Melissa is a Patent Agent Trainee in the Intellectual Property group. Melissa has a chemistry background with a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Ottawa. Prior to completing her Ph.D., Melissa obtained her M.Sc. in chemistry at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá and her bachelor’s in chemistry from Universidad Industrial de Santander. Melissa has extensive research experience encompassing areas such as organic chemistry, analytical chemistry and photocatalysis. Prior to joining Osler, Melissa spent four years working as a Chemical Consultant at Intellectual Property firms in Colombia.
Areas of Expertise
Speaking and Writing
Published Work
Color-Coordinated Photocatalysis of the One-Pot Synthesis of Schiff Bases from Benzyl Alcohol and Nitro Compounds Using a Hybrid Magnetic Catalyst, Catalysts 2024. DOI: 10.3390/catal14090612.
Photocatalytic Semi-Hydrogenation of Alkynes: A Game of Kinetics, Selectivity and Critical Timing, Nanomaterials, 2023. DOI: 10.3390/nano13172390.
Understanding α-lipoic acid photochemistry helps to control the synthesis of plasmonic gold nanostructures, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s43630-023-00378-5
Photoenolization as a convenient driver for the synthesis of plasmonic nanostructures, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s43630-021-00133-8
Oligo p-Phenylenevinylene Derivatives as Electron Transfer Matrices for UV-MALDI, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2017. DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1783-z
Effect of the BMIM BF4 immobilization on oxidized activated carbon in Fuel desulfurization, Advanced Material Letters, 2017. DOI: 10.5185/amlett.2018.2065
Credentials
Education
- University of Ottawa, Ph.D., Chemistry (Photocatalysis)
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, M.Sc., Chemistry (Organic Chemistry)
- Universidad Industrial de Santander, B.Sc., Chemistry
Languages
- English
- Spanish
