Supervise neutralization of reactive wastes and other permitted treatments.Determine consolidation and/or treatment method for accepted chemical wastes.Develop new methodology for waste handling.

• Worked for the Low-Pressure Oxo process R&D team in Dow Plant B at Freeport.• Performed aldehyde hydrogenation reactions. Pilot unit operations and catalysts screening.• GC and AA analysis.

• Technical support to projects on scale up of catalysts for methanol production and oxidative coupling of methane. • Conducted synthesis and characterization of metal oxide catalysts. Scale up and characterization of alkali niobites materials used as free-lead piezoelectric ceramics.• Performed study and data analysis of catalysts characterization by TGA-PSD, XRD, and PSD.

• Successfully supported research on surface characterization of different nanomaterial systems by calibration, operation and performance optimization of a new surface analysis system (XPS and Auger). • Contributed with a structural and surface characterization of Fe doped SnO2 nanoparticles as possible chemical sensor material.• Conducted a surface study of folic acid incorporation over ordered mesoporous materials to solve surface functionalization issues that allow use of this material as a drug delivery system.

• Directed surface studies of ultra-disperse sulfide catalysts that were crucial in the optimization of the catalytic systems of HDHplus® and Aquaconversion® technologies: synthesis and characterization of metallic sulfides, w/o emulsion formulation, disperse catalysis.• Built a petroleum coke database based on thermogravimetric and surface analysis characterization allowing the classification of all pet-coke produced in the Venezuelan Refining System, critical for kinetic and catalytic studies.• Supported the polymers group conducting a surface characterization and thermal stability correlation study on elastomer material used as ring seals for fuel/diesel devices. • Solved technical issues to obtain mesoporous carbon from pet-coke and created new research in this area: Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous carbon. • Established a more effective methodology for TGA-MS analyses of polymers and emulsions to study the formation in-situ of catalytic nanoparticles.• Successfully supervised and trained staff/interns on special laboratory techniques such as: TGA-MS, XPS, QMS and TPR. • Awarded "Major Editorial Production 2012".

• Conducted the characterization by cryo-microscopy of micro-emulsions samples using freeze fracture technique to solve issues in the catalytic emulsion used in Aquaconversion®, one of the most important technology of PDVSA.• Electron Probe Micro analyzer operator. Characterization by SEM-EDS/WDS of solid samples.• Provided support and analysis service to other departments and external customers.