Welcome to the Research Group of Professor Mike Hannon

Room         Ha308

Phone        + 44 121 4148862

Email         a.caballero@bham.ac.uk

Status	Postdoctoral fellowship (Plan Propio UGR)
Research interests	Nanoparticles for drug delivery and cell imaging
Joined group	August 2011

2010	PhD (Summa cum laude)	Chemistry	University of Grananda, Spain
2007	Masters	Chemistry	University of Grananda, Spain
2006	Bachelors	Chemistry	University of Grananda, Spain

1. A. B. Caballero, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, L. Lezama, J. M. Salas. Towards a New Type of Multifunctional Metal-Organic Systems Based on Nucleobase Analogues: First Results Derived From The Use of Aliphatic α,ω-Dicarboxylates. Cryst. Growth Des. 2012, 12 (7), 3583–3593.
   
2. A. B. Caballero, O. Castillo, L. Lezama, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, J. M. Salas. The first oxalate-based 2D coordination polymer containing the biomimetic ligand 5-methyl-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-one. Inorg. Chem. Comm. 2012, 19, 36-38.
3. A. B. Caballero, C. Marín, I. Ramírez-Macías, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, M. Quirós, J. M. Salas, M. Sanchez-Moreno. Structural Consequences of the Introduction of 2, 2’-Bipyrimidine as Auxiliary Ligand in Triazolopyrimidine-Based Transition Metal Complexes. In vitro Antiparasitic Activity. Polyhedron 2012, 33, 137-144.
4. A. B. Caballero, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, I. Vidal, J. A. Dobado, O. Castillo, L. Lezama, J. M. Salas. Insights on the Binding Ability of a New Nucleobase Analog: 7-amine-1,2,4-triazole[1,5-a]pyrimidine. Synthesis and Magnetic Study of the First Copper(II) Complexes. Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 1755-1764.
5. A. B. Caballero, O. Castillo, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, J. M. Salas. Bis(7-amino-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-4-ium) bis(oxalato-κ2O1,O2)cuprate(II) dihydrate, Acta Cryst E 2011, E67, m1531-m1532.
6. A. B. Caballero, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, M. Quirós, L. Lezama, J. M. Salas. New Copper(II), Nickel(II) and Zinc(II) Complexes with 1,2,4-Triazolo[1,5-a]Pyrimidines and the Chelating Ligand 1,3-Propanediamine. An unexpected coordination behavior for the 7-Amine-Derivative. Inorg Chim Acta 2011, 378, 194-201.
7. A. B. Caballero, J. K. Vieth, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, I. Vidal, J. A. Dobado, J. M. Salas, C. Janiak. Dinuclear silver(I) complexes for the design of metal-ligand networks based on triazolopyrimidines. Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 11845-11855.
8. A. B. Caballero, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, J. K. Vieth, J. M. Salas, C. Janiak. Solvent-dependent 2D-coordination polymers of Cu(I) containing a bridging triazolopyrimidine ligand. Inorg. Chim. Acta 2011, 376, 674-678.
9. A. B. Caballero, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, L. Lezama, E. Barea, J. M. Salas. Structural and magnetic properties of three novel complexes with the versatile ligand 5-methyl-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7(4H)-one. Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 5180-5187.
10. A. B. Caballero, C. Marín, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, I. Ramírez-Macías, E. Barea, M. Sanchez-Moreno, J. M. Salas. In vitro and in vivo antiparasital activity against Trypanosoma cruzi of three novel 5-methyl-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7(4H)-one-based complexes. J. Inorg. Biochem. 2011, 105(6), 770-776.
11. A. B. Caballero, M. Quirós, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, J. M. Salas. Bis(cyanate-κN)bis(5,7-dimethyl-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-κN3)zinc(II). Acta Cryst. E 2011, E67, m345.
12. I. Ramírez-Macías, C. Marín, J. M. Salas, A. Caballero, M. J. Rosales, N. Villegas, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, E. Barea, M. Sánchez-Moreno. Biological activity against Leishmania spp. by three novel complexes with the ligand 5-methyl-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7(4H)-one. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2011, 66(4), 813-819.
13. A. B. Caballero, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez, E. Barea, M. Quirós, J. M. Salas. Influence of pseudohalide ligands on the structural versatility and properties of novel ternary metal complexes with 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine. CrystEngComm 2010, 12, 3038-3045.
14. J. M. Seco, M. de Araujo Farias, N. M. Bachs, A. B. Caballero, A. Salinas-Castillo, A. Rodríguez-Diéguez. Synthesis, structures and luminescence properties of two new Zn(II) coordination compounds incorporating the 5-(4-pyridyl)tetrazolate spacer ligand. Inorg. Chim. Acta 2010, 363, 3194-3199.
15. A. B. Caballero, M. Quirós, J. M. Salas. 4,7-Phenanthrolinium perchlorate-5-methyl-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7(4H)-one-water(1/1/2). Acta Cryst. E 2010, E66, o459-o460.