• Hydrophobic coatings and adhesion strategies development for plant-based leather production.• Materials and laboratory procedures evaluation and optimization.

• Collaborator on Yarleen Santiago Scholarship for outstanding and needy students from public high schools.

• Synthesis of wide bandgap poly(arylene sulfone) polymers as active layer acceptor candidates for organic photovoltaic devices.• Collaborator on educational activities.

• Synthesis and characterization of sulfone/ketone-based poly(arylene) proton conductive membranes and composites for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. • Preparation of multi-ionic polymers and composite membranes as selective barriers against a Sarin gas simulator.• Mentor for undergraduate students’ projects: Degradation of emerging contaminants in water using sulfonated SIBS membranes with Mn3O4 nanoparticles and Sulfonated SIBS microstructure alignment with K4Fe(CN)6. • Technical support on Cardiac Troponin I detection using screen printer electrodes modified with sulfonated SIBS project.• Calibration and maintenance of laboratory equipment such as Small Angle X-ray, Atomic Force Microscope, Fuell Cell Test Station, ATR-FTIR, and Thermogravimetric Analyzer.• Laboratory inventory management and EHS representative.

• 2.30 V Li-ion half-cell preparation using sargassum-extracted polysaccharide as solid-state electrolyte.• Team’s spokesperson and collaborator on educational activities.

• Bandgap characterization of organic polymers for photovoltaic applications.• Educator for CREST activities and school visits.• In charge of storage logistics and school material supplies. Jan 2020-May 2021

• Research under the supervision of Dr. Nairmen Mina. • Synthesis and interaction study of DNA adducts employing Polyciclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and DNA bases.