Jordi Teixidó
Vice-Rector For Research at Université Toulouse 1 Capitole
Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area Spain
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Top SchoolJordi Teixidó is a chemist-academic leader and vice-rector for Research at Ramon Llull University with a long career bridging organic, computational and medicinal chemistry and higher-education management. As a full professor at IQS he combines deep teaching across core chemistry disciplines with research leadership in molecular and drug design, technology transfer, patents and licensing. He has held senior academic roles including dean, secretary general and research director, and now shapes regional R&D strategy as a member of Catalonia’s innovation council and ENGAGE.EU governance. Unusually for a senior academic administrator, he also contributes to open-source front-end work—having improved language navigation and monitoring features in the BBC’s Simorgh project—showing hands-on technical breadth. His profile blends rigorous PhD-level science, decades of applied research fellowship, and practical experience building university-industry innovation ecosystems. Outside academia he is active in high-level cultural choirs, reflecting a long-standing engagement with community and the arts.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Chemistry, PhD Chemistry at Universitat Ramon LlullHigh School Physical Sciences, High School Physical Sciences at Maristes ValldemiaHigh School General Studies, High School General Studies at escola pia catalunyaPhD Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, PhD Chemistry & Chemical Engineering at IQS Barcelona
Spanish, Catalan, French, English
Github Skills (8)
typescript10
typescripts10
react10
typescript-types10
javascript9
nextjs9
html7
css6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
bbc/simorgh
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
The BBC's Open Source Web Application. Contributions welcome! Used on some of our biggest websites, e.g.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 163 commits, 221 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jordi primarily contributed to the Bengali navigation in the BBC's Simorgh web application. They updated the navigation menu by adding a new link for the US election and made various code changes to the `bengali.js` and `cypress/support/config/settings.js` files. The user also incorporated changes related to web vitals monitoring, including modifications to `index.jsx` and `index.test.jsx` files. Furthermore, the user updated the code relating to the US election banner.
isomorphic-javascriptreactbiggestsingle-page-applicationjavascript
jordit/gittest
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:2 branches in 1 day
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