 Sep 2013

• García-Ruiz, C.,  and Sarabia, F. (2012). Solid phase syntheses of globomycin and bestatin analogues using chiral sulfur ylides (poster). 13th Tetrahedron Symposium-Challenges in Bioorganic and Organic Chemistry, Amsterdam (Netherland), 26-29 Jun 2012

• Sarabia, F., Martín-Gálvez, F., Chammaa-Tórtola, S., García-Ruiz, C., and García-Castro, M. (2011). Molecular diversity from epoxy amides: asymmetric synthesis, reactivity and synthetic applications (poster),  International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry, ASMC, St. Petersburg (Russia), 21-25 Aug 2011

• García-Ruiz, C. (2011). Modulation of biological activity of bengamides: synthesis of a library of bengamide analogues (oral communication), II SEQT Summer School, El Escorial (Spain), 26-29 Jun 2011

• García-Ruiz, C. (2011). The synthetic challenge of the complex nucleoside-type antibiotics (oral communication). 5th Iberian Carbohydrate Meeting Vila-Real (Portugal) 04-07 Sep 2011

• Sarabia, F., Martín-Gálvez, F., García-Ruiz, C., and Vivar García, C. (2011). A new methodology of epoxidation and its applications in natural products synthesis (poster), Twelfth Tetrahedron Symposium: Challenges in Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Sitges (Spain), 21-24 Jun 2011