Jean-Didier Maréchal is a Full Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Spain. An expert in modeling bioinorganic systems, Professor Maréchal's research focuses on computational bioinorganics applied to topics such as the design of artificial metalloenzymes, metallopeptides, and metallodrugs, as well as uncovering the molecular mechanisms that sustain metal homeostasis in humans and pathogens.