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I’m Miquel Huix-Rotllant, CNRS researcher. My expertise is in theoretical chemistry, especially focused on modeling photochemistry of photoactive proteins.
Email: miquel.huix-rotllant@cnrs.fr
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My current research focus on:
- Development of QM/MM methodologies for excited states.
- Energy dissipation in photoactive proteins.
- Quantum dynamics of spin transitions in organic and organometallic complexes.
I’m currently working on the photochemistry of these two proteins:
Myoglobin:
Cryptochrome:
Current research group:
![]() | Gustavo Adolfo CARDENAS | Postdoctoral researcher | ANR ULTRARCHAE | ANR ULTRARCHAE |
![]() | Marc ALÍAS RODRÍGUEZ | Postdoctoral researcher | ANR MULTICROSS | marc.alias-rodrigues@univ-amu.fr |
![]() | Simone BONFRATE | PhD student | Ecole Doctorale de Sciences Chimiques | simone.bonfrate@etu.univ-amu.fr |
Latest publications:

Funding:
2016-2021 – ANR-JCJC – On the quest of a biological compass: magnetic field effects on the cryptochrome protein (BIOMAGNET)
2020 – 2024 – ANR-PRCi – Multiple trajectories towards excited states (MULTICROSS)
2019 – 2021 – PHC STAR – Development of new DFT methods for excited states
2021 – 2022 – ERC Booster: Organic radicals for quantum computing
Alumni:
2017-2020 – Karno Schwinn – PhD student – BIOMAGNET
2018 – Padmabati Mondal – Postdoctoral researcher – BIOMAGNET– Current: IISER Tirupati