David Cantillo

David Cantillo studied chemistry at the University of Extremadura, Spain. In 2011, he obtained his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Jose Luis Jimenez at the same university. His PhD work focused on the experimental and theoretical study of 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of mesoionic compounds. Then, he moved to the University of Graz as a postdoctoral researcher within the group of Prof. C. Oliver Kappe, where he gained experience in flow chemistry. In 2018, he started his independent academic career at the University of Graz as an Assistant Professor and became an Area Leader at the Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH. David has joined the University of Queensland in 2023. His research group focuses on synthetic organic electrochemistry. In particular, the group explores the use of electrical current to develop novel synthetic methodologies and more sustainable routes for the synthesis of medicines, as well as process scale up using continuous flow technology. Synthetic organic electrochemistry: Development of novel synthetic methods of organic compounds, such as active pharmaceutical ingredients and agrochemicals, using electrolysis instead of chemical reagents. Scale up of electrochemical reactions using flow electrolysis cells to ensure industrial application of electrochemical methods

[2026] Intensified biphasic electrochemical oxidation of benzylic alcohols in a flow system with continuous electrolyte recycling. Molins, Maite, Porta, Roger, Fernandez-Garcia, Javier, Berzosa, Xavier and Cantillo, David (2026). Intensified biphasic electrochemical oxidation of benzylic alcohols in a flow system with continuous electrolyte recycling. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 14 (13) acssuschemeng.6c01473, 6588-6596. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6c01473 [2025] Synthetic organic electrochemistry – an industrial perspective. David Cantillo (2025). Synthetic organic electrochemistry – an industrial perspective. Chimica Oggi/Chemistry Today,, 43 (6), 58-63. [2025] Solvent‐enabled selective electrochemical decarboxylative acetoxylation of Fmoc‐protected peptides. Köpfler, David