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University of Puerto Rico

Mayagüez Campus

53rd. ACS Junior Technical Meeting

38th. Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary

Scientific Meeting

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

May 4, 2019

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53rd. ACS Junior Technical Meeting (JTM)

38th. Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM)

University of Puerto Rico

Mayagüez Campus Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

May 4, 2019

SPONSORED BY:

American Chemical Society – Puerto Rico Section Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

Resource Center for Science and Engineering, University of Puerto Rico Central Administration

University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus

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38th. Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM) University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus

May 4, 2019

Table of Contents

University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus Map ....................................................................... 4

Invited Speaker ................................................................................................................................... 7

Agenda ................................................................................................................................................ 8

Oral Sessions by Discipline .............................................................................................................. 9

Agricultural Sciences ........................................................................................................................ 10

Astronomy ......................................................................................................................................... 11

Chemistry .......................................................................................................................................... 12

Computer Sciences ............................................................................................................................ 23

Electronics ......................................................................................................................................... 25

Engineering ....................................................................................................................................... 26

Environmental Sciences .................................................................................................................... 30

General Sciences ............................................................................................................................... 35

Geosciences ....................................................................................................................................... 36

Life/Biological Sciences ................................................................................................................... 37

Mathematics ...................................................................................................................................... 51

Pharmaceutical Sciences ................................................................................................................... 52

Physics .............................................................................................................................................. 53

Oral Sessions by Room ................................................................................................................... 56

Poster Sessions ............................................................................................................................... 119

Astronomy ....................................................................................................................................... 121

Chemistry ........................................................................................................................................ 122

Computer Sciences .......................................................................................................................... 126

Engineering ..................................................................................................................................... 127

Environmental Sciences .................................................................................................................. 129

General Sciences ............................................................................................................................. 131

Life / Biological Sciences ............................................................................................................... 132

Mathematics .................................................................................................................................... 136

Physics ............................................................................................................................................ 137

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University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus Map

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38th. Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM) University of Puerto Rico

Mayagüez Campus

Organizing and Scientific Committees

University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus

Research and JTM/PRISM Committee

Acting Chancellor Wilma Santiago, M.Arch.

Dean, School of Sciences and Arts Fernando Gilbes, Ph.D.

Dean, School of Engineering Agustín Rullán, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Administrative Affairs Nancy Méndez

PRLSAMP Liaison Mayra I. Méndez, Ph.D.

PRLSAMP Liaison Alberto R. Puente, Ph.D.

CoHemis Administrative Officer

Social and Cultural Activities Director

Student Center Administrator

Press Director

Chancellor Office

Catalyst Consulting

Yamarie Hernández

Yomarachaliff Luciano

Antonio Ramos

Mariam Ludim

Carmen Aquino

Ixchelle Hernández

Puerto Rico Local Section

American Chemical Society Officers 2019

Chair Ángela González Mederos, Ph.D.

Elected Chair Myrna Otaño Vega

Immediate Past Chair Carlos R. Cabrera Martínez, Ph.D.

Secretary Angel G. Colón Santiago

Treasurer Jorge L. Colón, Ph.D.

Northeastern Representative Laura Santiago, Ph.D.

Southwestern Representative Wilfredo Ayala, Ph.D.

Counselor Edmy J. Ferrer, Ph.D.

Counselor Néstor Carballeira, Ph.D.

Counselor Juan López Garriga

Counselor Jorge L. Colón, Ph.D.

Alternate Counselor Orlando J. Morales

Alternate Counselor Angel G. Colón Santiago

Alternate Counselor

Alternate Counselor

Brenda Ramos, Ph.D.

Sara Delagdo

Director at Large Ingrid Montes, Ph.D.

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PR-LSAMP

Co-PI

Eduardo Nicolau, Ph.D.

Academic Coordinator Prof. Javier Figueroa Santiago

Management Coordinator Zulma I. Crespo Figueroa, MS

UPR-Central Administration

UPR President/PR-LSAMP PI

Jorge Haddock, Ph.D.

UPR Vice President for Research and Innovation Ubaldo Córdova, Ph.D.

Acting Director of the Resource Center for Science and Engineering Ana R. Guadalupe, Ph.D.

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University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus

May 4, 2019

INVITED SPEAKER

Thomas F. Jaramillo, PhD

Society has benefitted tremendously from the science and engineering efforts that have brought crucial fuels and chemical

products to market at a global-scale based on fossil feedstocks: oil, coal, and natural gas. This includes conventional liquid

fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, in addition to many other important products such as plastics (e.g. polyethylene)

and fertilizer (i.e. ammonia, NH3). Continuing to use fossil-based resources at such high rates, however, could potentially

lead to troubling consequences ahead. This motivates the development of new chemical processes to produce the same

kinds of fuels and chemicals that we rely on today, however using renewable energy and sustainable feedstocks instead.

In this talk we will discuss new processes that employ renewable energy (e.g. wind and solar) to power the production of

fuels and chemicals in a sustainable manner. This effort is largely motivated by the dropping costs of renewable electricity,

the growing penetration of renewables into energy markets, and the need for storing variable electricity. Central to this

theme is an effort to develop catalyst materials and associated processes capable of driving important chemical

transformations in a sustainable manner involving renewable energy. Specific examples include the production of hydrogen

(H2) [1, 2], carbon-based products (e.g. hydrocarbons, alcohols) [3], ammonia (NH3) fertilizer [4], and hydrogen peroxide

(H2O2) [5].

The development of catalysts with appropriate properties can serve as the basis of new, renewable pathways to produce

the large-scale fuels and chemicals that could play a major role in reaching sustainability goals for the globe.

References

1. Z.W. Seh, J. Kibsgaard, C.F. Dickens, I. Chorkendorff, J.K. Nørskov, T.F. Jaramillo. Science, 355, 6321 (2017).

2. J.W.D. Ng, T.R. Hellstern, J. Kibsgaard, A.C. Hinckley, J.D. Benck, and T.F. Jaramillo. ChemSusChem, 8, 3512-3519 (2015).

3. C. Hahn, T. Hatsukade, Y.-G. Kim, A. Vailionis, J.H. Baricuatro, D.C. Higgins, S.A. Nitopi, M.P. Soriaga, and T.F. Jaramillo. Proc.

Nat. Adad. Sci., 114, 5918–5923 (2017).

4. J.M. McEnaney, A.R. Singh, J.A. Schwalbe, J. Kibsgaard, J.C. Lin, M. Cargnello, T.F. Jaramillo, and J.K. Nørskov. Energy Environ.

Sci, 10, 1621-1630 (2017).

5. Z. Chen, S. Chen, S. Siahrostami, P. Chakthranont, C. Hahn, D. Nordlund, S. Dimosthenis, J.K. Norskov, Z. Bao, and T.F.

Jaramillo, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2, 239-245 (2017).

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University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus

May 4, 2019

AGENDA

7:00am–11:00am

Registration

3rd. floor of Student Center

7:30am–9:30am Breakfast Cafeteria – 2nd. floor of Student Center

9:00am–9:40am Welcoming Remarks

Wilma Santiago, M.Arch.

Ubaldo M. Córdova, Ph.D.

Eduardo Nicolau, Ph.D.

Angela M. González, Ph.D.

Agustín Rullán, Ph.D.

Fernando Gilbes, Ph.D.

Amphitheater Figueroa Chapel*

Mayra I. Méndez Piñero, Ph.D.

Engineering Liaison - PRLSAMP

UPRM - Interim Chancellor

UPR Interim Vice-President of Academic, Students

Affairs, Research & Innovation

Co-PI PR-LSAMP

American Chemical Society

Puerto Rico Section Chair

Dean, School of Engineering – UPRM

Dean, Arts & Sciences - UPRM

9:40am–9:45am Presentation of Plenary Speaker

Thomas F. Jaramillo, Ph.D.

Jorge Colón, Ph.D.


9:45am–10:30am Plenary Conference

Thomas F. Jaramillo, Ph.D.

Chemical Engineering Dept.,

Stanford University

Developing catalyst materials for sustainable energy


* Simultaneous presentations at Stefani 113,

Chardón 121, Industrial Eng. 229, Celis 116

11:00am–2:00pm Concurrent Scientific Sessions Rooms 1st., 2nd. and 3rd. floors

Carlos Chardón Building

11:30am–1:30pm Lunch Cafeteria – 2nd. floor of Student Center

10:30am–2:00pm Poster Set Up 3rd. floor of Student Center

2:00pm–3:00pm Break 3rd. floor of Student Center

2:00pm–4:00pm Poster Session 3rd. floor of Student Center

3:00pm–5:00pm Concurrent Scientific Sessions Rooms 1st., 2nd. and 3rd. floors

Carlos Chardón Building

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May 4, 2019

ORAL SESSIONS

Agricultural Sciences

Astronomy

Chemistry

Computer Sciences

Electronics

Engineering

Environmental Sciences

General Sciences

Geosciences

Life/Biological Sciences

Mathematics

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Physics

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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Session Room Time Speaker(s) Title Mentor

5A CH 218 12:20-12:40pm Christopher Rivera Torres

USDA-ARS

Susceptibility of Plant Pathogenic

Fungi to Antimicrobial Peptides and

Combinatorial Treatments

Patricia Ortíz

UPR-Mayagüez

10B CH 224 4:20-4:40pm Harywilliam González Vidal

UPR-Utuado

Naomy Candelaria

UPR-Utuado

Evaluating the effects of biochar on

soil properties, plant growth and

insect community on organic cotton

plantation at Utuado, Puerto Rico

Javier Lugo

UPR-Utuado

13A CH227 11:00-11:20am Christopher Jiménez González

UPR-Aguadilla

CB2 mRNA abundance in mammary

tissue during clinical mastitis

Juliana Pérez

UPR-Aguadilla

16B CH230 3:20-3:40pm Keislamarí Cintrón Berríos

UIA-Bayamón

Growth Rate of Aquatic Plants in an

Aquaponic Systems

Antonio Mignucci

UIA-Bayamón

19B CH233 4:40-5:00pm Kamyla Reyes Concepción

PUCPR

Efficient disinfection procedure for

in vitro propagation of Valencia

Late orange Citrus sinensis (L.)

Osbeck through leaves direct

organogenesis

Rosa Berríos

PUCPR

22B CH328 4:40-5:00pm Andrea Rodríguez Lassalle

Edgardo González Muñoz

Detection of Staphylococcus aureus

associated to subclinical mastitis in

bovine milk from Puerto Rico, its

resistance to antibiotics and biofilm

formation

Yadira Malavez

UPR

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ASTRONOMY


23A CH 326 1:40-2:00pm Kevin Ortíz Ceballos

UPR- Río Piedras

Arecibo REDS: The Stellar Activity

of Stars with Potentially Habitable

Planets

Abel Méndez

UPR- Arecibo

23B CH 326 3:00-3:20pm José Colón Cancel

UPR- Arecibo

Peter Santana Rodríguez

UPR- Arecibo

Orbital Stability of Habitable

Exomoons

Abel Méndez

UPR- Arecibo

3:20-3:40pm Marcos Jusino Maldonado

UPR- Mayagüez

The Occurrence of Planets in the

Abiogenesis Zone

Abel Méndez

UPR- Arecibo

24A CH 325 1:00-1:20pm Byron Morales Maldonado

UPR-Humacao

Position Angles and Separation of

Binaries Stars in 2016

Desiree Cotto

UPR-Humacao

1:20-1:40pm Gabriela Espinosa Rodriguez

UPR-Humacao

Yashira Del Valle Rodríguez

UPR-Humacao

Rotation Rates of Near-Earth

Asteroids

Desiree Cotto

UPR-Humacao

1:40-2:00pm Giovanna Castejon Cruz

UPR-Humacao

Marjory Reyes Méndez

UPR-Humacao

Separation and Position Angle of

Binary Stars of 2015 Selected from

Washington Double Star Catalog

Desiree Cotto

UPR-Humacao

24B CH 325 3:00-3:20pm Enrique Gonzalez Delgado

UPR-Humacao

Néstor Márquez Ríos

UPR-Humacao

Separation and position angle of

binary stars systems selected from

WDS Catalog

Desiree Cotto

UPR-Humacao

25A CH 324 1:20-1:40pm Idamaris Vega Jiménez

Jamie Laureano Soto

Integrated Method to Study the

Dynamics and Transformations of

Sunspots

Neftalí Rivera

UPR

1:40-2:00pm Juan García García

Stars and suns Pablo Llerandi

UPR

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CHEMISTRY


1A CH 113 11:00-11:20am Alexy Padilla Andújar

PUCPR

Synthesis of Catechol Analogs for

Their Future Electrochemical

Studies

Adalgisa Batista

PUCPR

11:20-11:40am Arnaldo Torres Hernández

PUCPR

Synthesis of Hydroquinone Analogs

for Their Applications in Self-

Assembled Monolayers

Adalgisa Batista

PUCPR

2A CH 114 11:00-11:20am Amanda Reyes Morales

UPR-Mayagüez

Method Development for the

estimation of Colony Forming Units

without Conducting a Bacterial

Growth Curve

Marcos De Jesus

UPR-Mayagüez

3A CH

115-A

12:20-12:40pm Nicole Zambrana García

UPR-Río Piedras

Evaluating Several Feasible

Titanium (IV)-bound serum

transferrin species to Determine

Differences in Ti(IV) Uptake and

Cell Proliferation

Arthur D. Tinoco

UPR-Río Piedras

11:20-11:40am Angel Vázquez Maldonado

UPR-Río Piedras

Stoichiometric Determination of

Fluorescent Citrate Binding to

Human Serum Transferrin (sTf)

with the Presence of Ti(IV)

Arthur D. Tinoco

UPR-Río Piedras

11:40am-12-00pm José Catala Torres

UPR-Río Piedras

Determining the Potential Role that

Fe(III) Plays in Human Serum

Transferrin Transport of Non-Iron

Metals by Focusing on Titanium(IV)

Arthur D. Tinoco

UPR-Río Piedras

1:20-1:40pm Carla Quinones Jurgensen

UPR-Río Piedras

Screening and quantification of

molecules that bind to

supramolecular colloidal particles

Luis A. Prieto

UPR-Río Piedras

1:40-2:00pm Andrés González López

UPR-Río Piedras

Bioelectrochemical approach for

urea removal from synthetic urine

Carlos Cabrera

UPR-Río Piedras

3B CH

115-A

3:00-3:20pm Glen Torres Álamo

UPR-Río Piedras

Pedro Trinidad Perez

UPR-Río Piedras

Catalysis of Oxygen Reduction

Reaction with modified PtNi-

Nanowires in Alkaline Medium

Carlos Cabrera

UPR-Río Piedras

3:20-3:40pm Gabriela Vega Hernández

UPR-Río Piedras

Electrochemical PCR-mediated

biosensor for the detection of pks

genomic island in real E. coli

samples utilizing custom gold

electrodes

Carlos Cabrera

UPR-Río Piedras

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CHEMISTRY


3B 4:00-4:20pm Daniel Blasini Pérez

UPR-Río Piedras

Optimized Synthesis of Ag

Nanoparticles on Unsupported

Vulcan XC-72R for the Oxygen

Reduction Reaction in Alkaline

Media

Carlos Cabrera

UPR-Río Piedras

4A CH 116 12:20-12:40pm Paola Colón De León

UPR

Molecular Modeling of 1-

Benzazepine Analogues that bind to

the ACh Protein (2PH9) Using

Hyperchem and Autodock

Carmelo García

UPR

4B CH 116 3:20-3:40pm Carol Mejía Pérez

SUAGM - Cupey

Effectivity of absorption capacity of

algae biomass inmmobilized by the

sol-gel method

Lymari Fuentes

SUAGM - Cupey

3:40-4:00pm Allan Santiago Mercado

UIA-Ponce

Antioxidant Properties of

Polyphenols from Ruellia Simplex

Flowers for Potential Applications

in Anti-? Amyloidosis Therapies

Celia Osorio

UIA-Ponce

5A CH 218 12:40-1:00pm Harim Delgado Seo

SUAGM

Characterization and Optimization

of Electrochemical Synthesis of

Polyaniline using Carbon Nano-

onions as Support

Lisandro Cunci

SUAGM-Gurabo

1:00-1:20pm Nerika Hernández

SUAGM-Gurabo

Electrochemical Characterization of

Biofouling in Platinum and Carbon

Fiber Microelectrodes for the

Neuropeptide Y Detection

Lisandro Cunci

SUAGM-Gurabo

1:20-1:40pm Kelly Lozano Ortiz

SUAGM-Gurabo

Electrochemical Detection of

Neuropeptide using Methylene Blue

as an Indicator

Lisandro Cunci

SUAGM-Gurabo

1:40-2:00pm Yannelly Serrano Rosario

SUAGM

Electrochemical Polymerization of

Conductive Polymers to Enhance

Carbon Supports for

Electrocatalysts

Lisandro Cunci

SUAGM-Gurabo

5B CH 218 3:00-3:20pm

Krystal Flores Félix

SUAGM-Gurabo

Electrodeposition of Metal Organic

Framework in Platinum and Carbon

Microelectrode for Biosensing

Applications

Lisandro Cunci

SUAGM-Gurabo

3:20-3:40pm Kattia González Aponte

SUAGM-Gurabo

Synthesis and Characterization of

Janus Nano-Particles for Energy

Applications

Lisandro Cunci

SUAGM-Gurabo

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CHEMISTRY


5B CH 218 3:40-4:00pm John Cruz Lozada

SUAGM-Gurabo


Monomer of MOF- based

Conductive Polymers for Biosensing

Applications

Lisandro Cunci

SUAGM-Gurabo

4:00-4:20pm Joshua Reyes Morales

SUAGM-Gurabo

Synthesis of Catalytic Nanoparticles

Using the Rotating Disk Electrode

Technique for Fuel Cells

Application

Lisandro Cunci

SUAGM-Gurabo

4:20-4:40pm Mariely Cruz Hernández

UPR-Río Piedras

Porous Nanowires Hybrid p-n

Junction Organic-Metal Oxide

Semiconductor with Ru(bpy)3]

(BF4)2

Dalice Piñero

UPR-Río Piedras

4:40-5:00pm Ángel Hernández Mejías

UPR-Río Piedras

Determining the Stoichiometry of a

Coordinating Event between Metal

Ions (Ni2+ , Co2+ , and Cu2+) and

a Novel Ligand [dmit(acac)?]

Dalice Piñero

UPR-Río Piedras

6A CH 219 11:00-11:20am Cristina Nieves Vázquez

UPR-Río Piedras

Development of 3L-IONPs for

Therapy and Bio-Imaging

Dalice Piñero

UPR-Río Piedras

11:20-11:40am Juan Cintrón Cruz

UPR-Río Piedras

Substituted Metal Phthalocyanines

for the Detection of Nitric Oxides

Dalice Piñero

UPR-Río Piedras

11:40am-12:00pm Dara Rodríguez Ayala

UPR-Río Piedras

Synthesis of the novel ligands

Dmit(acac)2 and Dmit(pyrazole)2

and their Metal Complexes as MRI

Contrast Agents: Reaction with

Rare Earth Metals

Dalice Piñero

UPR-Río Piedras

12:00-12:20pm Kevin Rivera Cruz

UPR-Río Piedras

Theoretical Adsorption Energy

Calculations of Metal

Phthalocyanines with

Pentafluorosulfanyl Substituents for

Sensing of Toxic Gases

Dalice Piñero

UPR-Río Piedras

7B CH 220 11:20-11:40am Adriana Vázquez Medina

UPR-Río Piedras

Advancing polysulfonated supports

to fabricate high performance thin

film composite membranes used for

forward osmosis

Eduardo Nicolau

UPR-Río Piedras

11:40am-12:00pm Loreilys Mejías Rivera

UPR-Río Piedras

Biomimetic scaffolds for bone

regeneration based on

polydopamine coating of cellulosic

membranes

Eduardo Nicolau

UPR-Río Piedras

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CHEMISTRY


7B CH 220 12:00-12:20pm José Ramírez Colón

UPR-Río Piedras

Development of Cellulose DiBlock

Copolymer Electrospun Films for

the Selective Adsorption of

Emerging Organic Contaminants in

Aqueous Solutions

Eduardo Nicolau

UPR-Río Piedras

12:20-12:40pm Miguel Betancourt Ponce

UPR-Río Piedras

Development of polysulfone-

functionalized zwitterionic

membranes for water purification

applications

Eduardo Nicolau

UPR-Río Piedras

12:40-1:00pm Pedro Méndez Fernández

UPR-Río Piedras

Evaluating an Alginate Electrospun

Membrane for the Removal of

Polyphenolic Compounds from

Water and for Promoting the

Adhesion of Osteoblast Cells

Eduardo Nicolau

UPR-Río Piedras

1:00-1:20pm César Lasalde Ramírez

UPR-Río Piedras

Fabrication of Electro-conductive

forward osmosis membranes using

carbonaceous species

Eduardo Nicolau

UPR-Río Piedras

1:20-1:40pm Gerardo Quintana Cintrón

UPR-Río Piedras

Sebastián López Méndez

UPR-Río Piedras

Novel membrane active layer for

water purification purposes

Eduardo Nicolau

UPR-Río Piedras

4:20-4:40pm José Rosa Zayas

UIA-Ponce

Lester Colón Ithier

UIA-Ponce

Anti-doping method using

nanoparticles for sports drugs

detection

Edmy Ferrer

UIA-Ponce

4:40-5:00pm Maricelis Maldonado Martínez

UIA-Ponce

Paola García González

UIA-Ponce

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles

(MSN) and Calcium Oxide as

Drug Delivery Systems

Edmy Ferrer

UIA-Ponce

8A CH 222 11:00-11:20am Carlos Cabrera López

UIA-Ponce

Nanomaterials for fingerprint

analysis: Comparative study with

traditional tachniques

Edmy Ferrer

UIA-Ponce

11:20-11:40am Kevin Negrón Rosado

UPR-Mayagüez

Determination of Transcription

Factors for Regulation of Nuclear

Factor Interleukin-6 Gene

Elsie Pares

UPR-Mayagüez

11:40am-12:00pm Ilea Díaz Lluberes

UPR-Mayagüez

Determining the Role of FAP1 in

S. cerevisiae, Cultivated in

Nitrogen-limited Media

Elsie Pares

UPR-Mayagüez

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CHEMISTRY


9A CH 223 11:20-11:40am Deyaneira Gonzalez Rodriguez

UPR-Humacao

Stephanie Guerra

UPR-Humacao

Development of fluorescent

enzymatic assays for the detection

of benzylic oxidation and

reductions reactions

Ezio Fasoli

UPR-Humacao

12:20-12:40pm Oscar Claudio Ares

SUAGM

Synthesis of Silicon Nanowires by

Metal Assisted Chemical Etching

Francisco

Márquez

SUAGM

9B CH 223 3:40-4:00pm Carla Colón Cruz

SUAGM-Gurabo

Synthesis of porous materials for

capture and transformation of

CO2

Iro García

SUAGM

4:00-4:20pm Iván Fontánez Vázquez

UPR-Mayagüez

Determing the sources of high

ozone during the 2017 LASIC

field campaign using HYSPLIT

modeling

Gregory Jenkins

Penn State Univ.

4:40-5:00pm Elisa Soto González

UPR

Michelle Ramos Castro

UPR

On the Design and Construction

of a Rechargeable Zinc/Carbon

Battery

Hirohito Torres

UPR

10A CH 224 12:00-12:20pm Kalein Félix Matos

UPR-Humacao

Screening of the antibacterial

activity of Kalanchoe plants

traditionally used for the

treatment of skin ulcers

Magdalis

Quiñones

UPR-Humacao

12:40-1:00pm Andrés Rivera Ruiz

SUAGM

Chemical Reduction and

Characterization of Pt Particles

for an Ammonia Oxidation

Electrocatalyst

Ileana González

SUAGM

1:00-1:20pm José Hernández Meléndez

UPR-Río Piedras

Ferrocenyl curcumin analogs as

potential antioxidants and

anticancer agents

Ingrid Montes

UPR-Río Piedras

10A CH 224 1:20-1:40pm Daisy Díaz Rohena

UPR-Río Piedras

Structure-activity relationship of

novel ferrocenyl chalcone salts:

effect of counterions

Ingrid Montes

UPR-Río Piedras

1:40-2:00pm Sebastián Henríquez López

UPR-Río Piedras


Ferrocenyl Indanones

Ingrid Montes

UPR-Río Piedras

10B CH 224 3:00-3:20pm Alondra Rodríguez Rolón

UPR-Río Piedras

Synthesis and characterization of

the ferrocenyl chalcones and

dicarbonyl derivatives

Ingrid Montes

UPR-Río Piedras

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CHEMISTRY


10B CH 224 3:20-3:40pm Geraldo Durán Camacho

UPR-Río Piedras

Synthesis, Characterization and

Biological Evaluation of Novel

Ferrocenyl Naphthyridinium Salts

Derivatives

Ingrid Montes

UPR-Río Piedras

4:40-5:00pm Kenneth Fontánez Mora

SUAGM-Gurabo

Hydro-fuel derived from

electrolysis of water for alternative

fuel purposes

José J. Duconge

SUAGM

11B CH 225 4:00-4:20pm Christian Dones Lassalle

UPR-Río Piedras

Characterization and

quantification of Polymyxin B,

fluorescein, and their conjugate in

zirconium phosphate nanoparticles

Jorge Colón

UPR-Río Piedras

4:20-4:40pm Luis Ramírez-Pagán

UPR-Río Piedras

Intercalation and Co-intercalation

of Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum

(II) in Zirconium Phosphate

Nanoparticles

Jorge Colón

UPR-Río Piedras

4:40-5:00pm Yairisis Rivera Serrano

UPR-Río Piedras

Layered zirconium phosphate

nanoparticles as anti-cancer drug

carries

Jorge Colón

UPR-Río Piedras

12A CH 226 11:00-11:20am Daniel Del Toro Pedrosa

UPR-Río Piedras

Morphological studies of


as Ni support for the oxygen

evolution reaction

Jorge Colón

UPR-Río Piedras

11:20-11:40am Kálery La Luz Rivera

UPR-Río Piedras

Morphological studies of


as support for Co(II) catalysts for

the oxygen evolution reaction

Jorge Colón

UPR-Río Piedras

11:40am-12:00pm Jorge Padilla Zayas

UPR-Río Piedras

Drug-loaded biodegradable

nanofibers for controlled release

in regenerative medicine

Jorge Padilla

UPR-Río Piedras

12:40-1:00pm Sarymar Pérez Lozada

UIA-SG

How susceptible are fungi, yeasts

and bacterias to the properties of

organometallic compounds based

on irn and/or molybdenum?

José Vera

UIA-SG

12B CH 226 4:00-4:20pm Lizmarie García Rivera

UPR-Mayagüez

Sergio Irizarry Toro

UPR-Mayagüez

Studying sulfmyoglobin formation

in function of pH to suggest active

H2S species

Juan López

UPR-Mayagüez

18

CHEMISTRY


13A CH 227 12:00-12:20pm Andraous Hani Saba

UPR-Río Piedras

Nicole Fontanet Gómez

UPR-Río Piedras

Botryococcus braunii Photosystem I

induces ROS-dependent decrease in

cell viability by necrosis and

autophagy pathways

Kai Griebenow

UPR-Río Piedras

12:20-12:40pm Ariadna Soto Soto Bibiloni

UPR-Río Piedras

Smart Redox-Triggered Release

Cytochrome c Nanoparticles for

Folate-targeted Lung Cancer

Therapy

Kai Griebenow

UPR-Río Piedras

1:40-2:00pm Shakira Díaz Ortíz

UPR-Carolina

Vasti Montes Quiñones

UPR-Carolina

Synthesis of Transition Metal

Complexes based on 1-

carboxylatepyrene and tris(amino

ethyl)amine (TREN) ligands

Karilys González

UPR-Carolina

14A CH 228 1:00-1:20pm Keishla Robles Negrón

UPR-Río Piedras

Biosynthesis and kinetic study of

gold nanoparticles from Ulva

fasciata extracts obtained with

different solvents

Liz Díaz

UPR-Río Piedras

1:20-1:40pm Jean Lozada Dominguez

UPR-Río Piedras

Juan Vázquez López

UPR-Río Piedras

Catalytic efficiency and

recoverability of magnetite

nanoparticles in the production of

biofuel via hydrothermal

liquefaction

Liz Díaz

UPR-Río Piedras

1:40-2:00pm Andrea Bruno Chardón

UPR-Río Piedras

Effect of fluorinated pollutants on

the bioluminiscence and metabolism

of the marine bacteria Vibrio

fischeri

Liz Díaz

UPR-Río Piedras

14B CH 228 3:20-3:40pm Caren Abreu Takemura

UPR-Mayagüez

Functionalization of Citrate

Reduced Gold Nanoparticles as

Potential Anti-Cancer Peptide

(VECYGPNRPQF) Drug Carriers

Liz Díaz

UPR-Río Piedras

15A CH 229 12:20-12:40pm Ricardo Fagundez Parada Synthesis, characterization and

photodegradation capacity of

CdSSe nanoparticles.

Luis Alamo

PUCPR

1:00-1:20pm Luis Vázquez Rivera

UPR-Río Piedras

Extraction of the Potential Anti-

Cancer Peptide (VECYGPNRPQF)

from Chlorella vulgaris as a drug

delivery system

Liz Díaz

UPR-Río Piedras

1:40-2:00pm José Torres Ayende

UPR-Arecibo

Naylamar Cortés-Deida

UPR-Arecibo

Determination of heavy metals in

distinct ecological matrix of the

biotopes near the "Cavernas del Rio

de Camuy" National Park

Maiella Ramos

UPR-Arecibo

19

CHEMISTRY


15B CH 229 3:00-3:20pm María Toledo Del Valle

UPR-Arecibo

Phytoremediation of Copper by the

Aquatic Macrophyte Bacopa

Monnieri

Maiella Ramos

UPR-Arecibo

3:20-3:40pm Jocelyn Jiménez Cruz

UPR-Arecibo

Paola López Meléndez

UPR-Arecibo

Phytoremediation of copper by the

aquatic macrophyte Bacopa

monnieri exposed to CuO

nanoparticles

Maiella Ramos

UPR-Arecibo

16A CH 230 1:40-2:00pm Nimzay Hernández Mejías

SUAGM-Gurabo

Photocatalytic Degradation of

Antibiotics using

TiO2NWs@SiO2NWs

María Cotto

SUAGM-Gurabo

16B CH 230 3:40-4:00pm Grecia Rivera Rodríguez

UPR-Humacao


Chalcones

Mirna Rivera

UPR-Humacao

4:20-4:40pm Marielys Santana Rivera

SUAGM

Self-Assembled Monolayer of 3-

Mercaptopropionic Acid on a Gold

Electrode for Prostate Cancer

Detection Applications

Mitk’El Santiago

SUAGM-Cupey

4:40-5:00pm Jomar Morales Mercado

SUAGM-Cupey

Self-assembled monolayer of

cysteine on a gold electrode for

prostate cancer detection

applications

Mitk’El Santiago

SUAGM-Cupey

17A CH231 11:00-11:20am Angel García Colón

SUAGM-Cupey

Synthesis, Characterization and

ORR activity of Zn1-xCoxO

Nanomaterials for Fuel Cells

Applications

Mitk’El Santiago

SUAGM-Cupey

11:20-11:40am Melissa Velázquez

Rodríguez

PUCPR-Ponce

Viability of Chinese Hamster Ovary

Cells after exposition to Essential

Oils

Luis Alamo

PUCPR

12:40-1:00pm René García Del Valle

UPR-Río Piedras

Synthesis of ?-Methoxylated Fatty

Acids and their Bactericidal and

Anticancer Evaluation

Néstor

Carballeira

UIA-Metro

1:00-1:20pm Nicole Rivera Fuentes

UPR-Río Piedras

Nanoscale Electrode Derived from

the Di-block Copolymer

Polystyrene-b-Poly (methyl

methacrylate) for the


Arsenic in Water

Perla Cruz

UPR-Río Piedras

1:20-1:40pm Carlos Ayala Santos

UPR-Mayagüez

Antioxidant Capacity,

Phytochemical Analysis and

Bioactivity Screening of Different

Cnidoscolus Chayamansa Leaf

Extracts

Nilka Rivera

UPR-Mayagüez

20

CHEMISTRY


17A CH 231 1:40-2:00pm Claudia Mañán Mejías

UPR-Mayagüez

Carica papaya: the study of the

antioxidant capacity and bioactivity

of its leaves

Nilka Rivera

UPR-Mayagüez

17B CH 231 3:00-3:20pm Graciela Raffucci Colomer

UPR-Mayagüez

Compositional analysis, antioxidant

capacity and bioactivity of Aloe

vera

Nilka Rivera

UPR-Mayagüez

3:20-3:40pm Jesús Romero Pichardo

UPR-Mayagüez

ROS Scavenging Capacity,

Bioactivity and Phytochemical

Analysis of Beta vulgaris

Nilka Rivera

UPR-Mayagüez

18A CH 232 11:20-11:40pm Oliver Pichardo Peguero

UPR-Río Piedras

Synthesis, Physical and

Spectroscopic Properties of

(TBA)2[Ni(dmit)2]

Dalice Piñero

UPR-Río Piedras

18B CH 232 3:00-3:20pm Axel Rivera Martínez

PUCPR

José Martínez Matías

PUCPR

Development of a One-Step

Methodology for the Synthesis of

Allylic Alcohols Based on the

Hydrometallation and

Carbometallation of Propargylic

Alcohols Followed by the Epoxide

Cleavage to Obtain Polyketide

Fragments Precursors

Raúl Rodríguez

PUCPR-

Mayagüez

4:20-4:40pm Eymee Medina Vargas

UPR-Arecibo

Jamillez Olmo Classen

UPR-Arecibo

Application mid-infrared quantum

cascade laser (QCL) and attenuated

total reflectance (ATR)

spectroscopy for detection of

explosive particles in cotton and

polyesters fabrics

Ricardo Infante

UPR-Arecibo

4:40-5:00pm Joanilise Rivera Santiago

UPR-Arecibo

Kevin Cartagena Rivera

UPR

Detection and quantification of

cornstarch and wheat flour in milk

powder by Near and Mid Infrared

Spectroscopy coupled with

chemometrics routines

Ricardo Infante

UPR-Arecibo

19A CH 233 11:00-11:20am Edwin Caballero Agosto

UPR-Arecibo

Princess Chinea Crespo

UPR-Arecibo

On the choice of optimal model for

calculation of 1H and 13C NMR

chemical shifts in tert-butyl

peroxides

Ricardo Infante

UPR-Arecibo

11:20-11:40am Adriana Claudio Vázquez

UPR

Detection of Supramolecular

deoxyguanosine derivatives by a

Cu-Catalyzed Huisgen

cycloaddition reaction

José Rivera

UPR-Río Piedras

21

CHEMISTRY


19A CH 233 11:40am-12:00pm Andrea Maser Figueroa

UPR-Río Piedras

Minelise Rivera De Jesús

UPR-Río Piedras

Development and immunological

activity studies of colloidal

supramolecular particles made from

guanosine derivatives

José Rivera

UPR-Río Piedras

12:00-12:20pm Valeria Burgos Caldero

UPR-Río Piedras

Internalization of supramolecular

microparticles made from

guanosine derivatives in HeLa cells

towards the development of

artificial organelles

José Rivera

UPR-Río Piedras

12:20-12:40pm Génesis Rivera Cordero

UPR

Studies towards developing active

supramolecular G-quadruplexes via

coupling with a pH oscillator

José Rivera

UPR-Río Piedras

12:40-1:00pm Kiara Villa Del Valle

SUAGM-Cupey

Ronaldo Franjul

UPR-Río Piedras

Synthesis, characterization and self-

assembly studies of dimeric


José Rivera

UPR-Río Piedras

19B CH 233 3:40-4:00pm Joyce Ramos Collazo

UPR-Humacao

Increase Sensitivity of Graphite

Modified Electrode Using PEDOT

Carbon Microspheres

Rolando Oyola

UPR-Humacao

4:00-4:20pm Nicole González Vélez

UPR-Humacao

Probing HSA-betaCDAuNP

interactions using Fluorescence

Correlation Spectroscopy

Rolando Oyola

UPR-Humacao

20A CH 234 11:00-11:20am Alejandra Albino Ramírez

UIA-Bayamón

Polyester Fiber Dye Color

Extraction and Characterization

using UV-VIS Spectroscopy

Rosamil Rey

UIA-Bayamón

11:20-11:40am Osmary Oyola Sánchez

UPR

The reaction of Persulfidation in

Cysteine

Ruth Pietri

UPR

20B CH 234 3:00-3:20pm Sebastián Suárez Schmidt

UPR-Río Piedras

Fabrication of Porous Anodized

Aluminum Oxide Layers for the

Synthesis of Novel Nanowire

Structures

Luis Fonseca

UPR-Río Piedras

3:40-4:00pm Josian Luciano Velázquez

UPR

Effects of Nanocomposites in

Aquatic Organisms

Sonia Bailon

UPR-Ponce

4:00-4:20pm Wilfred Fonseca Ferrer

UPR-Ponce

Evaluation of the Toxicity of Gold

Nanoparticles in Coastal Marine

Crustaceans

Sonia Bailon

UPR-Ponce

4:20-4:40pm Eduardo Chaparro Barriera

UPR

Fabrication and characterization of

semiconductor Cadmium Sulfide

quantum dots

Sonia Bailon

UPR-Ponce

22

CHEMISTRY


20B CH 234 4:40-5:00pm Rossymar Rivera Colón

UPR-Ponce

Metallic Nanoparticles: Synthesis,

Characterization and Toxicity

Sonia Bailon

UPR-Ponce

21A CH327 11:00-11:20am Kevin Correa Vargas

UPR-Ponce

Production and Characterization of

Copper Sulphide nanoparticles for

Toxicity Assays

Sonia Bailon

UPR-Ponce

22A CH 328 12:20-12:40pm José Valentín López

UPR-Cayey

Nicole Márquez Reyes

UPR-Cayey

Optimizing auto-induced expression

of tissue type plasminogen activator

(tPA) variant in bacterial system

Vibha Bansal

UPR-Cayey

12:40-1:00pm Edgardo Sánchez Rivas

UPR-Cayey

Shermain Aponte Rosario

UPR-Cayey

Understanding the effect of ligand

density on protein capture by

affinity membranes

Vibha Bansal

UPR-Cayey

1:00-1:20pm Jeaninna Flores Bello

UPR-Río Piedras

Mast Cell stabilizers as Potential

Ligands in the Development of

Pharmaceutical-based

Biocompatible Metal Organic

Frameworks

Vilmali López

UPR-Río Piedras

1:20-1:40pm Anushka Castro Vázquez

UPR-Río Piedras

Synthesis of Brookite Phase TiO2

Nanoparticles as Anodes in Dye

Sensitized Solar Cells

Vilmali López

UPR-Río Piedras

22B CH 328 4:00-4:20pm Wilanyi Álvarez Reyes

UPR-Cayey

Synthesis of Tin Oxide

Nanostructures for Sensing

Important Environmental Gases

Wilfredo Otaño

UPR-Cayey

23

COMPUTER SCIENCES


26A CH 322 12:20-12:40pm Leilanie Morales Rivera

UPR

Cave Virtual Environment Using

Underground LIDAR Data

Ángel Acosta

UPR

26B CH 322 3:00-3:20pm Carlos Padrón Gracia

UPR

Computer Science For Better

Science

Concepción

Rodriguez

UPR

3:40-4:00pm Omar Cruz Pantoja

UPR-Río Piedras

Clustering methods to classify a

broad range of species from their

vocalization

Carlos Corrada

UPR-Río Piedras

4:00-4:20pm Víctor Pérez Rivera

UPR-Arecibo

A Cloud Generator for the

Scientific Exoplanet Renderer

Abel Méndez

UPR-Arecibo

27A CH 321 11:20-11:40am Gabriel Vélez Lacayo

UPR-Arecibo

Kevin Alicea Iguina

UPR-Arecibo

Improving a student services

application based on feedback and

performance analysis

Edward Latorre

UPR

11:40am-12:00pm Yadiel Nieves Cardona

UPR

Improving Student Services

through Student Development of

Computing Solutions

Edward Latorre

UPR

12:00-12:20pm Ramón Medina Pérez

UPR-Arecibo

Minería de texto en redes sociales

para crear una base de

conocimientos de preguntas y

respuestas de los estudiantes

Edward Latorre

UPR

12:20-12:40pm Stephanie Peña Rivera

UPR-Arecibo

Demonstrating Parallel

Computing with the Cluster-Pi

Eliana Valenzuela

UPR-Arecibo

12:40-1:00pm Jesús Santana Román

UPR-Arecibo

HYDROSARGA a programable

prototype solution for nature and

production initiative

Eliana Valenzuela

UPR-Arecibo

1:00-1:20pm Juan Ayala García

UPR-Arecibo

Thalía Vázquez Mora

UPR-Arecibo

Implementing a Search Algorithm

with Two Geometric Figures

Eliana Valenzuela

UPR-Arecibo

1:20-1:40pm Carlos Colón Barrios

UPR-Arecibo

Kenneth González Nieves

UPR-Arecibo

Intelligent Swarm Target Retention

Goal

Eliana Valenzuela

UPR-Arecibo

1:40-2:00pm Carlos Galán De Arce

UPR-Arecibo

Marcos Bosques Pérez

UPR-Arecibo

Optimizing Obstacle Avoidance

Algorithm for Resource

Recollection

Eliana Valenzuela

UPR-Arecibo

24

COMPUTER SCIENCES


27A CH 321 3:00-3:20pm Eliud Rivas Hernández

UPR-Arecibo

Nicole Torres Santiago

UPR-Arecibo

STEM Apps Eldward Latorre

UPR-Arecibo

28A

CH 320 11:00-11:20am Lillian González Albino

UPR

Phenotype Response to Higher

Order Mutation Interactions

Ivelisse Rubio

UPR

1:20-1:40pm Alejandro Vega Nogales

UPR

Towards a Machine Learning

System for Detecting and Isolating

Anomalous Network Traffic

José Ortíz

UPR

28B CH 320 3:00-3:20pm Bernardo Roque Carrión

UPR-Humacao

Machine Learning Techniques for

Protein Types Classification

José Sotero

UPR-Humacao

3:20-3:40pm Jordan Caraballo-Vega

UPR-Humacao

Para-aminobenzamidine Spacer

Arms Morphology Classification

using Machine Learning

Algorithms

José Sotero

UPR-Humacao

30A CH 318 1:00-1:20pm Jeffrey Chan Santiago

UPR-Rio Piedras

Convolutional Variational Auto-

Encoders for Modeling the

Appearance of Honeybees in Video

Remi Megret

UPR-Río Piedras

1:20-1:40pm Matías Rosner Ortiz

UPR

Zuleyka González Rosa

UPR

Recognition of Fanning Bees from

Video using Convolutional Neural

Networks

Remi Megret

UPR-Río Piedras

31A CH 317 1:00-1:20pm Carlos Adames Ramos

UPR-Mayagüez

Exploratory Transcriptomic Data

Analysis for Car-T cell

Characterization

Wandaliz Torres

UPR-Mayagüez

25

ELECTRONICS


27B CH 321 4:40-5:00pm Ahisha Pérez Pérez

UPR

Toy adaptation for Assistive

Technology

Irvin Balaguer

UPR

29A CH 319 12:00-12:20pm Chris Aquino Ortíz

UPR-Mayagüez

Raúl Cedres

UPR-Mayagüez

A Virtual Instrumentation

Environment for Characterizing

Dielectric Absorption in Integrated

Capacitors

Manuel Jiménez

UPR-Mayagüez

26

ENGINEERING


26A CH 322 11:40am-12:00pm Mairim Areizaga González

UPR-Mayagüez

Full-culm Bamboo as a Full-

fledged Engineering Material

Christopher

Papadopoulos

UPR-Mayagüez

12:40-1:00pm Ángel Torres González

UPR-Mayagüez

Microstructure and mechanical

properties analysis of different Al-

Ce-Cu ternary systems

Oscar M. Suárez

UPR-Mayagüez

1:00-1:20pm Alexandra Ramos Figueroa

UPR-Mayagüez

Grashof Number: Thermodynamic

Equation-Of-State Model for Heat

Transfer Phenomena

Antonio Estévez

UPR-Mayagüez

1:20-1:40pm Alexandra Fonseca

Montenegro

UPR-Mayagüez

Supercritical Fluid Extraction of

Oil: Method Review

Antonio Estévez

UPR-Mayagüez

1:40-2:00pm Elida Muñiz Vázquez

UPR-Mayagüez

Metal Organic Framework/Carbon

Composites for the Removal of

Contaminants of Emerging

Concern from Water

Arturo Hernández

UPR-Mayagüez

26B CH 322 3:20-3:40pm Ramón Padín Monroig

UPR

Heat treatment optimization of Al-

Ce based alloys via differential

scanning calorimetry

Barbara Calcagño

UPR-Mayagüez

4:20-4:40pm Edward Hillman Girod

UPR

Mechanical Characterization of

3D Printed Beams in Bending

Christopher

Papadopoulos

UPR-Mayagüez

4:40-5:00pm Stefannie Morales Jiménez

UPR-Mayagüez


Carbon - Zeolite Compounds for

the Adsorption of Contaminants of

Emerging Concern from Water

Arturo Hernández

UPR-Mayagüez

27A CH 321 11:00-11:20am Gabriel Torres Rivera

UPR-Mayagüez

Julienne Deynes Avilés

UPR-Mayagüez

Low Cost Brain Computer

Interface for Complete Locked-in

Syndrome and Unresponsive

Wakefulness Syndrome Patients

David Serrano

UPR-Mayagüez

27B CH 321 3:20-3:40pm Dayaneira Rivera Rivera

UPR

Production of Biodiesel from

Vegeteble oil

Guido Peña

UPR-Mayagüez

3:40-4:00pm Gaetana Michelet

UPR-Mayagüez

Microfluidic Stage Holder Design

for Single-Cell Electroporation

Ruben Diaz

UPR-Mayagüez

4:00-4:20pm John Boria París

SUAGM

Carlos Corujo Castro

SUAGM

Pedro Claudio Gómez

SUAGM

Design, Construction,

Troubleshooting & Star-Up Of an

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Gerardo Salazar

SUAGM

27

ENGINEERING


28A CH 320 12:20-12:40pm Christian Lagares Nieves

UPR-Mayagüez

Direct simulations of hypersonic

turbulent boundary layers at high

Reynolds numbers

Guillermo Araya

UPR-Mayagüez

28B CH 320 3:40-4:00pm Esteban Valentín Arroyo

SUAGM

Yassel Martínez Díaz

SUAGM

Desk Automated Hydroponics

System

Juan González

SUAGM-Carolina

4:00-4:20pm Pablo Domínguez Grau

SUAGM-Gurabo

Improving Cellular Device Tests in

Reverberation Chambers

Kate Remley

SUAGM-Gurabo

4:20-4:40pm Elizabeth Rivera-Sierra

UIA

Improving the Efficiency of

CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing with

Engineered Transgene Templates

Katie Mueller

Wisconsin

University

4:40-5:00pm Luis Vega Maisonet

UPR-Mayagüez

A Study of Modular Embedded

Technologies for Accurate and

Usable Wind Tunnel Operation

Manuel Jiménez

UPR-Mayagüez

29A CH 319 11:00-11:20am Kevin Huang Zhu

UPR-Mayagüez

Affordability of a 3D Printed

Customized Mosquito Trap

Mauricio Cabrera

UPR-Mayagüez

12:20-12:40pm Roberto Hernández Martínez

UPR

A Mid-column Reversal Algorithm

for Free-Vehicle Underwater

Exploration

Manuel Jiménez

UPR-Mayagüez

12:40-1:00pm Johnny Sánchez Marrero

UPR-Mayagüez

Elastic Wave Acquisition System

for Non-destructive Testing

Manuel Jiménez

UPR-Mayagüez

1:20-1:40pm Ambar Velázquez Albino

UPR-Mayagüez

Edgard Lebrón Rodríguez

UPR-Mayagüez

Effect of Solvent on the Stability of

Lewis Acidic Sn-Beta Zeolite

Catalyst for the Conversion of C6

Carbohydrates to ?-hydroxy-acids

Nelson Cardona

UPR-Mayagüez

29B CH 319 3:20-3:40pm Julie Colón Martínez

UPR-Mayagüez

Aluminum-Cerium Alloys Treated

with Niobium Diboride

Nanoparticles for Aerospace

Applications

Oscar M. Suárez

UPR-Mayagüez

3:40-4:00pm Yivaldo Juan Morales

UPR-Mayagüez

Assessing the Viability of Using

Spathodea campanulata Wood

with Recycled Polymers and the

Enhancement of its Properties

Oscar M. Suárez

UPR-Mayagüez

4:00-4:20pm Javier Rodríguez Camacho

UPR-Mayagüez

Fabrication of Aluminum Welding

Fillers Reinforced with Niobium

Diboride Nanoparticles for

Aerospace Applications

Oscar M. Suárez

UPR-Mayagüez

28

ENGINEERING


29B CH 319 4:20-4:40pm Kenyi Choy Hernández

UPR-Mayagüez

Fabrication of Porous Metal via

Free Corrosion of Hypoeutectic

Aluminum-Copper Alloys

Oscar M. Suárez

UPR-Mayagüez

4:40-5:00pm Kenneth Silva Reyes

UPR-Mayagüez

Fabrication of Porous Metals Via

Dealloying of Al-Zn Alloys in

Acidic Aqueous Solutions

Oscar M. Suárez

UPR-Mayagüez

30A CH 318 11:00-11:20am Karnia Ramos Ortíz

UPR-Mayagüez

William Crespo Martínez

UPR-Mayagüez

Mechanical Properties of a Novel

Al-Ce Alloy Produced via

Centrifugal Casting

Oscar M. Suárez

UPR-Mayagüez

30A CH 318 11:20-11:40am Cristina Lorenzo Velázquez Multi-variable regression models

for compression resistance

estimates for mortars

Oscar M. Suárez

UPR-Mayagüez

11:40am-12:00pm Krystal Rodríguez Soto Nanoparticle-Bearing Mortars for

Structural Patchment

Oscar M. Suárez

UPR-Mayagüez

12:00-12:20pm Adriana Echevarría García

UPR-Mayagüez

Study of the Microstructure of an

Al-Ce Alloy After Free Corrosion

in Alkaline Aqueous Solutions

Oscar M. Suárez

UPR-Mayagüez

12:20-12:40pm Edwin Ramos Mercado

UPR-Mayagüez

Syntesis and characterization of

chitosan/TiO2 as a biocide

composite

Oscar M. Suárez

UPR-Mayagüez

12:40-1:00pm Gabriel Cordero Bruno

UPR-Mayagüez

Development of Au Thin Films for

the Detection and Characterization

as a Function of Size of Proteins of

Interest using SERS and ATR-

SEIRAS

Pedro J. Resto

UPR-Mayagüez

30B CH 318 3:20-3:40pm Ian Rivera Colón

UIA

Javier Morales Ferrer

UIA

Thermal Model and Simulation of

Photovoltaic Modules Under

Tropical Weather Conditions

Rafael Salgado

UIA-Bayamón

3:40-4:00pm Eugenio Caraballo Justiniano

UPR-Mayagüez

Bioelectric Characterization of

Cancer Cell Lines with

Electrochemical Impedance

Spectroscopy

Rubén Díaz

UPR-Mayagüez

4:00-4:20pm Julio Rivera De Jesús

UPR

Characterization of High-

throughput Microfluidic Device for

Single-Cell Electroporation

Rubén Díaz

UPR-Mayagüez

Rubén Díaz

UPR-Mayagüez

29

ENGINEERING


30B CH 318 4:40-5:00pm Enrique Santana Meléndez

UPR-Mayagüez

Thermal Modeling of Single

Nanowire Assembly by LIFT

Rubén Díaz

UPR-Mayagüez

31A CH 317 11:00-11:20am Xaimarie Hernández Cruz

UPR-Mayagüez

A Hybrid Pedestrian Evacuation

Model for Tsunamis

Saylisse Davila

UPR-Mayagüez

11:20-11:40am Elizabeth Torres De Jesús

UPR-Mayagüez

Geovannie Alvarado Luna

UPR-Mayagüez

Design and Validation of

Turbulence-Generating Structures

for a Small-Scale Low-Speed Wind

Tunnel

Sheilla Torres

UPR-Mayagüez

11:40am-12:00pm Félix Torres Soler

UPR-Mayagüez

Experimental design in a low

speed wind tunnel: Flow

Separation in a Compressor's

Rough-Surfaced Airfoil Cascade

Sheilla Torres

UPR-Mayagüez

1:20-1:40pm Valerie Maisonave Collazo

UPR-Mayagüez

Gene Expression Biomarker

Discovery in Endometriosis

Wandaliz Torres

UPR-Mayagüez

1:40-2:00pm Berenice Fernández Rivera

UPR-Mayagüez

Marielly Rodríguez Gauthier

UPR-Mayagüez

Wristband with Vibration on

Acupoints for Treatment of Sleep

Problems

Wilma Santiago

UPR-Mayagüez

31B CH 317 3:00-3:20pm Yazmin Torres Feliciano

UPR-Mayagüez

Mathematical Model for DC

Power Sources

Eduardo Torres

UPR-Mayagüez

3:20-3:40pm Yesenia Franqui Bernard

UPR

Experimental Design and

Characterization of Concrete

Mixtures Using Recycled Plastic,

Fly Ash, and Silica Nanoparticles

Oscar M. Suárez

UPR-Mayagüez

3:40-4:00pm Rochelly González

UPR-Mayagüez

A study of factors affecting the

recruitment and retention of

Women in Engineering

Lourdes Medina

UPR-Mayagüez

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES


1A CH 113 1:40-2:00pm Karelys Febles Moreno

PUCPR

Phytoextraction of heavy metals

in water with Petroselinum

crispum, Coriandrum sativum,

and Mentha piperita

Abner Colon

PUCPR

1B CH 113 3:20-3:40pm Naomi Mercado Vélez

UPR-Aguadilla

Evaluation of Avifauna in an

Important Coastal Lagoon in

Northern Puerto Rico

Adrianne Tossas

UPR

3:40-4:00pm Ricardo Berrios Pérez

UPR-Aguadilla

Yaran González González

UPR-Aguadilla

Seabird Monitoring in a Critical

Wildlife Area of Puerto Rico

Adrianne Tossas

UPR

2A CH 114 11:20-11:40am María Chardon Suárez

UPR-Rio Piedras

Studies of the Borikenophis

portoricensis (Puerto Rican

Racer) using instruments of

citizen science

Alberto Sabat

UPR-Rio Piedras

1:00-1:20pm Jonathan Martínez Gines

UPR

Omar Rodríguez Dominguez

UPR

Cave-Soil Characterization of

Buruquena Cave

Angel Acosta

UPR-Rio Piedras

3A CH

115-A

12:00-12:20pm Carlos Romero Vázquez

UPR-Rio Piedras

Bioremediation: Decolorization

of Colored Dye via Fungal

Species Isolated from Polluted

and Unpolluted Environments in

Puerto Rico

Paul Bayman

UPR-Rio Piedras

4A CH 116 1:00-1:20pm Abner Pérez Nazario

UPR-Rio Piedras

Effects of nanoparticles on algal

growth dynamics

Cliford Louime

UPR-Rio Piedras

1:20-1:40pm Angélica Colón Cordero

UPR-Rio Piedras

Evaluating The Toxicity Of

Individual And Mixtures Of

Nanoparticles On The Dynamics

Of Commercially Important

Microalgal Strains

Cliford Louime

UPR-Rio Piedras

4B CH 116 4:00-4:20pm Natushka Pérez Colón

UIA-Ponce

Comparative Study of Rate of

Adsorption of Cu (II) ions from

Aqueous Solutions by different

sizes of Alginate beads

Celia Osorio

UIA-Ponce

4:20-4:40pm Nicole Díaz Padín

UPR-Bayamón

Yuleika Martínez Castillo

UPR-Bayamón

Analysis of Phthalates Extraction

in Sediments of Punta Tuna,

Maunabo, Puerto Rico using GC-

MS

Concepción

Rodriguez

UPR-Bayamón

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7A CH 220 1:40-2:00pm Laura Penabad Peña

UPR-Río Piedras

Development of cellulose acetate

membranes for the removal of

pharmaceuticals from aqueous

solution

Eduardo Nicolau

UPR-Río Piedras

8A CH 222 12:20-12:40pm Juan Santiago García

UPR-Bayamón

Yvette Arias Delfi

UPR-Bayamón

Are the phenological patterns of

Annona glabra a wetland plant

affected by changes in abiotic

factors after hurricane Maria in the

Punta Tuna Nature Reserve in

Maunabo?

Elsie Rivera

UPR-Bayamón

12:40-1:00pm Aleysha Rodriguez Colon

UPR-Bayamón

Karina Sanchez Velez

UPR-Bayamón

Characterization of soil bacteria

from a plantation of the tropical

wetland plant species Annona

glabra (L.)

Elsie Rivera

UPR-Bayamón

1:00-1:20pm Brenda Ferrer Lassalle

UPR-Bayamón

Hillary Rosa Kuilan

UPR-Bayamón

Ecological consequences of seed

predation in the wetland plant

species Annona glabra

Elsie Rivera

UPR-Bayamón

1:20-1:40pm Abigail Strubbe-Nieves

UPR-Bayamón

Veronica Blasky Lopez

UPR-Bayamón

Genetic diversity and structure of

coastal populations of Annona

glabra from Puerto Rico

Elsie Rivera

UPR-Bayamón

1:40-2:00pm Gabriela Miranda Rivera

UPR-Bayamón

Kalil Jana Pitre

UPR-Bayamón

Microbial Community Analysis for

Root Tissue of Annona glabra in

Punta Tuna Wetlands Natural

Reserve

Elsie Rivera

UPR-Bayamón

8B CH 322 3:40-4:00pm Georgianna Carmona Monge

UPR-Río Piedras

Joanne Rodriguez Ortiz

UPR-Río Piedras

Floristic Composition and

Distribution in a Coastal Urban

Wetland; the Case of Ciénaga las

Cucharillas, Cataño Puerto Rico

Elvira Cuevas

UPR-Río Piedras

4:00-4:20pm Jeremy Mejias Lopez

UPR-Río Piedras

Melanie Figueroa Cordero

UPR-Río Piedras

Is the terrestrial/marine

connectivity homogeneous in an

urban coastal wetland? The case of

the Ciénaga Las Cucharillas in


Elvira Cuevas

UPR-Río Piedras

9A CH 223 11:40am-12:0pm Aura Muñiz Torres

UPR-Mayagüez

Altitudinal Comparison in

Microhabitat for Eleutherodactylus

brittoni in Puerto Rico

Fernando Bird

UPR-Mayagüez

12:40-1:00pm Brandon Molina Burgos

SUAGM

Hydrogen production by water

splitting using Ag@ZnO composites

under UV-vis light

Francisco Marquez

SUAGM

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9A CH 223 1:20-1:40pm Allyson Cappacetti Rivera

UPR-Humacao

Ninotshka Robles Cuevas

UPR-Humacao

Analysis of damage caused by

Hurricane María to the vegetation

of the University of Puerto Rico in

Humacao

Denny Fernandez

UPR

11B CH 225 3:40-4:00pm Jonathan López Carrasquillo

SUAGM

Design of new primers for

quantification of the forgotten

sulfidogenic Firmicutes

Karleen Gonzalez

SUAGM

12A CH 226 12:20-12:40pm Luis Esbrí Ruiz

UPR-Río Piedras

Water Quality of the artificial

reintroduction ponds of the Puerto

Rican Crested Toad

Jorge Ortiz

UPR-Río Piedras

13B CH 227 3:20-3:40pm Erica Irizarry Pagan

SUAGM-Carolina

Assessment and Quantification of

Vibrio spp. in Tropical Beaches of

Puerto Rico and Their

Epidemiological and Public Health

Importance

Karlo Malavé

SUAGM-Carolina

4:00-4:20pm Lydia Núñez Rosario

SUAGM

Galleria Mellonella (Lepidoptera)

as a consumer of plastic for

bioremediation

Luz Arroyo

SUAGM

4:20-4:40pm Marcos Feliciano Chinea

SUAGM

Evaluation of Recreational Water

Quality in Puerto Rico Fishing Sites

Loyda Mendez

SUAGM

4:40-5:00pm Genesis Rivera Martinez

SUAGM

Metal Resistance Profile in

Enterococcus spp. Isolated from

Non-Commercial Fishing Sites

Loyda Mendez

SUAGM

14A CH 227 11:00-11:20am Carlos Rodriguez Lopez

SUAGM

Traffic-related air pollutants and

respiratory symptoms in Puerto

Rican Children

Loyda Mendez

SUAGM

14B CH 227 3:00-3:20pm Astrid Rodríguez Vélez

UPR-Río Piedras

Lisby Santiago Pagan

UPR-Río Piedras

Immune response of Acropora

cervicornis to solar radiation and

sea surface temperatures

Liz Diaz

UPR-Río Piedras

3:40-4:00pm Ashley Vázquez Negrón

UPR-Río Piedras

Ulvan-silica aerogels for the

immobilization of Vibrio fischeri

Liz Diaz

UPR-Río Piedras

15A CH 229 11:20-11:40am Olga Alfonso Rivera

SUAGM

Detection of microorganisms in

water resources

Frances Lugo

SUAGM

11:40am-12:00pm Bryan Jimenez Jose

SUAGM

Heavy metals concentration study in

the Bay of San Juan Puerto Rico

Frances Lugo

SUAGM

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15A CH 229 12:00-12:20pm Nashali Ramos Carrasquillo

SUAGM

Zinc, lead and cadmio heavy metals

bioabsorption by the algae of the

Rio Tanama in Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Frances Lugo

SUAGM

15B CH 229 3:40-4:00pm Joanis Rosa Santiago

UPR-Arecibo

Taiz Ulloa Ponce

UPR-Arecibo

Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in

the aquatic macrophyte Lemna

minor in a natural wetland

Maiella Ramos

UPR-Arecibo

4:00-4:20pm Israel Soto López

UPR-Arecibo

Isolation of CuO-NPs Resistant

Bacteria from B. Monnieri

Maiella Ramos

UPR-Arecibo

4:20-4:40pm Noel Cabán González

UPR-Arecibo

Yetzzel Cortés Rosario

UPR-Arecibo

Studies on lead accumulation in

Lemna minor

Maiella Ramos

UPR-Arecibo

16A CH 230 12:00-12:20pm Ana González Colón

UPR-Cayey

Francisco Torres Torres

UPR-Cayey

Study Analyzing a Potential Impact

of Anthropogenic Noise on the

Abundance and Size of Coenobita

clypeatus in Selected Beaches of

Puerto Rico

Maria De Jesus

UPR-Cayey

20B CH 234 3:20-3:40pm Angel Delgado Ruiz

UPR-Arecibo

\"Dieta del sapo común (Rhinella

marina) en la Reserva Natural

Privada El Tallonal\"

Sondra Vega

UPR-Arecibo

21A CH 327 11:20-11:40am Jousen Merced Colón

UPR-Ponce

Production of Silver Nanoparticles

and Nanotoxicity in Aquatic

Ecosystems

Sonia Bailon

UPR-Ponce

1:00-1:20pm Adalberto Ubiñas

Romero

UPR

Arthropod succession within

branches of Plumeria alba

Steven A. Sloan

21B CH 327 3:00-3:20pm Paola Reyes Ortiz

SUAGM-Gurabo

Bacterial Bioprospecting for

Bioenergy Application in Xylose

Fermentation

José Pérez

SUAGM-Gurabo

3:20-3:40pm Stephanie Nieves Hernández

SUAGM-Gurabo

Bacterial Degradation of Halides José Pérez

SUAGM-Gurabo

3:40-4:00pm Brian Sang-Laboy

SUAGM-Gurabo

Bioprospecting for Chitinases

among Bacteria in Puerto Rico

José Pérez

SUAGM-Gurabo

4:00-4:20pm Alexis Healion Del Valle

SUAGM

Isolation of putativve lignin

deconstructing bacteria

José Pérez

SUAGM-Gurabo

22B CH 328 3:40-4:00pm Andrea Pimentel Rivera

Gabriela Massanet Prado

Caza para mitigar el impacto de la

iguana verde (Iguana iguana) en

Puerto Rico

William Gould

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23A CH 326 11:00-11:20am Sharon Nieves Miranda

UPR-Aguadilla

Evaluation of antimicrobial

resistance in E. coli strains isolated

from cattle and calves from different

management systems

Yadira Malavez

UPR-Aguadilla

12:00-12:20pm Carlos Lopez Maldonado

UIA-Bayamón

Population study of bees in Puerto

Rico

Yolanda Serrano

UIA-Bayamón

35

GENERAL SCIENCES


1B CH 113 3:00-3:20pm Andrea Rodríguez Villafañe

UPR-Río Piedras

Jafet Rivera Pedrosa

UPR-Bayamón

Red Blood Cell Lysis Assay for the

Evaluation of Novel Lead

Antimalarial Compounds

Adelfa Serrano

UPR-School of

Medicine

8A CH 222 12:00-12:20pm Francisco Rosado Rivera

UPR-Mayagüez

Determination of Transcription

Factors for Regulation of Nuclear

Factor Interleukin-6 Gene using

CRISPR ChAp MS

Elsie Parés

UPR

15A CH 229 11:00-11:20am Estheisy Román Pagán

UPR-School of Medicine

Effect of Differential Secretion of

CATB from HIV Infected

Macrophages in Neuronal

Apoptosis Pathways

Loyda Meléndez

UPR-School of

Medicine

19A CH 233 1:40-2:00pm Anais Cruz García

SUAGM

Betsymar Morales Rivera

SUAGM

Neuroprotective action of coffee in

a Drosophila melanogaster model

of sporadic Parkinson disease

Eileen Rodríguez

SUAGM

19B CH 233 3:00-3:20pm Alexandra Franco O'Connell

Sagrado

Diego Ruíz Maeso

Sagrado

Scilab as an auxiliary tool in the

teaching-learning process in

Physics and Chemistry

Rolando Guzmán

Sagrado

36

GEOSCIENCES


23B CH 326 3:40-4:00pm Edwin Irizarry Brugman

UPR-Mayagüez

Soil Classification in the

Municipalities of Ponce and

Mayagüez to Quantify a

Liquefaction Susceptibility Map

Generated with Soil Survey Data

Alberto López

UPR

25A CH 324 11:20-11:40am Alexandra Grajales Perez

UPR-Mayagüez

Eduardo Cruz Vega

UPR-Mayagüez

Paleobiogeography of

pelomedusoid turtles and new data

from the Oligocene-Miocene San

Sebastian and Yanigua-Los Haitises

formations

Hernan Santos

UPR-Mayagüez

12:20-12:40pm Rocío Cáliz Padilla

UPR

Petrographic analysis of the

Chuacús Complex in the central

Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala

Kenneth Hughes

UPR

12:40-1:00pm Desireé Bayouth García

UPR-Mayagüez

Volume Changes of Large Mass

Wasting Sites Induced by Hurricane

María in Puerto Rico Using

Structure from Motion (SfM) and

Light Detection and Ranging

(LiDAR)

Kenneth Hughes

UPR

1:00-1:20pm James Padilla Montalvo

UPR

Whole-rock geochemistry of the

Bosque Enano Granite, Sierra de

Las Minas Guatemala

Kenneth Hughes

UPR

26A CH 322 11:00-11:20am Tatiana Fernández Pérez

UPR-Mayagüez

Petrography, Geochemistry and

Genesis of two Neogene Dolomite

units located in Guánica and San

Sebastián, Puerto Rico

Wilson Ramírez

UPR

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1A CH 113 11:40am-12:00pm Nicole Torres Santiago

UPR-Arecibo

Shakira González Villanueva

UPR-Arecibo

Applications of a Mass-Energy

Habitability Model: Complex Life

Abel Mendez

UPR-Arecibo

12:00-12:20pm Carlos Herrera Delgado

UPR-Arecibo

Applications of a Mass-Energy

Habitability Model: Simple Life

Abel Mendez

UPR-Arecibo

12:20-12:40pm Carolina Camacho Vera

UPR-Ponce

Luis Morales Pérez

UPR-Ponce

Basal Protein Profile of Human

Breast Cell Lines (CCD1074Sk,

MCF7, CCD-1097, Hs578T)

Abigail Ruiz

UPR

12:40-1:00pm Alejandra Acevedo García

UPR-Río Piedras

Eunice Arcay Rivera

UPR-Río Piedras

Effect of resveratrol in the protein

expression of human breast cell

lines

Abigail Ruiz

UPR

1:00-1:20pm Jerry Arocho Pagán

UPR-Ponce

Localization and basal expression

of the C-X-C motif chemokine

receptor 4 in an epithelial cell line

Abigail Ruiz

UPR

1:20-1:40pm Julio Colón Pérez

UPR-Ponce

Verónica García Ramírez

UPR-Ponce

The expression of autophagic and

proliferative proteins in human

breast cancer cell lines CCD-

1097Sk and MCF7 treated with

resveratrol

Abigail Ruiz

UPR

1B CH 113 4:00-4:20pm Melanie Talavera-Arboniés

UPR-Mayagüez

Aggressive Behavior of the Puerto

Rican Woodpecker (Melanerpes

portoricensis): a comparative

study between urban and forest

territories

Alberto Puente

UPR-Mayagüez

4:20-4:40pm Gabriela Herrero Rapagna

UPR-Mayagüez

Fungi associated to the skin of Boa

constrictor in Puerto Rico

Alberto Puente

UPR-Mayagüez

4:40-5:00pm Rafael Berríos Sierra

UPR-Mayagüez

Preliminary Population Study of

Rodents in a secondary forest in

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Alberto Puente

UPR-Mayagüez

2A CH 114 11:40am-12:00pm Zabrina Santana Navarro

UPR-Río Piedras

Distribution of the Osteopilus

septentrionalis (Cuban Tree Frog)

in Puerto Rico

Alberto Sabat

UPR-Río Piedras

12:00-12:20pm Hernan Morales Ramírez

UPR-Río Piedras

Effect of acidification in water on

the physiology in the development

of the red sea urchin (Echinometra

lucunter) in Puerto Rico

Alberto Sabat

UPR-Río Piedras

LIFE/BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

38


2A CH 114 12:20-12:40pm Keishla Marrero Acosta

UPR-Río Piedras

Morphometric similarities and

differences between males and

females of Borikenophis

portoricensis (Puerto Rican Racer)

in the Cambalache State Forest,

Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Alberto Sabat

UPR-Río Piedras

12:40-1:00pm Andrea Flores Pérez

UPR-Mayagüez

Cellulose hydrogels as delivery

vehicle for immunomodulatory

mesenchymal stem cells

Maribella

Domenech

UPR-Mayagüez

1:20-1:40pm Kiara Rodríguez Pérez

UPR-Arecibo

Biological Diversity Analysis of the

Cabachuelas Nature Reserve Cave

System

Angel Acosta

UPR

1:40-2:00pm Laura Rodríguez Rodríguez

UPR-Arecibo

Tatiana Rosado Rodríguez

UPR-Arecibo

Fungal Microfauna in Tourist

Caves in Cabachuelas Nature

Reserve Cave System

Angel Acosta

UPR

2B CH 114 3:00-3:20pm Carolina Herrera Barreto

UPR-Mayagüez

Analyzing Fibrinogen and Trem-

Like Transcript 1 (TLT-1) as

potential stimulants for platelet

aggregation in atherosclerosis

Anthony

Washington

UPR-Río Piedras

3:20-3:40pm Claudia Cruz Santiago

UPR-Río Piedras

Identification of intracellular

trafficking binding partners for

TLT-1

Anthony

Washington

UPR-Río Piedras

3:40-4:00pm Paola Peña García

UPR-Río Piedras

The Creation and Initial

Characterization of the P-

selectin/Triggering Receptor

Expressed on Myeloid cells

(TREM) Like Transcipt-1 (TLT-1)

Double Null Mouse

Anthony

Washington

UPR-Río Piedras

4:00-4:20pm Yadiamris Aviles Ruíz

UIA-Bayamón

Recovery of bat populations after

hurricane María at InterAmerican

University wetland in Bayamón

Armando

Rodríguez

UIA-Bayamón

4:20-4:40pm John Rosa Rosas

UIA-Bayamón

Remarkable variation in the diet of

Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera:

Noctilionidae) in Puerto Rico

Armando

Rodríguez

UIA-Bayamón

3A CH

115-A

11:00-11:20am María Ortíz Fullana

UPR-Río Piedras

A Course-based Research

Experience (CURE) on Cloning

Transcription Factors as a

Strategy to Develop Scientific

Process Skills in Biology Majors.

Michelle Borrero

UPR-Río Piedras


39


3A CH

115-A

12:40-1:00pm Yael Quiles Ramírez

UPR-Aguadilla

Determine Antimicrobial Activity

of Euphorbia heterophylla in

Bacteria

Brenda Ramos

UPR-Aguadilla

1:00-1:20pm Nataly Basora Mateo

UPR-Humacao

Investigating the Antibacterial

Effects of Biological Pigments

from Flowering Plants

Carmen

Hernández

3B CH

115-A

4:20-4:40pm Kevin Santiago Morales

UPR-Mayagüez

Analysis of Tetracycline Resistance

Genes in Caracolus marginella

Gut Metagenomic Library

Carlos Ríos

UPR-Mayagüez

11:20-11:40am Angelica González Martínez

UPR- Mayagüez

Monitoring the antibiosis

production potential of cultivable

mycoprospects isolated from water

and soil samples from the center

under the 305m reflector plate of

the Arecibo Observatory using

radial methods

Carlos Ríos

UPR- Mayagüez

11:40am-12:00pm Náyaret Rivera García

UPR- Mayagüez

Purple Non-Sulfur Bacteria

Isolated from Puerto Rico as

Bioprospects for Biofilm

Production

Carlos Ríos

UPR- Mayagüez

12:00-12:20pm Adriana Quintero Rivera

UPR- Mayagüez

Uncultivable Bacteria as


Production

Carlos Ríos

UPR- Mayagüez

12:40-1:00pm Kharina Roman Rivera

PUCPR

The effects of mitophagy deficient

pathway in viability and

mitochondrial abundance under

oxidative stress conditions in

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Ceidy Torres

PUCPR

1:40-2:00pm Giovanni Maldonado Torres

PUCPR

Julienn Torres Rodríguez

PUCPR

Estudio de los requerimientos

nutricionales de los hongos

aislados de las hojas de los

mangles rojo y negro de la

Guancha en Ponce, Puerto Rico

Conrado Calzada

PUCPR

4B CH 116

3:00-3:20pm Rubén López Silva

PUCPR

Fungi present in plants associated

to mangrove forest at "La

Guancha" in Ponce, Puerto Rico

.

Conrado Calzada

PUCPR


40


4B CH 116 4:40-5:00pm Jesús Quiñones Llópiz

UPR- Bayamón

Demography variations of the land

crab Cardisoma guanhumi in

areas associated with the presence

of the wetland plant Annona

glabra.

Concepción

Rodríguez

UPR- Bayamón

5A CH 218 11:00-11:20am Dariel Báez Rivera

UPR- Bayamón

Does soil abiotic factors, incidence

of light, leaf litter and the presence

of the burrows of the land crab

Cardisoma guanhumi are related

to the abundance of Annona glabra

seedlings?

Concepción

Rodríguez

UPR- Bayamón

11:20-11:40am Adriana Reyes Rivera

UPR- Bayamón

Andrea Belaza Saldarriaga

UPR- Bayamón

Influence of the microbiota present

on the Annona glabra soil at

Reserva Natural Humedal Punta

Tuna, Maunabo, Puerto Rico

Concepción

Rodríguez

UPR- Bayamón

11:40am-12:00pm Noel Pérez Vargas

UPR- Bayamón

Monitoreo de factores bioticos y

abioticos del bosque de Annona

glabra en el humedal de Punta

Tuna, Maunabo, PR

Concepción

Rodríguez

UPR- Bayamón

12:00-12:20pm Zairelys Reyes Rivera

UPR-Mayagüez

Prevalent Health Issues amongst

Puerto Rican Agricultural Workers

Cristina Pomales

UPR-Mayagüez

6A CH 219 12:20-12:40pm Armando Nieves

Carrasquillo

SUAGM

Effects of metal nanoparticles in

microalgae growth and lipid

accumulation rates

Catalina Dávila

SUAGM

12:40-1:00pm Olga Gracia González

SUAGM- Gurabo

From Algae to Biofuels:

Bioprospecting of Native Strains

and Study of Mixotrophic

Metabolism in Microalgae

Catalina Dávila

SUAGM

1:00-1:20pm Adriana Gutiérrez Camacho

CROEM- UPRM

Finding a link between physical

exercise and improvements in

cognitive skills by analyzing beta-

brainwaves

Diana Rodríguez

CROEM

1:20-1:40pm Molishka Flores-Narváez

PUCPR

Therapeutic potential of

commercially-available

cannabidiol oil for Alzheimer 's

disease using Caenorhabditis

elegans as a model

Dinah Ramos

PUCPR

1:40-2:00pm Jessiry Abreu Cruz

UPR- Humacao

Osvaldo Rivera Valentn

UPR- Río Piedras

Creation of Open-celled 3D

Printed Casts and Splints

Emma Fernández

UPR


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6A CH 219 3:00-3:20pm Harold Vázquez Meléndez

Joseph Hernández Bracero

UIA-Metro

A model to study the effects of

human mobility and the spread of

Zika Virus (ZIKV)

Edilberto Arteaga

UIA-Metro

3:20-3:40pm Lizmarie Silva Trinidad

Luisa Torres Builes

UIA- Metro

Modeling the environmental

factors in the spread of Zika Virus

Edilberto Arteaga

UIA-Metro

6B CH 219 3:40-4:00pm Pamela Martínez Oquendo

PUCPR

El presupuesto de tiempo del

lagartijo jardinero del sur (Anolis

poncensis) en la Reserva Natural

Punta Cucharas en Ponce, Puerto

Rico

Edwin

Carrasquillo

PUCPR

4:00-4:20pm Dianise Rodríguez García

UPR- Ponce

Arachidonoyl-2-chloroethylamide

alleviates acute and inflammatory

pain in a sex-dependent manner

Edu Suárez

UPR-Ponce

4:20-4:40pm Marinel Ocasio Rivera

UPR- Ponce

Asthma in Puerto Rico: Targeting

Protease Activated Receptor-2

(PAR-2) as an Adjuvant Therapy

Edu Suárez

UPR-Ponce

4:40-5:00pm Ralphdy Vergne Montes

UIA- Ponce

DNA damage potential of Vitamin

D in Luminal A and Luminal B

cells line

Edu Suárez

UPR-Ponce

7A CH 220 11:00-11:20am Dormarie Rivera Rodríguez

UPR-Ponce

Host restriction factors may affect

HIV-1 infection in glioblastoma

cells and CD4+ T cells

Edu Suárez

UPR-Ponce

7B CH 220 3:00-3:20pm Claudia Pérez Draper

UPR- Río Piedras

Víctor Rodríguez Ramos

UPR- Río Piedras

Novel peptide-polymer conjugate

with Maximin H5, an antimicrobial

peptide, as potential bacterial

inhibitor for water purification

purposes

Eduardo Nicolau

UPR

3:20-3:40pm Kimberly Rivera Caraballo

UPR- Humacao

Phosphorylation Profile of the

Tumorhead Protein throughout

Xenopus laevis Development

Edwin Traverso

UPR- Humacao

3:40-4:00pm Juan Velázquez Matos

UPR- Humacao

The Role of MUSA1 during

Somitogenesis in Xenopus laevis

Edwin Traverso

UPR- Humacao

4:00-4:20pm José Silva Martínez

UPR- Cayey

Isolation and Characterization of

Bioluminescent Bacteria from

Tropical Waters of Puerto Rico

Edwin Vázquez

UPR- Cayey

8B CH 222 3:00-3:20pm Gabriel Ríos San Miguel

UPR- Bayamón

Variation in abiotic conditions on

a coastal stand of Annona glabra

after Hurricane Maria

Elsie Rivera

UPR


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8B CH 222 3:20-3:40pm Myrna Núñez Obén

UPR- Bayamón

Variation of bacteria in the soil of

the wetland Punta Tuna in

Maunabo

Elsie Rivera

UPR

3:20-3:40pm Ricardo Rodríguez Bárzana

UPR- Bayamón

Variation of bacteria in the soil of

the wetland Punta Tuna in

Maunabo

Elsie Rivera

UPR

4:20-4:40pm Gabriel Meléndez Corres

UPR- Humacao

Deterministic and Stochastic

Compartment Models for Total

Body Irradiation

Ernesto Esteban

UPR- Humacao

4:40-5:00pm Lusmeralis Almodovar

Abreu

UPR- Humacao

PSA-Specific Age Ranges for

Prostate Cancer Patients in Puerto

Rico

Ernesto Esteban

UPR- Humacao

9A CH 223 11:00-11:20am Iancarlos Jimenez Sacarello

UPR- Río Piedras

Estrogen Non-Genomic Signaling

as a Potential Therapeutic Target

in Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Esther Peterson

UPR- Río Piedras

12:00-12:20pm Anelisse Dominicci Maura

UPR

Cervical fungal communities in

Puerto Rican Women change with

HPV risk

Filipa Godoy

UPR

1:00-1:20pm Ian Pérez Cruz

SUAGM

Food Availability for Insectivorous

Birds of the Secondary Coastal

Dry Forest at Jobos Bay, Salinas,

Puerto Rico

Fred Schaffner

SUAGM

1:40-2:00pm Jennyfer Machado Rosado

UPR- Humacao

Johann Crespo Zapata

UPR- Humacao

Species richness and abundance of

pollinators after Hurricane Maria

in Humacao Nature Reserve,

eastern Puerto Rico

Denny Fernández

UPR- Humacao

9A CH 223 3:00-3:20pm Andrés Pérez Cintrón

UPR- Humacao

Using iNaturalist as a valid tool

for education and research; the

case of the Efraín Archilla Diez

Humacao Nature Reserve and a

secondary forest at the University

of Puerto Rico - Humacao Campus

Denny Fernández

UPR- Humacao

3:20-3:40pm Cynthia González Díaz

UPR- Humacao

Jamilys Rivera Rodríguez

UPR- Humacao

Vegetation Analysis of a Secondary

Forest in Humacao Before and

After Hurricane Maria

Denny Fernández

UPR

4:20-4:40pm Paola Ginés Vélez

UPR- Arecibo

Bacterial Inhibition with extracts

of algae Padina Gymnospora and

Sweitenia Macrophylla

Guido Peña

UPR


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10a CH 224 11:00-11:20am Kathleen Morales Sánchez

UPR- Bayamón

Nahir Robles Rijo

UPR- Río Piedras

A Proteomic Approach to Crohn's

Disease: A Review

Horacio Serrano

UPR- School of

Medicine

11:20-11:40am Herreld Rosado Loubriel

SUAGM

Identification of antibiotic

producers' bacteria and antibiotic

extraction and characterization

Luz Arroyo

SUAGM

11:40am-12:00pm Gabriela Hernández Díaz

UPR

Antibiotic Properties of Native and

Endemic Plants from Puerto Rico

Ileana Rodríguez

UPR

12:20-12:40pm Adriana Guzmán Domínguez

UPR- Humacao

Gabriel Rivera Torres

UPR- Humacao

Kalanchoe plants and their

antibacterial activity against

respiratory and digestive infections

Ileana Rodríguez

UPR

10B CH 224 3:40-4:00pm Nalishka Villafañe García

UPR- Humacao

Anthelminthic properties of plants

extract against free-living soil

nematodes

Iván Dávila

UPR

4:00-4:20pm Anna Martínez Guadalupe

UPR- Río Piedras

Saúl Sandoval Rodríguez

UPR Bayamón

Mechanical properties of Ti-C

composite and its biomedical

applications

Javier Avalos

UPR Bayamón

11A CH 225

11:00-11:20am Stephanie Colón Marrero

UPR- Río Piedras

Characterization of Wnt family

members in Holothuria glaberrima

José García

UPR- Río Piedras

11:20-11:40am Joseph Salem Hernánde

UPR- Río Piedras

Functional Analysis of Myc during

Echinoderm Intestinal

Regeneration using RNAi

José García

UPR- Río Piedras

11:40am-12:00pm Sebastián Cruz González

UPR- Río Piedras

Gene Set Enrichment Analysis of

early intestinal regeneration in the

sea cucumber Holothuria

glaberrima

José García

UPR- Río Piedras

12:00-12:20pm Alexandra Amador

Maldonado

UPR- Río Piedras

Holothuria glaberrima intestinal

regeneration during Notch

pathway blockade

José García

UPR- Río Piedras

12:20-12:40pm Adrianna Rivera León

UPR- Río Piedras

Identification and characterization

of BSL-78 during intestinal

regeneration in the sea cucumber

Holothuria glaberrima

José García

UPR- Río Piedras

12:40-1:00pm Thaybeth Malavé Méndez

UPR- Río Piedras

Optimization of Lipofectamine as a

Transfection Method for Intestinal

Tissue Explants of the Sea

Cucumber Holothuria glaberrima

José García

UPR- Río Piedras


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11A CH 225 1:00-1:20pm John González Amoretti

SUAGM

Vitmary Rivera Rodríguez

SUAGM

Characterization of

neurotransmitter absorption on

Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes in

Drosophila melanogaster

John González

SUAGM

1:20-1:40pm Ian Maldonado Ortíz

UPR- Ponce

Initial Impacts of Hurricane Irma

and Maria on Migratory Birds

Diversity on the Punta Cucharas

Natural Reserve, Ponce, Puerto

Rico

José Rodríguez

UPR- Ponce

1:40-2:00pm Manuel La Torre Poueymirou

UPR- Río Piedras

Essential Role of CHS in Ion

Channel Functioning and Thermal

Stability of The Native Muscle-type

nAChR-Detergent-Complex

José Lasalde

UPR- Río Piedras

11B CH 225 3:00-3:20pm Daniel Rivera Moran

UPR- Río Piedras

Edwin Peña Martínez

UPR- Bayamón

Production of Recombinant

Baculovirus and Cell transduction

for the Expression of the Human

a4b2 nicotinic Acetylcholine

Receptor

José Lasalde

UPR- Río Piedras

11B CH 225 3:20-3:40pm Adrian Muñíz Sarriera

UPR- Río Piedras

Purification and Crystallization of

the Transmembranal Proteins

using the RMP@LMX device V.1.5

José Lasalde

UPR- Río Piedras

12A CH 226 1:00-1:20pm Claudia Cordero Martínez

UPR- Río Piedras

Janpierre Alemán Ríos

UPR- Río Piedras

Impact of Hurricane María on

reproduction, internal resources

and the effect of feeding substitutes

on a honey bee colony

José Agosto

UPR- Río Piedras

1:20-1:40pm Airined Montes Mercado

UPR- Río Piedras

Luis Santos Vidot

UPR- Río Piedras

The Impact of Hurricane María on

the Control of Humidity in a

Honey Bee colony

José Agosto

UPR- Río Piedras

1:40-2:00pm Noel Claudio Soto

UPR- Arecibo

Bioremediation of HDPE, Diesel

and Oil using Paenibacillus

chibensis from contaminated soils

with hydrocarbons

José Arbelo

UPR

12B CH 226 3:00-3:20pm Felix Badillo Soto

UPR-Aguadilla

Wilfredo Villafañe Ortiz

UPR-Aguadilla

Creation of a gDNA Library of

Guanica Halobacteria

José Planas

UPR-Aguadilla

3:20-3:40pm Yamil Miranda Negron

UPR-Aguadilla

Determination of Membrane

Glycoprotein of Guánica Saltern

Halobacteria

José Planas

UPR-Aguadilla


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12B CH 226 3:40-4:00pm Emili Rosado Rodríguez

UPR- Río Piedras

Uncovering DNA binding

properties of the GATA4 and TBX5

transcription factor complex

José Rodríguez

UPR- Río Piedras

4:40-5:00pm Angeliz Peña Díaz

UPR-Humacao

Natalie Meléndez Vázquez

UPR-Humacao

Antibacterial effect of essential oils

from medicinal and aromatic

plants: an insight into specific bio-

active components

Julia Vergara

UPR-Humacao

13A CH 227 11:20-11:40am Eric Blanco Ruiz

UPR

Detection of CB 2 protein

abundance by immunofluorescence

in mammary tissue during clinical

mastitis

Juliana Pérez

UPR-Aguadilla

11:40am-12:00pm Sergio Acevedo Cortes

UPR-Aguadilla

Investigating the therapeutic

potential of CB2 in modulation of

inflammation in the mammary

gland during lactation

Juliana Pérez

UPR-Aguadilla

12:40-1:00pm Michael Soto Cintrón

UPR- Arecibo

Natalia Acevedo Muñoz

UPR- Arecibo

Evaluation of the pharmacological

interactions of gemcitabine and

natural compounds for the

treatment of adenocarcinoma of

the pancreas

Karen Woolcock

UPR-Arecibo

1:00-1:20pm Kevin Ongay Montero

Melanie Cubano Santiago

UPR-Arecibo

Inhibition of the proliferation of

human pancreatic carcinoma cells

by phenolic compounds obtained

from ginger

Karen Woolcock

UPR Arecibo

1:20-1:40pm Cristopher Marrero Román

UPR- Arecibo

Diego Castro Reyes

UPR- Arecibo

Optimization of the detection of E-

cadherin on PANC-1 cells and

evaluation of its expression after

treatment with Gemcitabine and

natural compounds

Karen Woolcock

UPR Arecibo

13B CH 227 3:00-3:20pm Juan Rodríguez Centeno

UPR-Bayamón

Kloe Cuevas Collazo

UPR-Bayamón

Potable Water Disinfection using a

Bactericidal and Oxidized Nano

Diamond Material

Javier Avalos

UPR Bayamón

3:40-4:00pm Kristyan Sosa Quiles

UPR- Arecibo

Identification of a Lactase

Persistence Polymorphisms in a

Small Sample of the Puertorican

Population

UPR Arecibo


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14A CH 228 11:20-11:40am Yelissa Dávila ONeill

SUAGM

Arsenic resistance in

environmental strains of

Enterococcus spp. isolated from

irrigation water in Puerto Rico

Loyda Méndez

SUAGM

11:40am-12:00pm Héctor Rosa López

SUAGM-Carolina

Effects of Pulmonary Function to

the Cognition of Children Exposed

to Traffic Related Air Pollution

Loyda Méndez

SUAGM

12:00-12:20pm Estheany Román Pagán

SUAGM-Carolina

Metal and Antibiotics Resistance

Patterns in Enterococcus spp.

Isolated from Irrigation Water

Loyda Méndez

SUAGM

12:20-12:40pm Joshua Pérez Torres

SUAGM-Carolina

Neuroinflammatory cytokines in

mice treated with a dopamine

antagonist

Loyda Méndez

SUAGM

12:40-1:00pm José Marrero Valentín

SUAGM

Roadside Exposure to Traffic

Related Air Pollutants

Loyda Méndez

SUAGM

14B CH 228 4:00-4:20pm Nicole De León Flores

UPR-Río Piedras

Immunization Status of Infants

Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive

Care Unit and Factors Associated

to Delay in Administration

Lourdes García

UPR

4:20-4:40pm Anndra González González

UPR-Río Piedras

Prevalence of Bullying in Children

with Chronic Conditions

Lourdes García

UPR

4:40-5:00pm Valerie Díaz Santiago

UPR-Río Piedras

Noise Environmental Hazard in

the NICU

Lourdes García

UPR

15A CH 229 12:40-1:00pm Adriana Pontón Almodóvar

PUCPR

Exposure of hepatocellular

carcinoma cells (HEP-G2) to

CdSTe QDs

Luis Alamo

PUCPR

15B CH 229 4:40-5:00pm Jaseph Soto Pérez

UPR

Potential Antibacterial Activity

from Usnea barbata Extracts

Maiella Ramos

UPR-Arecibo

16A CH 230 11:00-11:20am Nicole Maldonado Pérez

UPR

Potential Antibacterial Activity of

Usnea barbata Soxhlet Extractions

Maiella Ramos

UPR-Arecibo

12:20-12:40pm Julymar Rodríguez López

UPR-Humacao

Population dynamics of Puerto

Rican anurans in response to

climatic disturbances

Neftalí Rios

UPR-Humacao

17B CH 231 3:40-4:00pm Ian Español De La Cruz

UPR-Mayagüez

Meiobenthic fauna from a shallow

water sediment sample near

Guadeloupe.

Nikolaos Schizas

UPR-Mayagüez


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17B CH 231 4:00-4:20pm Keisha Roldán-Báez

SUAGM- Cupey

Apoptosis Gene Analysis in

Colorectal Cell Line after

treatment with Azapodophyllotoxin

drug derivatives

Noemí Soto

SUAGM- Cupey

4:20-4:40pm Jorge Figueroa Rodríguez

SUAGM

DNA Damage Activation in

Adenocarcinoma Colon Cell Line

by Potent Chemotherapeutic Drug

Noemí Soto

SUAGM- Cupey

4:40-5:00pm Soely Luyando Lusa

SUAGM

Effects of environmental variables

on shrimp reproduction in a

freshwater system in Puerto Rico

María Ocasio

SUAGM

18A CH 232 11:00-11:20am Andrea Rodríguez Rolón

UPR-School of Medicine

Association between periodontitis

and cholesterol levels in type 2

diabetic patients

Oelisoa

Andriankaja

UPR-School of

Medicine

12:00-12:20pm Gabriel Martínez Zayas

UPR–Río Piedras

Peptide labeled gold liposomal

nanoparticles for RNAi delivery

into the brain

Pablo Vivas

UPR-School of

Medicine

12:20-12:40pm Andrea Rosado Albacarys

UPR–Río Piedras

Role of RBPMS-1 isoform A and C

in Cisplatin Resistance in Ovarian

Cancer

Pablo Vivas

UPR-School of

Medicine

12:40-1:00pm Nicole Irizarry Tardi

UPR-Mayagüez

Assessment of biofilms of Candida

albicans in co-culture with

Escherichia coli clones from a

tropical hypersaline metagenomic

library

Patricia Ortíz

UPR-Mayagüez

1:00-1:20pm Maritza Cruz Hernández

UPR-Mayagüez

Development of a semi-defined, co-

culture media formulation for the

study of breast cancer microbiota

Patricia Ortíz

UPR-Mayagüez

1:20-1:40pm Yarelis González-Vargas

UPR-Mayagüez

The effect of supernatants from a

collection of liquid cultures on

Candida albicans biofilm

formation

Patricia Ortíz

UPR-Mayagüez

18B CH 232 3:20-3:40pm Naydee Díaz Rodríguez

UPR-Humacao

Normandie González

Orellana

UPR-Humacao

Population Density of Feral Cats

in Puerto Rico

Raymond

Tremblay

UPR-Humacao

3:40-4:00pm Mikaela Rodríguez González

UPR-Cayey

Roshanara Díaz Mejía

UPR-Cayey

Anxiolytic Effects of Organic

Extracts from Stypopodium Zonale

in The Forced Swim Test using

Drosophila Melanogaster

Ricardo Chiesa

UPR


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19A CH 233 1:20-1:40pm Luisángely Soto Torres

UPR-Río Piedras

Frogs on a cloud!: Monitoring

amphibian populations on a cloud

forest at El Yunque, Puerto Rico

Rafael Joglar

UPR-Río Piedras

19B CH 233 3:20-3:40pm Raisa Vélez Contreras

USC

Sarahí Medina Nieves

USC

Using Mud from Puerto Rico for

Electrical Energy Production.

Rolando Guzmán

USC

20A CH 234 11:40am-12:00pm Stephanie Cameron

Maldonado

UPR-Cayey

Infrared studies of sulfide species

with superoxide dismutase: Role of

sulfhydration in oxidative stress

Ruth Pietri

UPR-Cayey

12:00-12:20pm Vidmari Santana Esclavón

UPR- Humacao

Identification of endophytic fungi

in Pimenta racemosa (Bay rum

tree)

Sandra Rodríguez

UPR- Humacao

12:20-12:40pm Ashley Rivera

Universidad Central

Bayamón

• Genetic Mutations related to fast

food

Sandra Barroso

Universidad

Central Bayamón

12:40-1:00pm Luis Cruz-Flores

SUAGM

Barcode of Fungi in Puerto Rico Sharon Cantrell

SUAGM

1:00-1:20pm Albert Román Rivera

SUAGM

Casual Agents Associated with

Casearia arborea and Guarea

guidonia Symptomatology in

Puerto Rico Rain Forest

Sharon Cantrell

SUAGM

1:20-1:40pm Louis Colón Santiago

SUAGM

Characterization of Pathogenic

Fungi Associated with Native

Species at "El Yunque" National

Rain Forest

Sharon Cantrell

SUAGM

1:40-2:00pm Brandon Rivera Rivera

SUAGM

Seeking for Bacteria Resistant

Genes Exposed to Different

Antibiotics in Water Environments

in Puerto Rico

Sharon Cantrell

SUAGM

21A CH 327 11:40am-12:00pm Karina Rosado Braña

UPR- Bayamón

Herbivory impact on seed quality

and germination of Plumeria alba

trees

Steven Sloan

UPR

12:00-12:20pm Angel Negrón Pantoja

UPR- Bayamón

David Rivera Viera

UPR- Bayamón

Soil arthropods communities

following Plumeria alba field

experiment

Steven Sloan

UPR

12:20-12:40pm Rolando Irizarry Alvarez

UPR- Bayamón

Stem arthropods in Plumeria alba Steven Sloan

UPR


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21A CH 327 1:20-1:40pm Alondra Medina Charriez

UPR- Río Piedras

Bird Community Composition in

Urban Forests of Metropolitan

Puerto Rico Following Hurricane

María

Michelle Borrero

UPR- Río Piedras

1:40-2:00pm Edwin Caraballo Sánchez

UPR- Río Piedras

Iván Collado Hernández

UPR- Río Piedras

Effects of the Hurricane María on

Thermoregulation in a Honey Bee

colony

Tugrul Giray

UPR

21B CH 327 4:40-5:00pm Stephanie Ríos Cartagena

SUAGM

Bioprospecting for New Antibiotic-

Producing Bacteria in Pearly-Eyed

Thrasher and Gray Kingbird

Jose R. Pérez

SUAGM- Gurabo

22A CH 328 11:00-11:20am Kevin Rivera Cuadrado

SUAGM

Initial microbiology of dog-related

artifacts

Jose R. Pérez

SUAGM- Gurabo

11:20-11:40am Yaisha Vega Santiago

SUAGM- Gurabo

Isolation of Airborne Haloalkane-

Degrading Fungi from Puerto Rico

Jose R. Pérez

SUAGM- Gurabo

11:40am-12:00pm Bianca Serrano Torres

SUAGM- Gurabo

Isolation of Putative Xylene-

degrading Bacteria Across

Neotropical Ecosystems

Jose R. Pérez

SUAGM- Gurabo

12:00-12:20pm Glorymar Rivera González

SUAGM- Gurabo

Production of

Polyhydroxyalkanoates in

Different Environments of Puerto

Rico

Jose R. Pérez

SUAGM- Gurabo

22B CH 328 4:20-4:40pm Luis Padilla Santiago

UPR-Ponce

Knockout of Rad52 by

CRISPR/CAS9 to study Break-

Induced Replication (BIR)

Pathway

Xiaohua Wu

Scripps Research

23A CH 326 11:20-11:40am Paola Ramos Irizarry

PUCPR

Detection and Identification of

Cryptococcus neoformans/gattii

complex in decomposing organic

matter and cacti after the impact of

Hurricane Maria

Yaliz Loperena

PUCPR

11:40am-12:00pm Yaniris Molina Aponte

UPR-Humacao

Novel cellulases from halotolerant

microorganisms found at the

Salterns of Cabo Rojo and their

applications in the biotechnology

field

Samuel Burgos

UPR-Humacao

12:20-12:40pm Edwin Álvarez Torres

PUCPR- Ponce

Nicotine effects in C. elegans short

term memory

Zaira Mateo

PUCPR- Ponce


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23A CH 326 1:00-1:20pm Jose Somohano Short

UPR- Río Piedras

Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases

are Necesarry for Protein Repair

in Vibrio fischeri

Zomary Flores

UPR- Río Piedras

1:20-1:40pm Christopher Eusebio Ortiz

UPR- Río Piedras

Vibrio fischeri has a highly

efficient response to oxidative

stress

Zomary Flores

UPR- Río Piedras


51

MATHEMATICS


26A CH 322 12:00-12:20pm Giovanni Ferrer Suárez

UPR- Mayagüez

Bounds of Hausdorff measure of

the Koch Cube, a 3-Dimensional

Koch Snowflake Analog

Alejandro Vélez

UPR- Mayagüez

27B CH 321 4:20-4:40pm Rose Luna Rivera

UPR-Ponce

Musical Mathematics Fernando Piñero

UPR

28A CH 320 11:20-11:40am Javier Santiago Vélez

UPR- Río Piedras

Karla Borges Alvarado

UPR- Río Piedras

Binomial Permutations Ivelisse Rubio

UPR- Río Piedras

11:40am-12:00pm Dylan Cruz Fonseca

UPR- Río Piedras

Binomials of the form x^m [ x^((q ?

3)/ 2) + B ] that do not produce

permutations

Ivelisse Rubio

UPR- Río Piedras

12:00-12:20pm Andrés Ramos Rodríguez

UPR- Río Piedras

Diagram Algebra of Planar Block

Permutations

Ivelisse Rubio

UPR- Río Piedras

1:00-1:20pm Joemar Pérez Guzmán

UPR- Arecibo

Acoustic Analysis for the Detection

of the Crested Toad utilizing

monitor

José Candelaria

UPR- Arecibo

29A CH 319 11:20-11:40am Arnaldo Tousset Rodríguez

UPR- Cayey

Desiré Vázquez Ortíz

UPR- Cayey

High-Risk Human Papillomavirus

Genomes

Maytee Cruz

UPR-Cayey

11:40am-12:00pm Gretchen Figueroa Santiago

UPR- Cayey

Israel Hernández Rivera

UPR- Cayey

Mathematical Epidemiology of the

Human ImmunodeficiencyVirus

(HIV) in Puerto Rico

Maytee Cruz

UPR-Cayey

1:00-1:20pm Edgardo Peña Cotto

UPR- Cayey

At Most Two-To-One Functions

For Trapdoor Functions

Moisés Delgado

UPR- Cayey

1:40-2:00pm Brian Reyes Vélez

UPR- Mayagüez

A Family of Permutation

Polynomials over a Finite Field

Omar Colón

UPR- Mayagüez

29B CH 319 3:00-3:20pm Laura Mora Mercado

UPR- Mayagüez

Some Criteria for Permutation

Binomials over Finite Fields

Omar Colón

UPR- Mayagüez

30A CH 318 1:40-2:00pm Geraldo Soto Rosa

UPR- Mayagüez

Introduction To f-Factorizations Reyes Ortíz

UPR- Mayagüez

30B CH 318 3:00-3:20pm André Hernández Espiet

UPR- Mayagüez

On the Characterization of

$\\tau_{(n)}$-Atoms II

Reyes Ortíz

UPR- Mayagüez

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PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES


2B CH 114 4:40-5:00pm Nicole Camacho Fontánez

SUAGM

Neuroprotective Effect of N-

acetylcysteine on Mouse Motor-

Neuron Like Cells in

Methylmercury-Induced Toxicity

William Atchison

Michigan State

University

15A CH 229 1:20-1:40pm Andres López Rivas

UPR- Río Piedras

Andrographolide alters

metabolism and mitochondrial

function in prostate cancer

Magaly Martinez

UPR- School of

Medicine

22B CH 328 3:00-3:20pm Melanie Ortíz Alvarez De La

Campa

UPR- Río Piedras

A Minimalistic Method for

Solubility Determination: A Step

Towards A Continuous Chiral

Crystallization Process

Development

Vilmali Lopez

UPR- Río Piedras

3:20-3:40pm Waldemar Rodríguez Silva

UPR- Río Piedras

Bisphosphonate-Based

Coordination Complexes and their

Potentiation in Treating Bone-

Related Diseases

Vilmali Lopez

UPR- Río Piedras

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PHYSICS


23B CH 326 4:00-4:20pm Roberto Gorbea Finalet

UPR-Río Piedras

Shor\'s Algorithm Heeralal Janwa

UPR

4:20-4:40pm Edgar Albelo Ortíz Characteristics of vanadium oxide

thin films prepared by sputtering

DC for bolometer detectors

Armando Rua

UPR- Mayagüez

4:40-5:00pm Tiahra Aviles González

UPR- Mayagüez

Characterization of MoS2 Thin

Films

Armando Rua

UPR- Mayagüez

24A CH 325 11:00-11:20am Miguel De Jesús Soto Electrical Properties of Vanadium

sesquioxide thin films

Armando Rua

UPR- Mayagüez

11:20-11:40am Alexuan Martinó Vera

UPR- Mayagüez

Implementing Raspberry Pi 3 and

Python in the Physics Laboratory

Armando Rua

UPR- Mayagüez

11:40am-12:00pm Christian Nieves Rosado

UPR- Mayagüez

Mechanical Properties of V3O5

thin films

Armando Rua

UPR- Mayagüez

12:00-12:20pm Michelle Marrero García

UPR- Mayagüez

Phase Change Materials for Space

Technology

Armando Rua

UPR- Mayagüez

12:20-12:40pm Manuel Lozano Arroyo

UPR- Mayagüez

Structural and Electrical

Characterizations of Vanadium

Dioxide Thin Films on Ruo2/Tio2

deposited by DC Magnetron

Sputtering

Armando Rua

UPR- Mayagüez

12:40-1:00pm Miguel Castro Rivera

UIA - Bayamón

Understanding the Structure of

Germanium Sulfide

Betul Pamuk

Cornell

University

24B CH 325 3:20-3:40pm Vilmary Ojeda Álvarez

UIA

Microscopy Study of Copper Oxide

Doped Nanostructures Grown by

Vapor-Solid Process

Dorcas I. Torres

UIA - Bayamón

3:40-4:00pm Melissa Puen Consuegra

UPR Río Piedras

Implementation of Tin

dioxide/Graphene/Graphene Oxide

for high capacity and long cycle

life Supercapacitors

Gerardo Morell

UPR Río Piedras

4:00-4:20pm Laura Agosto Zeppenfeldt

UPR Río Piedras

Localized grown Graphene on Au

covered Silicon Substrates for

electronic applications.

Gerardo Morell

UPR Río Piedras

4:20-4:40pm Cid M. Calderón Rodríguez

UPR- Río Piedras

Microporous carbon hybrid

nanostructure for supercapacitors

Gerardo Morell

UPR Río Piedras

54

PHYSICS


24B CH 325 4:40-5:00pm Julio Santiago Aldeano

UPR- Río Piedras

Improvement of specific

capacitance in lithium batteries by

mesoporous carbon hybrid

nanostructures.

Gerardo Morell

UPR Río Piedras

25A CH 324 11:00-11:20am Cristyan Quiñones Garcia

UPR- Río Piedras

Remote Fiber-Optic Reflectance

Spectroscopy (Fors) As An

Alternative To Hyperspectral

Imaging For Pigment

Identification In Large Format

Paintings

Antonio Martinez

UPR- Río Piedras

11:40am-12:00pm Adneliz Catala Catala

UPR- Bayamón

Swizel Tevenal Baez

UPR- Bayamón

Water Treatment Membranes using

a Stable and Bactericidal Nano

Diamond Material

Javier Avalos

UPR

12:00-12:20pm Diyaselis Delgado López

UPR- Mayagüez

On-Demand Distributed Workflow

for Physics Analysis at CMS

Experiment

Kati Lassila

25B CH 324 3:00-3:20pm Angel Ortíz Nuñez

UPR- Río Piedras

The Designing and Fabricating of

Gas Sensitive Sensor Arrays with

the Application of Detecting

Pollutants for Enviormental

Control

Peter Feng

UPR

3:20-3:40pm Elvin Cordero Figueroa

UPR- Humacao

Formation of Oriented Nanofibers

and Net-like Nanostructures

Containing Aloe Vera

Rogerio Furlan

UPR

3:40-4:00pm Raymond Ortíz Cardona

UPR- Humacao

Nanofibers Containing

Polyvinylpyrrolidone and Titanium

Dioxide Nanoparticles Using

Conventional and Non-

Conventional Electrospinning

Rogerio Furlan

UPR

4:00-4:20pm Lee R. Chevres Fernández

UPR- Mayagüez

Study of the role of angular

momentum and energy in magnetic

reconnection using PIC simulation

of 3D reconnection and MMS data

Samuel Santana

UPR

4:20-4:40pm Guillermo Fidalgo Rodríguez

UPR- Mayagüez

Machine Learning for HCAL DQM Sudhir Malik

UPR

4:40-5:00pm Zulmari Silva Pedraza

UPR- Cayey

ZnO nanoshells and thin films:

Gas sensing response under 1%

H2 atmosphere at different

temperatures

Wilfredo Otaño

UPR- Cayey

55

PHYSICS


26A CH 322 11:20-11:40am Britney Hopgood Berdecía

Polytechnic University of

Puerto Rico

Yesenia Rivera Lopez

UPR- Mayagüez

Generating Cooled-Atom Clouds

of Rubidium-85 for Inertial

Sensing Applications

Yesenia Rivera

UPR- Mayagüez

56

Session 1A

Room: Chardón 113

Moderator: Gabriela Román

Time Title Speaker(s) Discipline Mentor

11:00-11:20am Synthesis of Catechol Analogs

for Their Future

Electrochemical Studies

Alexy Padilla Andújar Chemistry Adalgisa Batista

11:20-11:40am Synthesis of Hydroquinone

Analogs for Their Applications

in Self-Assembled Monolayers

Arnaldo Torres Hernández Chemistry Adalgisa Batista

11:40am-12:00pm Applications of a Mass-Energy

Habitability Model: Complex

Life


Shakira González Villanueva

Life/Biological

Sciences

Abel Méndez

12:00-12:20pm Applications of a Mass-Energy

Habitability Model: Simple

Life

Carlos Herrera Delgado Life/Biological

Sciences

Abel Méndez

12:20-12:40pm Basal Protein Profile of

Human Breast Cell Lines

(CCD1074Sk, MCF7, CCD-

1097, Hs578T)

Carolina Camacho Vera

Luis Morales Pérez

Life/Biological

Sciences

Abigail Ruiz

12:40-1:00pm Effect of resveratrol in the

protein expression of human

breast cell lines

Alejandra Acevedo García

Eunice Arcay Rivera

Life/Biological

Sciences

Abigail Ruiz

1:00-1:20pm Localization and basal

expression of the C-X-C motif

chemokine receptor 4 in an

epithelial cell line

Jerry Arocho Pagán Life/Biological

Sciences

Abigail Ruiz

1:20-1:40pm The expression of autophagic

and proliferative proteins in

human breast cancer cell lines

CCD-1097Sk and MCF7

treated with resveratrol

Julio Colón Pérez

Verónica García Ramírez

Life/Biological

Sciences

Abigail Ruiz

1:40-2:00pm Phytoextraction of heavy

metals in water with

Petroselinum crispum,

Coriandrum sativum, and

Mentha piperita

Karelys Febles Moreno Environmental

Science

Abner Colón

57

Session 1B

Room: Chardón 113

Moderator: Alberto Puente


3:00-3:20pm Red Blood Cell Lysis Assay for

the Evaluation of Novel Lead

Antimalarial Compounds

Andrea Rodríguez Villafañe

Jafet Rivera Pedrosa

General Sciences Adelfa Serrano

3:20-3:40pm Evaluation of Avifauna in an

Important Coastal Lagoon in


Naomi Mercado Vélez Environmental

Science

Adrianne Tossas

3:40-4:00pm Seabird Monitoring in a

Critical Wildlife Area of

Puerto Rico

Ricardo Berríos Pérez

Yaran Gonzalez Gonzalez

Environmental

Science

Adrianne Tossas

4:00-4:20pm Aggressive Behavior of the

Puerto Rican Woodpecker

(Melanerpes portoricensis): a

comparative study between

urban and forest territories

Melanie Talavera-Arboniés Life/Biological

Sciences

Alberto Puente

4:20-4:40pm Fungi associated to the skin of

Boa constrictor in Puerto Rico

Gabriela Herrero Rapagna Life/Biological

Sciences

Alberto Puente

4:40-5:00pm Preliminary Population Study

of Rodents in a secondary

forest in Mayagüez, Puerto

Rico

Rafael Berríos Sierra Life/Biological

Sciences

Alberto Puente

58

Session 2A

Room: Chardón 114

Moderator: Angel Colón


11:00-11:20am Method Development for the

estimation of Colony Forming

Units without Conducting a

Bacterial Growth Curve

Amanda Reyes Morales Chemistry Amanda Reyes

11:20-11:40am Studies of the Borikenophis


Racer) using instruments of

citizen science

María Chardon Suárez Environmental

Science

Alberto Sabat

11:40am-12:00pm Distribution of the Osteopilus

septentrionalis (Cuban Tree

Frog) in Puerto Rico

Zabrina Santana Navarro Life/Biological

Sciences

Alberto Sabat

12:00-12:20pm Effect of acidification in water

on the physiology in the

development of the red sea

urchin (Echinometra lucunter)

in Puerto Rico

Hernán Morales Ramírez Life/Biological

Sciences

Alberto Sabat

12:20-12:40pm Morphometric similarities and

differences between males and

females of Borikenophis


Racer) in the Cambalache

State Forest, Arecibo, Puerto

Rico

Keishla Marrero Acosta Life/Biological

Sciences

Alberto Sabat

12:40-1:00pm Cellulose hydrogels as

delivery vehicle for

immunomodulatory

mesenchymal stem cells

Andrea Flores Pérez Life/Biological

Sciences

Andrea Flores

1:00-1:20pm Cave-Soil Characterization of

Buruquena Cave

Jonathan Martínez Gines

Omar Rodríguez Domínguez

Environmental

Science

Angel Acosta

1:20-1:40pm Biological Diversity Analysis

of the Cabachuelas Nature

Reserve Cave System

Kiara Rodríguez Pérez Life/Biological

Sciences

Angel Acosta

1:40-2:00pm Fungal Microfauna in Tourist

Caves in Cabachuelas Nature

Reserve Cave System

Laura Rodríguez Rodríguez

Tatiana Rosado Rodríguez

Life/Biological

Sciences

Angel Acosta

59

Session 2B

Room: Chardón 114

Moderator: Angel Colón


3:00-3:20pm Analyzing Fibrinogen and

Trem-Like Transcript 1 (TLT-

1) as potential stimulants for

platelet aggregation in

atherosclerosis

Carolina Herrera Barreto Life/Biological

Sciences

Anthony

Washington

3:20-3:40pm Identification of intracellular

trafficking binding partners

for TLT-1

Claudia Cruz Santiago Life/Biological

Sciences

Anthony

Washington

3:40-4:00pm The Creation and Initial

Characterization of the P-

selectin/Triggering Receptor

Expressed on Myeloid cells

(TREM) Like Transcipt-1

(TLT-1) Double Null Mouse

Paola Peña Garcia Life/Biological

Sciences

Anthony

Washington

4:00-4:20pm Recovery of bat populations

after hurricane María at

InterAmerican University

wetland in Bayamón

Yadiamris Aviles Ruiz Life/Biological

Sciences

Armando

Rodríguez

4:20-4:40pm Remarkable variation in the

diet of Noctilio leporinus

(Chiroptera: Noctilionidae) in

Puerto Rico

John Rosa Rosas Life/Biological

Sciences

Armando

Rodríguez

4:40-5:00pm Neuroprotective Effect of N-

acetylcysteine on Mouse

Motor-Neuron Like Cells in

Methylmercury-Induced

Toxicity

Nicole Camacho Fontánez Pharmaceutical

Sciences

William Atchison

60

Session 3A

Room: Chardón 115-A

Moderator: Ed López


11:00-11:20am A Course-based Research

Experience (CURE) on

Cloning Transcription Factors

as a Strategy to Develop

Scientific Process Skills in

Biology Majors

María Ortiz Fullana Life/Biological

Sciences

Michelle Borrero

11:20-11:40am Stoichiometric Determination

of Fluorescent Citrate Binding

to Human Serum Transferrin

(sTf) with the Presence of

Ti(IV)

Angel Vázquez Maldonado Chemistry Arthur Tinoco

11:40am-12:00pm Determining the Potential

Role that Fe(III) Plays in

Human Serum Transferrin

Transport of Non-Iron Metals

by Focusing on Titanium(IV)

José Cátala Torres Chemistry Arthur Tinoco

12:00-12:20pm Bioremediation:

Decolorization of Colored Dye

via Fungal Species Isolated

from Polluted and Unpolluted

Environments in Puerto Rico

Carlos Romero Vázquez Environmental

Science

Paul Bayman

12:20-12:40pm Evaluating Several Feasible

Titanium(IV)-bound serum

transferrin species to

Determine Differences in

Ti(IV) Uptake and Cell

Proliferation

Nicole Zambrana García Chemistry Arthur Tinoco

12:40-1:00pm Determine Antimicrobial

Activity of Euphorbia

heterophylla in Bacteria

Yael Quiles Ramírez Life/Biological

Sciences

Brenda Ramos

1:00-1:20pm Investigating the Antibacterial

Effects of Biological Pigments

from Flowering Plants

Nataly Basora Mateo Life/Biological

Sciences

Carmen

Hernández

1:20-1:40pm Screening and quantification

of molecules that bind to

supramolecular colloidal

particles

Carla Quiñones Jurgensen Chemistry Carla Quiñones

61

Session 3B

Room: Chardón 115-A

Moderator: Ed López


3:00-3:20pm Catalysis of Oxygen Reduction

Reaction with modified PtNi-

Nanowires in Alkaline

Medium

Glen Torres Álamo

Pedro Trinidad Pérez

Chemistry Carlos Cabrera

3:20-3:40pm Electrochemical PCR-

mediated biosensor for the

detection of pks genomic

island in real E. coli samples

utilizing custom gold

electrodes

Gabriela Vega Hernández Chemistry Carlos Cabrera

3:40-4:00pm Gold-Palladium Interdigital

Electrodes: An alternative for

the electrochemical detection

of telomerase activity

Guillermo Colón Quintana Chemistry Carlos Cabrera

4:00-4:20pm Optimized Synthesis of Ag

Nanoparticles on Unsupported

Vulcan XC-72R for the

Oxygen Reduction Reaction in

Alkaline Media

Daniel Blasini Pérez Chemistry Carlos Cabrera

4:20-4:40pm Analysis of Tetracycline

Resistance Genes in

Caracolus marginella Gut

Metagenomic Library

Kevin Santiago Morales Life/Biological

Sciences

Carlos Ríos

4:40-5:00pm Assessing copper resistant

mycological bioprospects

isolated from peripheral soil

samples under the 305m

reflector plate of the Arecibo

Observatory

Flavio Rodríguez Polanco Life/Biological

Sciences

Carlos Ríos

62

Session 4A

Room: Chardón 116

Moderator: Beatriz Romero


11:00-11:20am Identification of Metabolites

Associated With Inflammatory

Bowel Disease Produced by the

Gut Commensal Ruminococcus

gnavus

Miguel Rodríguez Reyes Life/Biological

Sciences

Carlos Ríos

11:20-11:40am Monitoring the antibiosis

production potential of cultivable

mycoprospects isolated from

water and soil samples from the

center under the 305m reflector

plate of the Arecibo Observatory

using radial methods

Angélica González

Martínez

Life/Biological

Sciences

Carlos Ríos

11:40am-12:00pm Purple Non-Sulfur Bacteria

Isolated from Puerto Rico as


Production

Náyaret Rivera García Life/Biological

Sciences

Carlos Ríos

12:00-12:20pm Uncultivable Bacteria as


Production

Adriana Quintero Rivera Life/Biological

Sciences

Carlos Ríos

12:20-12:40pm Molecular Modeling of 1-

Benzazepine Analogues that bind

to the ACh Protein (2PH9) Using

Hyperchem and Autodock

Paola Colón De León Chemistry Carmelo García

12:40-1:00pm The effects of mitophagy deficient

pathway in viability and

mitochondrial abundance under

oxidative stress conditions in

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Kharina Roman Rivera Life/Biological

Sciences

Ceidy Torres

1:00-1:20pm Effects of nanoparticles on algal

growth dynamics

Abner Pérez Nazario Environmental

Science

Cliford Louime

1:20-1:40pm Evaluating The Toxicity Of

Individual And Mixtures Of

Nanoparticles On The Dynamics

Of Commercially Important

Microalgal Strains

Angélica Colón Cordero Environmental

Science

Cliford Louime

1:40-2:00pm Estudio de los requerimientos

nutricionales de los hongos

aislados de las hojas de los

mangles rojo y negro de la

Guancha en Ponce, Puerto Rico

Giovanni Maldonado

Torres

Julienn Torres Rodríguez

Life/Biological

Sciences

Conrado Calzada

63

Session 4B

Room: Chardón 116

Moderator: Beatriz Romero


3:00-3:20pm Fungi present in plants

associated to mangrove forest

at "La Guancha" in Ponce,

Puerto Rico

Rubén López Silva Life/Biological

Sciences

Conrado Calzada

3:20-3:40pm Effectivity of absorption

capacity of algae biomass

inmmobilized by the sol-gel

method

Carol Mejía Pérez Chemistry Carol Mejía

3:40-4:00pm Antioxidant Properties of

Polyphenols from Ruellia

Simplex Flowers for Potential

Applications in Anti-?

Amyloidosis Therapies

Allan Santiago Mercado Chemistry Celia Osorio

4:00-4:20pm Comparative Study of Rate of

Adsorption of Cu (II) ions

from Aqueous Solutions by

different sizes of Alginate

beads

Natushka Pérez Colón Environmental

Science

Celia Osorio

4:20-4:40pm Analysis of Phthalates

Extraction in Sediments of

Punta Tuna, Maunabo, Puerto

Rico using GC-MS

Nicole Díaz Padín

Yuleika Martínez Castillo

Environmental

Science

Concepción

Rodríguez

4:40-5:00pm Demography variations of the

land crab Cardisoma

guanhumi in areas associated

with the presence of the

wetland plant Annona glabra.

Jesús Quiñones Llópiz Life/Biological

Sciences

Concepción

Rodríguez

64

Session 5A

Room: Chardón 218

Moderator: Angela Ferrá


11:00-11:20am Does soil abiotic factors,

incidence of light, leaf litter and

the presence of the burrows of the

land crab Cardisoma guanhumi

are related to the abundance of

Annona glabra seedlings?

Dariel Báez Rivera

Jainisse Laró Rodríguez

Life/Biological

Sciences

Concepción

Rodríguez

11:20-11:40am Influence of the microbiota

present on the Annona glabra soil

at Reserva Natural Humedal

Punta Tuna, Maunabo, Puerto

Rico

Adriana Reyes Rivera

Andrea Belaza Saldarriaga

Life/Biological

Sciences

Concepción

Rodríguez

11:40am-12:00pm Monitoreo de factores bioticos y

abioticos del bosque de Annona

glabra en el humedal de Punta

Tuna, Maunabo, PR

Noel Pérez Vargas Life/Biological

Sciences

Concepción

Rodríguez

12:00-12:20pm Prevalent Health Issues amongst

Puerto Rican Agricultural

Workers

Zairelys Reyes Rivera Life/Biological

Sciences

Cristina Pomales

12:20-12:40pm Susceptibility of Plant Pathogenic

Fungi to Antimicrobial Peptides

and Combinatorial Treatments

Christopher Rivera Torres Agricultural

Sciences

Patricia Ortiz

12:40-1:00pm Characterization and

Optimization of Electrochemical

Synthesis of Polyaniline using

Carbon Nano-onions as Support

Harim Delgado Seo Chemistry Lisandro Cunci

1:00-1:20pm Electrochemical Characterization

of Biofouling in Platinum and

Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes for

the Neuropeptide Y Detection

Nerika Hernández Chemistry Lisandro Cunci

1:20-1:40pm Electrochemical Detection of

Neuropeptide using Methylene

Blue as an Indicator

Kelly Lozano Ortiz Chemistry Lisandro Cunci

1:40-2:00pm Electrochemical Polymerization

of Conductive Polymers to

Enhance Carbon Supports for

Electrocatalysts

Yannelly Serrano Rosario Chemistry Lisandro Cunci

65

Session 5B

Room: Chardón 218

Moderator: Angela Ferrá


3:00-3:20pm Electrodeposition of Metal

Organic Framework in

Platinum and Carbon

Microelectrode for Biosensing

Applications

Krystal Flores Félix Chemistry Lisandro Cunci

3:20-3:40pm Synthesis and

Characterization of Janus

Nano-Particles for Energy

Applications

Kattia González Aponte Chemistry Lisandro Cunci


Characterization of Monomer

of MOF- based Conductive

Polymers for Biosensing

Applications

John Cruz Lozada Chemistry Lisandro Cunci

4:00-4:20pm Synthesis of Catalytic

Nanoparticles Using the

Rotating Disk Electrode

Technique for Fuel Cells

Application

Joshua Reyes Morales Chemistry Lisandro Cunci

4:20-4:40pm Porous Nanowires Hybrid p-n

Junction Organic-Metal Oxide

Semiconductor with Ru(bpy)3]

(BF4)2

Mariely Cruz Hernández Chemistry Dalice Piñero

4:40-5:00pm Determining the Stoichiometry

of a Coordinating Event

between Metal Ions (Ni2+ ,

Co2+ , and Cu2+) and a

Novel Ligand [dmit(acac)?]

Ángel Hernández Mejías Chemistry Dalice Piñero

66

Session 6A

Room: Chardón 219

Moderator: Dalice Piñero


11:00-11:20am Development of 3L-IONPs for

Therapy and Bio-Imaging

Cristina Nieves Vázquez Chemistry Dalice Piñero

11:20-11:40am Substituted Metal

Phthalocyanines for the

Detection of Nitric Oxides

Juan Cintrón Cruz Chemistry Dalice Piñero

11:40am-12:00pm Synthesis of the novel ligands

Dmit(acac)2 and

Dmit(pyrazole)2 and their

Metal Complexes as MRI

Contrast Agents: Reaction with

Rare Earth Metals

Dara Rodríguez Ayala Chemistry Dalice Piñero

12:00-12:20pm Theoretical Adsorption Energy

Calculations of Metal

Phthalocyanines with

Pentafluorosulfanyl

Substituents for Sensing of

Toxic Gases

Kevin Rivera Cruz Chemistry Dalice Piñero

12:20-12:40pm Effects of metal nanoparticles

in microalgae growth and lipid

accumulation rates

Armando Nieves

Carrasquillo

Life/Biological

Sciences

Catalina Dávila

12:40-1:00pm From Algae to Biofuels:

Bioprospecting of Native

Strains and Study of

Mixotrophic Metabolism in

Microalgae

Olga Gracia González Life/Biological

Sciences

Catalina Dávila

1:00-1:20pm Finding a link between physical

exercise and improvements in

cognitive skills by analyzing

beta-brainwaves

Adriana Gutiérrez Camacho Life/Biological

Sciences

Diana Rodriguez

1:20-1:40pm Therapeutic potential of

commercially-available

cannabidiol oil for Alzheimer 's

disease using Caenorhabditis

elegans as a model

Molishka Flores Narváez Life/Biological

Sciences

Dinah Ramos

1:40-2:00pm Creation of Open-celled 3D

Printed Casts and Splints

Jessiry Abreu Cruz

Osvaldo Rivera Valentín

Life/Biological

Sciences

Emma Fernández

67

Session 6B

Room: Chardón 219

Moderator: Dalice Piñero


3:00-3:20pm A model to study the effects of

human mobility and the

spread of Zika Virus (ZIKV)

Harold Vázquez Meléndez

Joseph Hernández Bracero

Life/Biological

Sciences

Edilberto Arteaga

3:20-3:40pm Modeling the environmental

factors in the spread of Zika

Virus

Lizmarie Silva Trinidad

Luisa Torres Builes

Life/Biological

Sciences

Edilberto Arteaga

3:40-4:00pm El presupuesto de tiempo del

lagartijo jardinero del sur

(Anolis poncensis) en la

Reserva Natural Punta

Cucharas en Ponce, Puerto

Rico

Pamela Martínez Oquendo Life/Biological

Sciences

Edwin

Carrasquillo

4:00-4:20pm Arachidonoyl-2-

chloroethylamide alleviates

acute and inflammatory pain

in a sex-dependent manner

Dianise Rodríguez García Life/Biological

Sciences

Edu Suárez

4:20-4:40pm Asthma in Puerto Rico:

Targeting Protease Activated

Receptor-2 (PAR-2) as an

Adjuvant Therapy

Marinel Ocasio Rivera Life/Biological

Sciences

Edu Suárez

4:40-5:00pm DNA damage potential of

Vitamin D in Luminal A and

Luminal B cells line

Ralphdy Vergne Montes Life/Biological

Sciences

Edu Suárez

68

Session 7A

Room: Chardón 220

Moderator: Jaquelina Alvarez


11:00-11:20am Host restriction factors may

affect HIV-1 infection in

glioblastoma cells and CD4+ T

cells

Dormarie Rivera Rodriguez Life/Biological

Sciences

Edu Suárez

11:20-11:40am Advancing polysulfonated

supports to fabricate high

performance thin film composite

membranes used for forward

osmosis

Adriana Vázquez Medina Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau

11:40am-12:00pm Biomimetic scaffolds for bone

regeneration based on

polydopamine coating of

cellulosic membranes

Loreilys Mejías Rivera Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau

12:00-12:20pm Development of Cellulose

DiBlock Copolymer Electrospun

Films for the Selective

Adsorption of Emerging Organic

Contaminants in Aqueous

Solutions

José Ramírez Colón Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau

12:20-12:40pm Development of polysulfone-

functionalized zwitterionic

membranes for water

purification applications

Miguel Betancourt Ponce Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau

12:40-1:00pm Evaluating an Alginate

Electrospun Membrane for the

Removal of Polyphenolic

Compounds from Water and for

Promoting the Adhesion of

Osteoblast Cells

Pedro Méndez Fernández Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau

1:00-1:20pm Fabrication of Electro-

conductive forward osmosis

membranes using carbonaceous

species

César Lasalde Ramírez Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau

1:20-1:40pm Novel membrane active layer for

water purification purposes

Gerardo Quintana Cintrón

Sebastián López Méndez

Chemistry Eduardo Nicolau

1:40-2:00pm Development of cellulose acetate

membranes for the removal of

pharmaceuticals from aqueous

solution

Laura Penabad Peña Environmental

Science

Eduardo Nicolau

69

Session 7B

Room: Chardón 220

Moderator: Jaquelina Alvarez


3:00-3:20pm Novel peptide-polymer

conjugate with Maximin H5,

an antimicrobial peptide, as

potential bacterial inhibitor

for water purification

purposes

Claudia Pérez Draper

Víctor Rodríguez Ramos

Life/Biological

Sciences

Eduardo Nicolau

3:20-3:40pm Phosphorylation Profile of the

Tumorhead Protein

throughout Xenopus laevis

Development

Kimberly Rivera Caraballo Life/Biological

Sciences

Edwin Traverso

3:40-4:00pm The Role of MUSA1 during

Somitogenesis in Xenopus

laevis

Juan Velázquez Matos Life/Biological

Sciences

Edwin Traverso

4:00-4:20pm Isolation and Characterization

of Bioluminescent Bacteria

from Tropical Waters of

Puerto Rico

José Silva Martínez Life/Biological

Sciences

Edwin Vázquez

4:20-4:40pm Anti-doping method using

nanoparticles for sports drugs

detection

José Rosa Zayas

Lester Colón Ithier

Chemistry Edmy Ferrer

4:40-5:00pm Mesoporous Silica

Nanoparticles (MSN) and

Calcium Oxide as Drug

Delivery Systems

Maricelis Maldonado

Martínez

Paola Garcia González

Chemistry Edmy Ferrer

70

Session 8A

Room: Chardón 222

Moderator: Elsie Parés


11:00-11:20am Nanomaterials for fingerprint

analysis: Comparative study

with traditional tachniques

Carlos Cabrera López Chemistry Edmy Ferrer

11:20-11:40am Determination of

Transcription Factors for

Regulation of Nuclear Factor

Interleukin-6 Gene

Kevin Negrón Rosado Chemistry Elsie Parés

11:40am-12:00pm Determining the Role of FAP1

in S. cerevisiae, Cultivated in

Nitrogen-limited Media

Ilea Díaz Lluberes Chemistry Elsie Parés

12:00-12:20pm Determination of

Transcription Factors for

Regulation of Nuclear Factor

Interleukin-6 Gene using

CRISPR ChAp MS

Francisco Rosado Rivera General Sciences Elsie Parés

12:20-12:40pm Are the phenological patterns

of Annona glabra a wetland

plant affected by changes in

abiotic factors after hurricane

Maria in the Punta Tuna

Nature Reserve in Maunabo

Juan Santiago García

Yvette Arias Delfi

Environmental

Science

Elsie Rivera

12:40-1:00pm Characterization of soil

bacteria from a plantation of

the tropical wetland plant

species Annona glabra (L.)

Aleysha Rodríguez Colón

Karina Sánchez Vélez

Environmental

Science

Elsie Rivera

1:00-1:20pm Ecological consequences of

seed predation in the wetland

plant species Annona glabra

Brenda Ferrer Lassalle

Hillary Rosa Kuilan

Environmental

Science

Elsie Rivera

1:20-1:40pm Genetic diversity and structure

of coastal populations of

Annona glabra from Puerto

Rico

Abigail Strubbe-Nieves

Verónica Blasky López

Environmental

Science

Elsie Rivera

1:40-2:00pm Microbial Community

Analysis for Root Tissue of

Annona glabra in Punta Tuna

Wetlands Natural Reserve

Gabriela Miranda Rivera

Kalil Jana Pitre

Environmental

Science

Elsie Rivera

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Session 8B

Room: Chardón 222

Moderator: Elsie Rivera


3:00-3:20pm Variation in abiotic conditions

on a coastal stand of Annona

glabra after Hurricane Maria

.

Gabriel Ríos San Miguel Life/Biological

Sciences

Elsie Rivera

3:20-3:40pm Variation of bacteria in the

soil of the wetland Punta Tuna

in Maunabo

Myrna Núñez Obén

Ricardo Rodríguez Bárzana

Life/Biological

Sciences

Elsie Rivera

3:40-4:00pm Floristic Composition and

Distribution in a Coastal

Urban Wetland; the Case of

Ciénaga las Cucharillas,

Cataño Puerto Rico

Georgianna Carmona Monge

Joanne Rodríguez Ortiz

Environmental

Science

Elvira Cuevas

4:00-4:20pm Is the terrestrial/marine

connectivity homogeneous in

an urban coastal wetland?

The case of the Ciénaga Las

Cucharillas in Northern

Puerto Rico

Jeremy Mejías López

Melanie Figueroa Cordero

Environmental

Science

Elvira Cuevas

4:20-4:40pm Deterministic and Stochastic

Compartment Models for

Total Body Irradiation

Gabriel Meléndez Corres Life/Biological

Sciences

Ernesto Esteban

4:40-5:00pm PSA-Specific Age Ranges for

Prostate Cancer Patients in

Puerto Rico

Lusmeralis Almodóvar Abreu Life/Biological

Sciences

Ernesto Esteban

73

Session 9A

Room: Chardón 223

Moderator: Hirohito Torres


11:00-11:20am Estrogen Non-Genomic

Signaling as a Potential

Therapeutic Target in

Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Iancarlos Jiménez Sacarello Life/Biological

Sciences

Esther Peterson

11:20-11:40am Development of fluorescent

enzymatic assays for the

detection of benzylic oxidation

and reductions reactions

Deyaneira González

Rodríguez

Stephanie Guerra

Chemistry Ezio Fasoli

11:40am-12:00pm Altitudinal Comparison in

Microhabitat for

Eleutherodactylus brittoni in

Puerto Rico

Aura Muñiz Torres Environmental

Science

Fernando Bird

12:00-12:20pm Cervical fungal communities in

Puerto Rican Women change

with HPV risk

Anelisse Dominicci Maura Life/Biological

Sciences

Filipa Godoy

12:20-12:40pm Synthesis of Silicon Nanowires

by Metal Assisted Chemical

Etching

Oscar Claudio Ares Chemistry Francisco

Márquez

12:40-1:00pm Hydrogen production by water

splitting using Ag@ZnO

composites under UV-vis light.

Brandon Molina Burgos Environmental

Science

Francisco

Márquez

1:00-1:20pm Food Availability for

Insectivorous Birds of the

Secondary Coastal Dry Forest

at Jobos Bay, Salinas, Puerto

Rico

Ian Pérez Cruz Life/Biological

Sciences

Fred Schaffner

1:20-1:40pm Analysis of damage caused by

Hurricane María to the

vegetation of the University of

Puerto Rico in Humacao.

Allyson Cappacetti Rivera

Ninotshka Robles Cuevas

Environmental

Science

Gamezdenny

Fernández

1:40-2:00pm Species richness and

abundance of pollinators after

Hurricane Maria in Humacao

Nature Reserve, eastern Puerto

Rico

Jennyfer Machado Rosado

Johann Crespo Zapata

Life/Biological

Sciences

Gamezdenny

Fernández

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Session 9B

Room: Chardón 223

Moderator:


3:00-3:20pm Using iNaturalist as a valid

tool for education and

research; the case of the

Efraín Archilla Diez Humacao

Nature Reserve and a

secondary forest at the

University of Puerto Rico -

Humacao Campus

Andrés Pérez Cintrón Life/Biological

Sciences

Gamezdenny

Fernández

3:20-3:40pm Vegetation Analysis of a

Secondary Forest in Humacao

Before and After Hurricane

Maria

Cynthia Gonzalez Diaz

Jamilys Rivera Rodríguez

Life/Biological

Sciences

Gamezdenny

Fernández

3:40-4:00pm Synthesis of porous materials

for capture and

transformation of CO2

Carla Colón Cruz Chemistry Iro García

4:00-4:20pm Determing the sources of high

ozone during the 2017 LASIC

field campaign using

HYSPLIT modeling

Ivan Fontanez Vazquez Chemistry Gregory Jenkins

4:20-4:40pm Bacterial Inhibition with

extracts of algae Padina

Gymnospora and Sweitenia

Macrophylla

Paola Gines Velez Life/Biological

Sciences

Guido Peña

4:40-5:00pm On the Design and

Construction of a

Rechargeable Zinc/Carbon

Battery

Elisa Soto González Michelle

Ramos Castro

Chemistry Hirohito Torres

75

Session 10A

Room: Chardón 224

Moderator: Mariola Flores


11:00-11:20am A Proteomic Approach to

Crohn's Disease: A Review

Kathleen Morales Sánchez

Nahir Robles Rijo

Life/Biological

Sciences

Horacio Serrano

11:20-11:40am Identification of antibiotic

producers' bacteria and

antibiotic extraction and

characterization

Herreld Rosado Loubriel Life/Biological

Sciences

Luz Arroyo

11:40am-12:00pm Antibiotic Properties of Native

and Endemic Plants from

Puerto Rico

Gabriela Hernandez Diaz Life/Biological

Sciences

Ileana Rodríguez

12:00-12:20pm Screening of the antibacterial

activity of Kalanchoe plants

traditionally used for the

treatment of skin ulcers

Kalein Félix Matos Chemistry Ileana Rodríguez

12:20-12:40pm Kalanchoe plants and their

antibacterial activity against

respiratory and digestive

infections

Adriana Guzmán Domínguez

Gabriel Rivera Torres

Life/Biological

Sciences

Ileana Rodríguez

12:40-1:00pm Chemical Reduction and

Characterization of Pt

Particles for an Ammonia

Oxidation Electrocatalyst

Andrés Rivera Ruiz Chemistry Ileana González

1:00-1:20pm Ferrocenyl curcumin analogs

as potential antioxidants and

anticancer agents

Jose Hernandez Melendez Chemistry Ingrid Montes

1:20-1:40pm Structure-activity relationship

of novel ferrocenyl chalcone

salts: effect of counterions

Daisy Diaz Rohena Chemistry Ingrid Montes


Characterization of

Ferrocenyl Indanones

Sebastián Henríquez López Chemistry Ingrid Montes

76

Session 10B

Room: Chardón 224

Moderator: Mileidy Varela


3:00-3:20pm Synthesis and characterization

of the ferrocenyl chalcones

and dicarbonyl derivatives

Alondra Rodríguez Rolón Chemistry Ingrid Montes

3:20-3:40pm Synthesis, Characterization

and Biological Evaluation of

Novel Ferrocenyl

Naphthyridinium Salts

Derivatives

Geraldo Durán Camacho Chemistry Ingrid Montes

3:40-4:00pm Anthelminthic properties of

plants extract against free-

living soil nematodes

Nalishka Villafañe García Life/Biological

Sciences

Ivan Dávila

4:00-4:20pm Mechanical properties of Ti-C

composite and its biomedical

applications

Anna Martinez Guadalupe

Saul Sandoval Rodriguez

Life/Biological

Sciences

Javier Avalos

4:20-4:40pm Evaluating the effects of

biochar on soil properties,

plant growth and insect

community on organic cotton

plantation at Utuado, Puerto

Rico

Harywilliam Gonzalez Vidal

Naomy Candelaria

Agricultural

Sciences

Javier Lugo

4:40-5:00pm Hydro-fuel derived from

electrolysis of water for

alternative fuel purposes

Kenneth Fontánez Mora Chemistry José Duconge

77

Session 11A

Room: Chardón 225

Moderator: Jessica Rodríguez


11:00-11:20am Characterization of Wnt family

members in Holothuria

glaberrima

Stephanie Colón Marrero Life/Biological

Sciences

José García

11:20-11:40am Functional Analysis of Myc

during Echinoderm Intestinal

Regeneration using RNAi

Joseph Salem Hernández Life/Biological

Sciences

José García

11:40am-12:00pm Gene Set Enrichment Analysis

of early intestinal regeneration

in the sea cucumber Holothuria

glaberrima

Sebastián Cruz González Life/Biological

Sciences

José García

12:00-12:20pm Holothuria glaberrima

intestinal regeneration during

Notch pathway blockade

Alexandra Amador

Maldonado

Life/Biological

Sciences

José García

12:20-12:40pm Identification and

characterization of BSL-78

during intestinal regeneration

in the sea cucumber

Holothuria glaberrima

Adrianna Rivera León Life/Biological

Sciences

José García

12:40-1:00pm Optimization of Lipofectamine

as a Transfection Method for

Intestinal Tissue Explants of the

Sea Cucumber Holothuria

glaberrima

Thaybeth Malavé Méndez Life/Biological

Sciences

José García

1:00-1:20pm Characterization of

neurotransmitter absorption on

Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes

in Drosophila melanogaster

John González Amoretti

Vitmary Rivera Rodríguez

Life/Biological

Sciences

John González

1:20-1:40pm Initial Impacts of Hurricane

Irma and Maria on Migratory

Birds Diversity on the Punta

Cucharas Natural Reserve,

Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ian Maldonado Ortiz Life/Biological

Sciences

José Rodríguez

1:40-2:00pm Essential Role of CHS in Ion

Channel Functioning and

Thermal Stability of The Native

Muscle-type nAChR-Detergent-

Complex

Manuel La Torre

Poueymirou

Life/Biological

Sciences

José Lasalde

78

Session 11B

Room: Chardón 225

Moderator: Magda Latorre


3:00-3:20pm Production of Recombinant

Baculovirus and Cell

transduction for the

Expression of the Human a4b2

nicotinic Acetylcholine

Receptor

Daniel Rivera Morán

Edwin Peña Martínez

Life/Biological

Sciences

José Lasalde

3:20-3:40pm Purification and

Crystallization of the

Transmembranal Proteins

using the RMP@LMX device

V.1.5

Adrian Muñiz Sarriera Life/Biological

Sciences

José Lasalde

3:40-4:00pm Design of new primers for

quantification of the forgotten

sulfidogenic Firmicutes

Jonathan López Carrasquillo Environmental

Science

Jonathan López

4:00-4:20pm Characterization and

quantification of Polymyxin B,

fluorescein, and their

conjugate in zirconium

phosphate nanoparticles

Christian Dones Lassalle Chemistry Jorge Colón

4:20-4:40pm Intercalation and Co-

intercalation of Cis-

diamminedichloroplatinum(II)

in Zirconium Phosphate

Nanoparticles

Luis Ramírez-Pagán Chemistry Jorge Colón

4:40-5:00pm Layered zirconium phosphate

nanoparticles as anti-cancer

drug carries

Yairisis Rivera Serrano Chemistry Jorge Colón

79

Session 12A

Room: Chardón 226

Moderator: Karina Rosario


11:00-11:20am Morphological studies of

zirconium phosphate

nanoparticles as Ni support

for the oxygen evolution

reaction

Daniel Del Toro Pedrosa Chemistry Jorge Colón

11:20-11:40am Morphological studies of

zirconium phosphate

nanoparticles as support for

Co(II) catalysts for the oxygen

evolution reaction

Kálery La Luz Rivera Chemistry Jorge Colón

11:40am-12:00pm Cytochrome c intercalation

and electrochemical response

in a layered zirconium

phosphate nanomaterial

Kathleen Jackson Díaz Chemistry Horacio Serrano

12:00-12:20pm Drug-loaded biodegradable

nanofibers for controlled

release in regenerative

medicine

Jorge Padilla Zayas Chemistry Jorge Padilla

12:20-12:40pm Water Quality of the artificial

reintroduction ponds of the

Puerto Rican Crested Toad

.

Luis Esbrí Ruiz Environmental

Science

Jorge Ortiz

12:40-1:00pm How susceptible are fungi,

yeasts and bacterias to the

properties of organometallic

compounds based on irn

and/or molybdenum?

Sarymar Pérez Lozada Chemistry José Vera

1:00-1:20pm Impact of Hurricane María on

reproduction, internal

resources and the effect of

feeding substitutes on a honey

bee colony

Claudia Cordero Martínez

Janpierre Alemán Ríos

Life/Biological

Sciences

José Agosto

1:20-1:40pm The Impact of Hurricane

María on the Control of

Humidity in a Honey Bee

colony

Airined Montes Mercado

Luis Santos Vidot

Life/Biological

Sciences

Jorge Colón

1:40-2:00pm Bioremediation of HDPE,

Diesel and Oil using

Paenibacillus chibensis from

contaminated soils with

hydrocarbons

Noel Claudio Soto Life/Biological

Sciences

José Arbelo

80

Session 12B

Room: Chardón 226

Moderator: Karina Rosario


3:00-3:20pm Creation of a gDNA Library of

Guanica Halobacteria

Felix Badillo Soto

Wilfredo Villafañe Ortiz

Life/Biological

Sciences

José Planas

3:20-3:40pm Determination of Membrane

Glycoprotein of Guánica

Saltern Halobacteria

Yamil Miranda Negrón Life/Biological

Sciences

José Planas

3:40-4:00pm Uncovering DNA binding

properties of the GATA4 and

TBX5 transcription factor

complex

Emili Rosado Rodríguez Life/Biological

Sciences

José Rodríguez

4:00-4:20pm Studying sulfmyoglobin

formation in function of pH to

suggest active H2S species

Lizmarie García Rivera

Sergio Irizarry Toro

Chemistry Juan López

4:20-4:40pm Structure prediction of

recombinant tissue

plasminogen activator

Héctor Torres Vera Chemistry Juan Santana

4:40-5:00pm Antibacterial effect of

essential oils from medicinal

and aromatic plants: an

insight into specific bio-active

components

Angeliz Peña Díaz

Natalie Meléndez Vázquez

Life/Biological

Sciences

Julia Vergara

81

Session 13A

Room: Chardón 227

Moderator: Eliacim Agosto


11:00-11:20am CB2 mRNA abundance in

mammary tissue during clinical

mastitis

Christopher Jiménez

González

Agricultural

Sciences

Juliana Pérez

11:20-11:40am Detection of CB 2 protein

abundance by

immunofluorescence in mammary

tissue during clinical mastitis

Eric Blanco Ruiz Life/Biological

Sciences

Juliana Pérez

11:40am-12:00pm Investigating the therapeutic

potential of CB2 in modulation of

inflammation in the mammary

gland during lactation

Sergio Acevedo Cortés Life/Biological

Sciences

Juliana Pérez

12:00-12:20pm Botryococcus braunii

Photosystem I induces ROS-

dependent decrease in cell

viability by necrosis and

autophagy pathways

Andraous Hani Saba

Nicole Fontanet Gómez

Chemistry Kai Griebenow

12:20-12:40pm Smart Redox-Triggered Release

Cytochrome c Nanoparticles for

Folate-targeted Lung Cancer

Therapy

Ariadna Soto Soto Bibiloni Chemistry Kai Griebenow

12:40-1:00pm Evaluation of the

pharmacological interactions of

gemcitabine and natural

compounds for the treatment of

adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

Michael Soto Cintrón

Natalia Acevedo Muñoz

Life/Biological

Sciences

Karen Woolcock

1:00-1:20pm Inhibition of the proliferation of

human pancreatic carcinoma

cells by phenolic compounds

obtained from ginger

Kevin Ongay Montero

Melanie Cubano Santiago

Life/Biological

Sciences

Karen Woolcock

1:20-1:40pm Optimization of the detection of

E-cadherin on PANC-1 cells and

evaluation of its expression after

treatment with Gemcitabine and

natural compounds

Cristopher Marrero Roman

Diego Castro Castro Reyes

Life/Biological

Sciences

Karen Woolcock

1:40-2:00pm Synthesis of Transition Metal

Complexes based on 1-

carboxylatepyrene and tris(amino

ethyl)amine (TREN) ligands

Shakira Diaz Ortiz

Vasti Montes Quiñones

Chemistry Karilys González

82

Session 13B

Room: Chardón 227

Moderator: Fernando Gilbes


3:00-3:20pm Potable Water Disinfection

using a Bactericidal and

Oxidized Nano Diamond

Material

Juan Rodriguez Centeno

Kloe Cuevas Collazo

Life/Biological

Sciences

Kloe Cuevas

3:20-3:40pm Assessment and Quantification

of Vibrio spp. in Tropical

Beaches of Puerto Rico and

Their Epidemiological and

Public Health Importance

Erica Irizarry Pagan Environmental

Science

Karlo Malavé

3:40-4:00pm Identification of a Lactase

Persistence Polymorphisms in

a Small Sample of the

Puertorican Population

Kristyan Sosa Quiles Life/Biological

Sciences

Kristyan Sosa

4:00-4:20pm Galleria Mellonella

(Lepidoptera) as a consumer

of plastic for bioremediation

Lydia Núñez Rosario Environmental

Science

Luz Arroyo

4:20-4:40pm Evaluation of Recreational

Water Quality in Puerto Rico

Fishing Sites

Marcos Feliciano Chinea Environmental

Science

Loyda Méndez

4:40-5:00pm Metal Resistance Profile in

Enterococcus spp. Isolated

from Non-Commercial Fishing

Sites

Genesis Rivera Martinez Environmental

Science

Loyda Méndez

83

Session 14A

Room: Chardón 228

Moderator: Haibo Xu


11:00-11:20am Traffic-related air pollutants

and respiratory symptoms in

Puerto Rican Children

Carlos Rodríguez López Environmental

Science

Loyda Méndez

11:20-11:40am Arsenic resistance in

environmental strains of

Enterococcus spp. isolated from

irrigation water in Puerto Rico

Yelissa Dávila ONeill Life/Biological

Sciences

Loyda Méndez

11:40am-12:00pm Effects of Pulmonary Function

to the Cognition of Children

Exposed to Traffic Related Air

Pollution

Héctor Rosa López Life/Biological

Sciences

Loyda Méndez

12:00-12:20pm Metal and Antibiotics

Resistance Patterns in

Enterococcus spp. Isolated

from Irrigation Water

Estheany Román Pagán Life/Biological

Sciences

Loyda Méndez

12:20-12:40pm Neuroinflammatory cytokines in

mice treated with a dopamine

antagonist

Joshua Pérez Torres Life/Biological

Sciences

Loyda Méndez

12:40-1:00pm Roadside Exposure to Traffic

Related Air Pollutants

José Marrero Valentín Life/Biological

Sciences

Loyda Méndez

1:00-1:20pm Biosynthesis and kinetic study

of gold nanoparticles from Ulva

fasciata extracts obtained with

different solvents

Keishla Robles Negrón Chemistry Liz Díaz

1:20-1:40pm Catalytic efficiency and

recoverability of magnetite

nanoparticles in the production

of biofuel via hydrothermal

liquefaction

Jean Lozada Dominguez

Juan Vázquez López

Chemistry Liz Díaz

1:40-2:00pm Effect of fluorinated pollutants

on the bioluminiscence and

metabolism of the marine

bacteria Vibrio fischeri

Andrea Bruno Chardón Chemistry Liz Díaz

84

Session 14B

Room: Chardón 228

Moderator: Matías Cafaro


3:00-3:20pm Immune response of Acropora

cervicornis to solar radiation

and sea surface temperatures

Astrid Rodríguez Vélez

Lisby Santiago Pagan

Environmental

Science

Liz Díaz

3:20-3:40pm Functionalization of Citrate

Reduced Gold Nanoparticles

as Potential Anti-Cancer

Peptide (VECYGPNRPQF)

Drug Carriers

Caren Abreu Takemura Chemistry Liz Vázquez

3:40-4:00pm Ulvan-silica aerogels for the

immobilization of Vibrio

fischeri

Ashley Vázquez Negrón Environmental

Science

Liz Vázquez

4:00-4:20pm Immunization Status of Infants

Admitted to the Neonatal

Intensive Care Unit and

Factors Associated to Delay in

Administration

Nicole De León Flores Life/Biological

Sciences

Lourdes García

4:20-4:40pm Prevalence of Bullying in

Children with Chronic

Conditions

Anndra González González Life/Biological

Sciences

Lourdes García

4:40-5:00pm Noise Environmental Hazard

in the NICU

Valerie Diaz Santiago Life/Biological

Sciences

Lourdes García

85

Session 15A

Room: Chardón 229

Moderator: Dainedis Toro


11:00-11:20am Effect of Differential Secretion

of CATB from HIV Infected

Macrophages in Neuronal

Apoptosis Pathways

Estheisy Román Pagán General Sciences Loyda Meléndez

11:20-11:40am Detection of microorganisms

in water resources

Olga Alfonso Rivera Environmental

Science

Fránces Lugo

11:40am-12:00pm Heavy metals concentration

study in the Bay of San Juan

Puerto Rico

Bryan Jiménez José Environmental

Science

Fránces Lugo

12:00-12:20pm Zinc, lead and cadmio heavy

metals bioabsorption by the

algae of the Rio Tanama in

Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Nashali Ramos Carrasquillo Environmental

Science

Fránces Lugo

12:20-12:40pm Synthesis, characterization

and photodegradation

capacity of CdSSe

nanoparticles

Ricardo Fagundez Parada Chemistry Luis Alamo

12:40-1:00pm Exposure of hepatocellular

carcinoma cells (HEP-G2) to

CdSTe QDs

Adriana Pontón Almodóvar Life/Biological

Sciences

Luis Alamo

1:00-1:20pm Extraction of the Potential

Anti- Cancer Peptide

(VECYGPNRPQF) from

Chlorella vulgaris as a drug

delivery system

Luis Vázquez Rivera Chemistry Luis Vázquez

1:20-1:40pm Andrographolide alters

metabolism and mitochondrial

function in prostate cancer

Andrés López Rivas Pharmaceutical

Sciences

Magaly Martínez

1:40-2:00pm Determination of heavy metals

in distinct ecological matrix of

the biotopes near the

"Cavernas del Rio de Camuy"

National Park

José Torres Ayende

Naylamar Cortés-Deida

Chemistry Maiella Ramos

86

Session 15B

Room: Chardón 229

Moderator: Claribel Lasalde


3:00-3:20pm Phytoremediation of Copper

by the Aquatic Macrophyte

Bacopa Monnieri

Maria Toledo Del Valle Chemistry Maiella Ramos

3:20-3:40pm Phytoremediation of copper by

the aquatic macrophyte

Bacopa monnieri exposed to

CuO nanoparticles

Jocelyn Jiménez Cruz

Paola López Meléndez

Chemistry Maiella Ramos

3:40-4:00pm Bioaccumulation of heavy

metals in the aquatic

macrophyte Lemna minor in a

natural wetland

Joanis Rosa Santiago

Taiz Ulloa Ponce

Environmental

Science

Maiella Ramos

4:00-4:20pm Isolation of CuO-NPs

Resistant Bacteria from B.

Monnieri

Israel Soto López Environmental

Science

Maiella Ramos

4:20-4:40pm Studies on lead accumulation

in Lemna minor

Noel Cabán González

Yetzzel Cortés Rosario

Environmental

Science

Maiella Ramos

4:40-5:00pm Potential Antibacterial

Activity from Usnea barbata

Extracts

Jaseph Soto Pérez Life/Biological

Sciences

Maiella Ramos

87

Session 16A

Room: Chardón 230

Moderator: Joel De Jesús


11:00-11:20am Potential Antibacterial Activity

of Usnea barbata Soxhlet

Extractions

Nicole Maldonado Pérez Life/Biological

Sciences

Maiella Ramos

11:20-11:40am Tolerance of Endophytic

Bacteria isolated from Lemna

minor after Lead Exposure

Clarymar Colón Madera

José Castro Rodríguez

Life/Biological

Sciences

Maiella Ramos

11:40am-12:00pm Atorvastatin treatment

differentially promotes creatine

kinase release in murine models

of slow-channel congenital

myasthenic syndrome

Natalia Roa Vidal Life/Biological

Sciences

Manuel Delgado

12:00-12:20pm Study Analyzing a Potential

Impact of Anthropogenic Noise

on the Abundance and Size of

Coenobita clypeatus in Selected

Beaches of Puerto Rico

Ana González Colón

Francisco Torres Torres

Environmental

Science

Maria De Jesús

12:20-12:40pm In-Vitro Estradiol Treatment

Increases the Expression of

Metabotropic Glutamate

Receptors in Embryonic

Dopamine Neurons

Bianca Rosario Esparra Life/Biological

Sciences

Maria De Jesús

12:40-1:00pm A Tumor-Fibroblast Hedgehog

Signaling Model of Triple

Negative Breast Cancer

Jan Ríos Grant Life/Biological

Sciences

Maribella

Domenech

1:00-1:20pm Effect of Collagen Matrix

Architecture in M2

Macrophage Polarization for

Cardiac Tissue Regeneration

Coral Torres Sánchez Life/Biological

Sciences

Maribella

Domenech

1:20-1:40pm Detection and Quantification of

Coliforms from Caño Martin

Peña: A Community Based

course with a Service-Learning

Component

.

Ashley Torres Clara

Gloria Espinoza Sánchez

Environmental

Science

Mayra Rolón

1:40-2:00pm Photocatalytic Degradation of

Antibiotics using

TiO2NWs@SiO2NWs

Nimzay Hernández Mejías Chemistry María Cotto

88

Session 16B

Room: Chardón 230

Moderator: Darinel Ortiz


3:00-3:20pm Molecular Phylogenetic

Analyses of trnH-psbA, rpoC1,

and ITS2 PCR Amplified

Genomic Regions from

Mentha piperita, Momordica

charantia and Rosmarinus

officinalis

Edmaritz Hernández Pagán Life/Biological

Sciences

Michael Rubin

3:20-3:40pm Growth Rate of Aquatic Plants

in an Aquaponic Systems

Keislamarí Cintrón Berríos Agricultural

Sciences

Antonio Mignucci


Characterization of Chalcones

Grecia Rivera Rodriguez Chemistry Mirna Rivera

4:00-4:20pm Characterizing the

ER/mGluR-coupling and

CREB phosphorylation in

embryonic mesencephalic

dopaminergic neurons

Natalia Rivera Sánchez

Rodnie Colón-Ortiz

Life/Biological

Sciences

Natalia Rivera

4:20-4:40pm Self-Assembled Monolayer of

3-Mercaptopropionic Acid on

a Gold Electrode for Prostate

Cancer Detection Applications

Marielys Santana Rivera Chemistry Mitk'El Santiago

4:40-5:00pm Self-assembled monolayer of

cysteine on a gold electrode

for prostate cancer detection

applications

Jomar Morales Mercado Chemistry Mitk'El Santiago

89

Session 17A

Room: Chardón 231

Moderator: Rafael Estremera


11:00-11:20am Synthesis, Characterization and

ORR activity of Zn1-xCoxO

Nanomaterials for Fuel Cells

Applications

Angel García Colon Chemistry Mitk'El Santiago

11:20-11:40am Viability of Chinese Hamster

Ovary Cells after exposition to

Essential Oils

Melissa Velázquez

Rodríguez

Chemistry Melissa

Rodríguez

11:40am-12:00pm Density Estimates of

Abandoned Animals in Puerto

Rico: Societal and Health

Implications for the Humane-

Care of Abandoned Dogs, Cats,

and Farm Animals

Sara Maldonado Medina Life/Biological

Sciences

Neftalí Ríos

12:00-12:20pm Population dynamics of Puerto

Rican anoles in response to


Génesis Santiago Suliveras Life/Biological

Sciences

Neftalí Ríos

12:20-12:40pm Population dynamics of Puerto

Rican anurans in response to


Julymar Rodríguez López Life/Biological

Sciences

Neftalí Ríos

12:40-1:00pm Synthesis of ?-Methoxylated

Fatty Acids and their

Bactericidal and Anticancer

Evaluation

René García Del Valle Chemistry Néstor Carballeira

1:00-1:20pm Nanoscale Electrode Derived

from the Di-block Copolymer

Polystyrene-b-Poly (methyl

methacrylate) for the


Arsenic in Water

Nicole Rivera Fuentes Chemistry Nicole Rivera

1:20-1:40pm Antioxidant Capacity,

Phytochemical Analysis and

Bioactivity Screening of

Different Cnidoscolus

Chayamansa Leaf Extracts

Carlos Ayala Santos Chemistry Nilka Rivera

1:40-2:00pm Carica papaya: the study of the

antioxidant capacity and

bioactivity of its leaves

Claudia Mañán Mejías Chemistry Nilka Rivera

90

Session 17B

Room: Chardón 231

Moderator:


3:00-3:20pm Compositional analysis,

antioxidant capacity and

bioactivity of Aloe vera

Graciela Raffucci Colomer Chemistry Nilka Rivera

3:20-3:40pm ROS Scavenging Capacity,

Bioactivity and Phytochemical

Analysis of Beta vulgaris

Jesús Romero Pichardo Chemistry Nilka Rivera

3:40-4:00pm Meiobenthic fauna from a

shallow water sediment

sample near Guadeloupe

Ian Español De La Cruz Life/Biological

Sciences

Nikolaos Schizas

4:00-4:20pm Apoptosis Gene Analysis in

Colorectal Cell Line after

treatment with

Azapodophyllotoxin drug

derivatives

Keisha Roldán-Báez Life/Biological

Sciences

Noemí Soto

4:20-4:40pm DNA Damage Activation in

Adenocarcinoma Colon Cell

Line by Potent

Chemotherapeutic Drug

Jorge Figueroa Rodríguez Life/Biological

Sciences

Noemí Soto

4:40-5:00pm Effects of environmental

variables on shrimp

reproduction in a freshwater

system in Puerto Rico

Soely Luyando Lusa Life/Biological

Sciences

María Ocasio

91

Session 18A

Room: Chardón 232

Moderator: Christian Quiles


11:00-11:20am Association between

periodontitis and cholesterol

levels in type 2 diabetic patients

Andrea Rodriguez Rolon Life/Biological

Sciences

Oelisoa

Andriankaja

11:20-11:40am Synthesis, Physical and

Spectroscopic Properties of

(TBA)2[Ni(dmit)2]

Oliver Pichardo Peguero Chemistry Oliver Pichardo

11:40am-12:00pm Air Quality Monitoring After

Hurricane Impact: A Study of

Trace Gases Using Low-cost

Sensors

Felipe Rivera Adorno Environmental

Science

Olga Mayol

12:00-12:20pm Peptide labeled gold liposomal

nanoparticles for RNAi delivery

into the brain

Gabriel Martínez Zayas Life/Biological

Sciences

Pablo Vivas

12:20-12:40pm Role of RBPMS-1 isoform A

and C in Cisplatin Resistance

in Ovarian Cancer

Andrea Rosado Albacarys Life/Biological

Sciences

Pablo Vivas

12:40-1:00pm Assessment of biofilms of

Candida albicans in co-culture

with Escherichia coli clones

from a tropical hypersaline

metagenomic library

Nicole Irizarry Tardi Life/Biological

Sciences

Patricia Ortiz

1:00-1:20pm Development of a semi-defined,

co-culture media formulation

for the study of breast cancer

microbiota

Maritza Cruz Hernández Life/Biological

Sciences

Patricia Ortiz

1:20-1:40pm The effect of supernatants from

a collection of liquid cultures

on Candida albicans biofilm

formation

Yarelis González-Vargas Life/Biological

Sciences

Patricia Ortiz

1:40-2:00pm The Impact Of Increasing

Nesting Sites In A Population

Of High Elevation

Eleutherodactylus coqui

Affected By The Impact Of

Hurricane Maria

Abner Hernández Figueroa Environmental

Science

Patricia Burrowes

92

Session 18B

Room: Chardón 232

Moderator:


3:00-3:20pm Development of a One-Step

Methodology for the Synthesis

of Allylic Alcohols Based on

the Hydrometallation and

Carbometallation of

Propargylic Alcohols

Followed by the Epoxide

Cleavage to Obtain Polyketide

Fragments Precursors

Axel Rivera Martínez

José Martínez Matías

Chemistry Raul Rodríguez

3:20-3:40pm Population Density of Feral

Cats in Puerto Rico

Naydee Díaz Rodríguez

Normandie González Orellana

Life/Biological

Sciences

Raymond

Tremblay

3:40-4:00pm Anxiolytic Effects of Organic

Extracts from Stypopodium

Zonale in The Forced Swim

Test using Drosophila

Melanogaster

Mikaela Rodríguez González

Roshanara Diaz Mejía

Life/Biological

Sciences

Ricardo Chiesa

4:00-4:20pm Potential Anxiolytic Effects of

Brown Seaweed Organic

Extracts in Drosophila

melanogaster Using the

Dark/light Box Test

Leyra Vázquez Rivera

Yaneris Alvarado Cartagena

Life/Biological

Sciences

Ricardo Chiesa

4:20-4:40pm Application mid-infrared

quantum cascade laser (QCL)

and attenuated total

reflectance (ATR)

spectroscopy for detection of

explosive particles in cotton

and polyesters fabrics

Eymee Medina Vargas

Jamillez Olmo Classen

Chemistry Ricardo Infante

4:40-5:00pm Detection and quantification

of cornstarch and wheat flour

in milk powder by Near and

Mid Infrared Spectroscopy

coupled with chemometrics

routines

Joanilise Rivera Santiago

Kevin Cartagena Rivera


93

Session 19A

Room: Chardón 233

Moderator: Maritza Reyna


11:00-11:20am On the choice of optimal model

for calculation of 1H and 13C

NMR chemical shifts in tert-butyl

peroxides

Edwin Caballero Agosto

Princess Chinea Crespo


11:20-11:40am Detection of Supramolecular

deoxyguanosine derivatives by a

Cu-Catalyzed Huisgen

cycloaddition reaction

Adriana Claudio Vázquez Chemistry José Rivera

11:40am-12:00pm Development and immunological

activity studies of colloidal

supramolecular particles made

from guanosine derivatives

Andrea Maser Figueroa

Minelise Rivera De Jesús

Chemistry José Rivera

12:00-12:20pm Internalization of

supramolecular microparticles

made from guanosine derivatives

in HeLa cells towards the

development of artificial

organelles

Valeria Burgos Caldero Chemistry José Rivera

12:20-12:40pm Studies towards developing

active supramolecular G-

quadruplexes via coupling with a

pH oscillator

Genesis Rivera Cordero Chemistry José Rivera

12:40-1:00pm Synthesis, characterization and

self-assembly studies of dimeric


Kiara Villa Del Valle

Ronaldo Franjul

Chemistry José Rivera

1:00-1:20pm Effects of hurricane María on an

endangered Puerto Rican frog,

Eleutherodactylus richmondi

Saimara Alejandro

Hernández

Environmental

Science

Rafael Joglar

1:20-1:40pm Frogs on a cloud!: Monitoring

amphibian populations on a

cloud forest at El Yunque,

Puerto Rico

Luisángely Soto Torres Life/Biological

Sciences

Rafael Joglar

1:40-2:00pm Neuroprotective action of coffee

in a Drosophila melanogaster

model of sporadic Parkinson

disease

Anais Cruz García

Betsymar Morales Rivera

General Sciences Eileen Rodríguez

94

Session 19B

Room: Chardón 233

Moderator: Susan Seijo


3:00-3:20pm Scilab as an auxiliary tool in

the teaching-learning process

in Physics and Chemistry

Alexandra Franco O'Connell

Diego Ruiz Maeso

General Sciences Rolando Guzmán

3:20-3:40pm Using Mud from Puerto Rico

for Electrical Energy

Production

Raisa Vélez Contreras

Sarahí Medina Nieves

Life/Biological

Sciences

Rolando Guzmán

3:40-4:00pm Increase Sensitivity of

Graphite Modified Electrode

Using PEDOT Carbon

Microspheres

Joyce Ramos Collazo Chemistry Rolando Oyola

4:00-4:20pm Probing HSA-betaCDAuNP

interactions using

Fluorescence Correlation

Spectroscopy

Nicole González Vélez Chemistry Rolando Oyola

4:20-4:40pm Magnetic Biocomposite

Nanomaterial Capable of

Removing Estrone from Water

Systems

Sahara Ríos Bonilla Environmental

Science

Félix Román

4:40-5:00pm Efficient disinfection

procedure for in vitro

propagation of Valencia Late

orange Citrus sinensis (L.)

Osbeck through leaves direct

organogenesis

Kamyla Reyes Concepción Agricultural

Sciences

Rosa Berríos

95

Session 20A

Room: Chardón 234

Moderator: Yaliz Loperena


11:00-11:20am Polyester Fiber Dye Color

Extraction and

Characterization using UV-

VIS Spectroscopy

Alejandra Albino Ramírez Chemistry Rosamil Rey

11:20-11:40am The reaction of Persulfidation

in Cysteine

Osmary Oyola Sánchez Chemistry Ruth Pietri

11:40am-12:00pm Infrared studies of sulfide

species with superoxide

dismutase: Role of

sulfhydration in oxidative

stress

Stephanie Cameron

Maldonado

Life/Biological

Sciences

Ruth Pietri

12:00-12:20pm Identification of endophytic

fungi in Pimenta racemosa

(Bay rum tree)

Vidmari Santana Esclavón Life/Biological

Sciences

Sandra Rodríguez

12:20-12:40pm Genetic Mutations related to

fast food

Ashley Rivera Life/Biological

Sciences

Sandra Lorenzo

12:40-1:00pm Barcode of Fungi in Puerto

Rico

Luis Cruz-Flores Life/Biological

Sciences

Sharon Cantrell

1:00-1:20pm Casual Agents Associated with

Casearia arborea and Guarea

guidonia Symptomatology in

Puerto Rico Rain Forest

Albert Román Rivera Life/Biological

Sciences

Sharon Cantrell

1:20-1:40pm Characterization of

Pathogenic Fungi Associated

with Native Species at "El

Yunque" National Rain Forest

Louis Colón Santiago Life/Biological

Sciences

Sharon Cantrell

1:40-2:00pm Seeking for Bacteria Resistant

Genes Exposed to Different

Antibiotics in Water

Environments in Puerto Rico

Brandon Rivera Rivera Life/Biological

Sciences

Sharon Cantrell

96

Session 20B

Room: Chardón 234

Moderator:


3:00-3:20pm Fabrication of Porous

Anodized Aluminum Oxide

Layers for the Synthesis of

Novel Nanowire Structures

Sebastián Suárez Schmidt Chemistry Sebastián Suárez

3:20-3:40pm \"Dieta del sapo común

(Rhinella marina) en la

Reserva Natural Privada El

Tallonal\"

Angel Delgado Ruiz Environmental

Science

Sondra Vega

3:40-4:00pm Effects of Nanocomposites in

Aquatic Organisms

Josian Luciano Velázquez Chemistry Sonia Bailón

4:00-4:20pm Evaluation of the Toxicity of

Gold Nanoparticles in Coastal

Marine Crustaceans

Wilfred Fonseca Ferrer Chemistry Sonia Bailón

4:20-4:40pm Fabrication and

characterization of

semiconductor Cadmium

Sulfide quantum dots

Eduardo Chaparro Barriera Chemistry Sonia Bailón

4:40-5:00pm Metallic Nanoparticles:

Synthesis, Characterization

and Toxicity

Rossymar Rivera Colón Chemistry Sonia Bailón

97

Session 21A

Room: Chardón 327

Moderator: Yareni Lara


11:00-11:20am Production and

Characterization of Copper

Sulphide nanoparticles for

Toxicity Assays

Kevin Correa Vargas Chemistry Sonia Bailón

11:20-11:40am Production of Silver

Nanoparticles and

Nanotoxicity in Aquatic

Ecosystems

Jousen Merced Colón Environmental

Science

Sonia Bailón

11:40am-12:00pm Herbivory impact on seed

quality and germination of

Plumeria alba trees

Karina Rosado Braña Life/Biological

Sciences

Steven Sloan

12:00-12:20pm Soil arthropods communities

following Plumeria alba field

experiment

Angel Negron Pantoja

David Rivera Viera

Life/Biological

Sciences

Steven Sloan

12:20-12:40pm Stem arthropods in Plumeria

alba

Rolando Irizarry Alvarez Life/Biological

Sciences

Steven Sloan

12:40-1:00pm The Role of Leaf Water on

Oviposition Site Selection by

Pseudosphinx tetrio on

Plumeria alba Host Plants

Roberto Díaz González Life/Biological

Sciences

Steven Sloan

1:00-1:20pm Arthropod succession within

branches of Plumeria alba

Adalberto Ubiñas Romero Environmental

Science

Steven Sloan

1:20-1:40pm Bird Community Composition

in Urban Forests of

Metropolitan Puerto Rico

Following Hurricane María

Alondra Medina Charriez Life/Biological

Sciences

Mitchell Aide

1:40-2:00pm Effects of the Hurricane María

on Thermoregulation in a

Honey Bee colony

Edwin Caraballo Sánchez

Iván Collado Hernández

Life/Biological

Sciences

Tugrul Giray

98

Session 21B

Room: Chardón 327

Moderator:


3:00-3:20pm Bacterial Bioprospecting for

Bioenergy Application in

Xylose Fermentation

Paola Reyes Ortiz Environmental

Science

José Pérez

3:20-3:40pm Bacterial Degradation of

Halides

Stephanie Nieves Hernández Environmental

Science

José Pérez

3:40-4:00pm Bioprospecting for Chitinases

among Bacteria in Puerto

Rico

Brian Sang-Laboy Environmental

Science

José Pérez

4:00-4:20pm Isolation of putativve lignin

deconstructing bacteria

Alexis Healion Del Valle Environmental

Science

José Pérez

4:20-4:40pm Bioprospecting for Antibiotic-

Producing Bacteria in Saline

Soil

Carlos Fontanez Rodriguez Life/Biological

Sciences

José Pérez

4:40-5:00pm Bioprospecting for New

Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria

in Pearly-Eyed Thrasher and

Gray Kingbird

Stephanie Ríos Cartagena Life/Biological

Sciences

José Pérez

99

Session 22A

Room: Chardón 328

Moderator: Angel Rodríguez


11:00-11:20am Initial microbiology of dog-

related artifacts

Kevin Rivera Cuadrado Life/Biological

Sciences

José Pérez

11:20-11:40am Isolation of Airborne

Haloalkane-Degrading Fungi

from Puerto Rico

Yaisha Vega Santiago Life/Biological

Sciences

José Pérez

11:40am-12:00pm Isolation of Putative Xylene-

degrading Bacteria Across

Neotropical Ecosystems

Bianca Serrano Torres Life/Biological

Sciences

José Pérez

12:00-12:20pm Production of

Polyhydroxyalkanoates in

Different Environments of

Puerto Rico

Glorymar Rivera González Life/Biological

Sciences

José Pérez

12:20-12:40pm Optimizing auto-induced

expression of tissue type

plasminogen activator (tPA)

variant in bacterial system

José Valentín López

Nicole Márquez Reyes

Chemistry Vibha Bansal

12:40-1:00pm Understanding the effect of

ligand density on protein

capture by affinity membranes

Edgardo Sánchez Rivas

Shermain Aponte Rosario

Chemistry Vibha Bansal

1:00-1:20pm Mast Cell stabilizers as

Potential Ligands in the

Development of

Pharmaceutical-based

Biocompatible Metal Organic

Frameworks

Jeaninna Flores Bello Chemistry Vilmali López

1:20-1:40pm Synthesis of Brookite Phase

TiO2 Nanoparticles as Anodes

in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Anushka Castro Vázquez Chemistry Vilmali López

100

Session 22B

Room: Chardón 328

Moderator:


3:00-3:20pm A Minimalistic Method for

Solubility Determination: A

Step Towards A Continuous

Chiral Crystallization Process

Development

Melanie Ortiz Alvarez De La

Campa

Pharmaceutical

Sciences

Vilmali López

3:20-3:40pm Bisphosphonate-Based

Coordination Complexes and

their Potentiation in Treating

Bone-Related Diseases

Waldemar Rodríguez Silva Pharmaceutical

Sciences

Vilmali López

3:40-4:00pm Caza para mitigar el impacto

de la iguana verde (Iguana

iguana) en Puerto Rico

Andrea Pimentel Rivera

Gabriela Massanet Prado

Environmental

Science

William Gould

4:00-4:20pm Synthesis of Tin Oxide

Nanostructures for Sensing

Important Environmental

Gases

Wilanyi Álvarez Reyes Chemistry Wilfredo Otaño

4:20-4:40pm Knockout of Rad52 by

CRISPR/CAS9 to study Break-

Induced Replication (BIR)

Pathway

Luis Padilla Santiago Life/Biological

Sciences

Xiaohua Wu

4:40-5:00pm Detection of Staphylococcus

aureus associated to

subclinical mastitis in bovine

milk from Puerto Rico, its

resistance to antibiotics and

biofilm formation

Andrea Rodríguez Lassalle

Edgardo González Muñoz

Agricultural

Sciences

Yadira Malavez

101

Session 23A

Room: Chardón 326

Moderator: Zaira Mateo


11:00-11:20am Evaluation of antimicrobial

resistance in E. coli strains

isolated from cattle and calves

from different management

systems

Sharon Nieves Miranda Environmental

Science

Yadira Malavez

11:20-11:40am Detection and Identification of

Cryptococcus

neoformans/gattii complex in

decomposing organic matter

and cacti after the impact of

Hurricane Maria

Paola Ramos Irizarry Life/Biological

Sciences

Yaliz Loperena

11:40am-12:00pm Novel cellulases from

halotolerant microorganisms

found at the Salterns of Cabo

Rojo and their applications in

the biotechnology field

Yaniris Molina Aponte Life/Biological

Sciences

Yaniris Molina

12:00-12:20pm Population study of bees in

Puerto Rico

Carlos López Maldonado Environmental

Science

Yolanda Serrano

12:20-12:40pm Nicotine effects in C. elegans

short term memory

Edwin Álvarez Torres Life/Biological

Sciences

Zaira Mateo

12:40-1:00pm Stevioside Impacts on

Associative Learning of C.

elegans

Gina Torres Matías Life/Biological

Sciences

Zaira Mateo

1:00-1:20pm Methionine Sulfoxide

Reductases are Necesarry for

Protein Repair in Vibrio

fischeri

José Somohano Short Life/Biological

Sciences

Zomary Flores

1:20-1:40pm Vibrio fischeri has a highly

efficient response to oxidative

stress

Christopher Eusebio Ortiz Life/Biological

Sciences

Zomary Flores

1:40-2:00pm Arecibo REDS: The Stellar

Activity of Stars with

Potentially Habitable Planets

Kevin Ortiz Ceballos Astronomy Abel Méndez

102

Session 23B

Room: Chardón 326

Moderator: Armando Rúa


3:00-3:20pm Orbital Stability of Habitable

Exomoons

José Colón Cancel

Peter Santana Rodriguez

Astronomy Abel Méndez

3:20-3:40pm The Occurrence of Planets in

the Abiogenesis Zone

Marcos Jusino Maldonado Astronomy Abel Méndez

3:40-4:00pm Soil Classification in the

Municipalities of Ponce and

Mayagüez to Quantify a

Liquefaction Susceptibility

Map Generated with Soil

Survey Data

Edwin Irizarry Brugman Geosciences Alberto López

4:00-4:20pm Shor\'s Algorithm

Roberto Gorbea Finalet Physics Heeralal Janwa

4:20-4:40pm Characteristics of vanadium

oxide thin films prepared by

sputtering DC for bolometer

detectors

Edgar Albelo Ortiz Physics Armando Rúa

4:40-5:00pm Characterization of MoS2

Thin Films

Tiahra Aviles Gonzalez Physics Armando Rúa

103

Session 24A

Room: Chardón 325

Moderator: Camilo Verbel


11:00-11:20am Electrical Properties of

Vanadium sesquioxide thin

films

Miguel De Jesús Soto Physics Armando Rúa

11:20-11:40am Implementing Raspberry Pi 3

and Python in the Physics

Laboratory

Alexuan Martinó Vera Physics Armando Rúa

11:40am-12:00pm Mechanical Properties of

V3O5 thin films

Christian Nieves Rosado Physics Armando Rúa

12:00-12:20pm Phase Change Materials for

Space Technology

Michelle Marrero Garcia Physics Armando Rúa

12:20-12:40pm Structural and Electrical

Characterizations of

Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films

on Ruo2/Tio2 deposited by DC

Magnetron Sputtering

Manuel Lozano Arroyo Physics Armando Rúa

12:40-1:00pm Understanding the Structure

of Germanium Sulfide

Miguel Castro Rivera Physics Betul Pamuk

1:00-1:20pm Position Angles and Sepration

of Binaries Stars in 2016

Byron Morales Maldonado Astronomy Desiree Cotto

1:20-1:40pm Rotation Rates of Near-Earth

Asteroids

Gabriela Espinosa Rodríguez

Yashira Del Valle Rodríguez

Astronomy Desiree Cotto

1:40-2:00pm Separation and Position Angle

of Binary Stars of 2015

Selected from Washington

Double Star Catalog

Giovanna Castejon Cruz

Marjory Reyes Méndez


104

Session 24B

Room: Chardón 325

Moderator: Viviana Cesaní


3:00-3:20pm Separation and position angle

of binary stars systems

selected from WDS Catalog

Enrique González Delgado

Néstor Márquez Ríos


3:20-3:40pm Microscopy Study of Copper

Oxide Doped Nanostructures

Grown by Vapor-Solid

Process

Vilmary Ojeda Álvarez Physics Dorcas Torres

3:40-4:00pm Implementation of Tin

dioxide/Graphene/Graphene

Oxide for high capacity and

long cycle life Supercapacitors

Melissa Puen Consuegra Physics Gerardo Morell

4:00-4:20pm Localized grown Graphene on

Au covered Silicon Substrates

for electronic applications

Laura Agosto Zeppenfeldt Physics Gerardo Morell

4:20-4:40pm Microporous carbon hybrid

nanostructure for

supercapacitors

Cid Marie Calderón Rodríguez Physics Gerardo Morell

4:40-5:00pm Improvement of specific

capacitance in lithium

batteries by mesoporous

carbon hybrid nanostructures

Julio Santiago Aldeano Physics Gerardo Morell

105

Session 25A

Room: Chardón 324

Moderator: Pablo Llerandi


11:00-11:20am Remote Fiber-Optic

Reflectance Spectroscopy

(Fors) As An Alternative To

Hyperspectral Imaging For

Pigment Identification In Large

Format Paintings

Cristyan Quiñones García Physics Antonio Martínez

11:20-11:40am Paleobiogeography of

pelomedusoid turtles and new

data from the Oligocene-

Miocene San Sebastian and

Yanigua-Los Haitises

formations

Alexandra Grajales Pérez

Eduardo Cruz Vega

Geosciences Hernán Santos

11:40am-12:00pm Water Treatment Membranes

using a Stable and Bactericidal

Nano Diamond Material

Adneliz Cátala Cátala

Swizel Tevenal Baez

Physics Javier Avalos

12:00-12:20pm On-Demand Distributed

Workflow for Physics Analysis

at CMS Experiment

Diyaselis Delgado López Physics Kati Lassila-perini

12:20-12:40pm Petrographic analysis of the

Chuacús Complex in the central

Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala

Rocío Cáliz Padilla Geosciences Kenneth Hughes

12:40-1:00pm Volume Changes of Large Mass

Wasting Sites Induced by

Hurricane María in Puerto

Rico Using Structure from

Motion (SfM) and Light

Detection and Ranging

(LiDAR)

Desireé Bayouth García Geosciences Kenneth Hughes

1:00-1:20pm Whole-rock geochemistry of the

Bosque Enano Granite, Sierra

de Las Minas Guatemala

James Padilla Montalvo Geosciences Kenneth Hughes

1:20-1:40pm Integrated Method to Study the

Dynamics and Transformations

of Sunspots

Idamaris Vega Jiménez

Jamie Laureano Soto

Astronomy Neftalí Rivera

1:40-2:00pm Stars and suns

Juan García García Astronomy Pablo Llerandi

106

Session 25B

Room: Chardón 324

Moderator: Sudhir Malik


3:00-3:20pm The Designing and

Fabricating of Gas Sensitive

Sensor Arrays with the

Application of Detecting

Pollutants for Enviormental

Control

Angel Ortiz Núñez Physics Peter Feng

3:20-3:40pm Formation of Oriented

Nanofibers and Net-like

Nanostructures Containing

Aloe Vera

Elvin Cordero Figueroa Physics Rogerio Furlan

3:40-4:00pm Nanofibers Containing

Polyvinylpyrrolidone and

Titanium Dioxide

Nanoparticles Using

Conventional and Non-

Conventional Electrospinning

Raymond Ortiz Cardona Physics Rogerio Furlan

4:00-4:20pm Study of the role of angular

momentum and energy in

magnetic reconnection using

PIC simulation of 3D

reconnection and MMS data

Lee Roger Chevres Fernández Physics Samuel Santana

4:20-4:40pm Machine Learning for HCAL

DQM

Guillermo Fidalgo Rodríguez Physics Sudhir Malik

4:40-5:00pm ZnO nanoshells and thin films:

Gas sensing response under

1% H2 atmosphere at different

temperatures

Zulmari Silva Pedraza Physics Wilfredo Otaño

107

Session 26A

Room: Chardón 322

Moderator: Saylisse Dávila


11:00-11:20am Petrography, Geochemistry

and Genesis of two Neogene

Dolomite units located in

Guánica and San Sebastián,

Puerto Rico

Tatiana Fernández Pérez Geosciences Wilson Ramírez

11:20-11:40am Generating Cooled-Atom

Clouds of Rubidium-85 for

Inertial Sensing Applications

Britney Hopgood Berdecía

Yesenia Rivera López

Physics Yesenia Rivera

11:40am-12:00pm Full-culm Bamboo as a Full-

fledged Engineering Material

Mairim Areizaga González Engineering Christopher

Papadopoulos

12:00-12:20pm Bounds of Hausdorff measure

of the Koch Cube, a 3-

Dimensional Koch Snowflake

Analog

Giovanni Ferrer Suárez Mathematics Alejandro Vélez

12:20-12:40pm Cave Virtual Environment

Using Underground LIDAR

Data

Leilanie Morales Rivera Computer Science Angel Acosta

12:40-1:00pm Microstructure and

mechanical properties

analysis of different Al-Ce-Cu

ternary systems

Ángel Torres González Engineering Angel Torres

1:00-1:20pm Grashof Number:

Thermodynamic Equation-Of-

State Model for Heat Transfer

Phenomena

Alexandra Ramos Figueroa Engineering Antonio Estevez

1:20-1:40pm Supercritical Fluid Extraction

of Oil: Method Review

Alexandra Fonseca

Montenegro

Engineering Antonio Estevez

1:40-2:00pm Metal Organic

Framework/Carbon

Composites for the Removal of

Contaminants of Emerging

Concern from Water

Elida Muñiz Vázquez Engineering Arturo Hernández

108

Session 26B

Room: Chardón 322

Moderator: Wilson Ramírez


3:00-3:20pm Computer Science For Better

Science

Carlos Padrón Gracia Computer Science Concepción

Rodríguez

3:20-3:40pm Heat treatment optimization of

Al-Ce based alloys via

differential scanning

calorimetry

Ramón Padín Monroig Engineering Barbara Calcagno

3:40-4:00pm Clustering methods to classify

a broad range of species from

their vocalization

Omar Cruz Pantoja Computer Science Carlos Corrada

4:00-4:20pm A Cloud Generator for the

Scientific Exoplanet Renderer

Víctor Pérez Rivera Computer Science Abel Méndez

4:20-4:40pm Mechanical Characterization

of 3D Printed Beams in

Bending

Edward Hillman Girod Engineering Christopher

Papadopoulos


Characterization of Carbon -

Zeolite Compounds for the

Adsorption of Contaminants of

Emerging Concern from

Water

Stefannie Morales Jiménez Engineering Arturo Hernández

109

Session 27A

Room: Chardón 321

Moderator: Carla Colón


11:00-11:20am Low Cost Brain Computer

Interface for Complete

Locked-in Syndrome and

Unresponsive Wakefulness

Syndrome Patients

Gabriel Torres Rivera

Julienne Deynes Aviles

Engineering David Serrano

11:20-11:40am Improving a student services

application based on feedback

and performance analysis

Gabriel Vélez Lacayo

Kevin Alicea Iguina

Computer Science Edward Latorre

11:40am-12:00pm Improving Student Services

through Student Development

of Computing Solutions

Yadiel Nieves Cardona Computer Science Edward Latorre

12:00-12:20pm Minería de texto en redes

sociales para crear una base

de conocimientos de preguntas

y respuestas de los estudiantes

Ramon Medina Pérez Computer Science Edward Latorre

12:20-12:40pm Demonstrating Parallel

Computing with the Cluster-Pi

Stephanie Peña Rivera Computer Science Eliana Valenzuela

12:40-1:00pm HYDROSARGA a

programable prototype

solution for nature and

production initiative

Jesús Santana Román Computer Science Eliana Valenzuela

1:00-1:20pm Implementing a Search

Algorithm with Two

Geometric Figures

Juan Ayala Garcia

Thalía Vázquez Mora

Computer Science Eliana Valenzuela

1:20-1:40pm Intelligent Swarm Target

Retention Goal

Carlos Colón Barrios

Kenneth González Nieves


1:40-2:00pm Optimizing Obstacle

Avoidance Algorithm for

Resource Recollection

Carlos Galán De Arce

Marcos Bosques Pérez


110

Session 27B

Room: Chardón 321

Moderator: Fernando Piñero


3:00-3:20pm STEM Apps

Eliud Rivas Hernández


Computer Science Eliud Rivas

3:20-3:40pm Production of Biodiesel from

Vegeteble oil

Dayaneira Rivera Rivera Engineering Guido Peña

3:40-4:00pm Microfluidic Stage Holder

Design for Single-Cell

Electroporation

Gaetana Michelet Engineering Gaetana Michelet

4:00-4:20pm Design, Construction,

Troubleshooting & Star-Up Of

an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

(UAV)

John Boria Paris

Carlos Corujo Castro

Pedro Claudio Gómez

Engineering Gerardo Salazar

4:20-4:40pm Musical Mathematics

Rose Luna Rivera Mathematics Fernando Piñero

4:40-5:00pm Toy adaptation for Assistive

Technology

Ahisha Pérez Pérez Electronics Irvin Balaguer

111

Session 28A

Room: Chardón 320

Moderator: William Rojas


11:00-11:20am Phenotype Response to Higher

Order Mutation Interactions

Lillian González Albino Computer Science Ivelisse Rubio

11:20-11:40am Binomial Permutations

Javier Santiago Vélez

Karla Borges Alvarado

Mathematics Ivelisse Rubio

11:40am-12:00pm Binomials of the form x^m [

x^((q ? 3)/ 2) + B ] that do not

produce permutations

Dylan Cruz Fonseca Mathematics Ivelisse Rubio

12:00-12:20pm Diagram Algebra of Planar

Block Permutations

Andrés Ramos Rodríguez Mathematics Ivelisse Rubio

12:20-12:40pm Direct simulations of

hypersonic turbulent boundary

layers at high Reynolds

numbers

Christian Lagares Nieves Engineering Guillermo Araya

12:40-1:00pm High-order statistics of

turbulent boundary layers via

GPU-oriented programming

Manuel Santiago Rodríguez Engineering Guillermo Araya

1:00-1:20pm Acoustic Analysis for the

Detection of the Crested Toad

utilizing monitor

Joemar Pérez Guzmán Mathematics José Candelaria

1:20-1:40pm Towards a Machine Learning

System for Detecting and

Isolating Anomalous Network

Traffic

Alejandro Vega Nogales Computer Science José Ortiz

112

Session 28B

Room: Chardón 320

Moderator: Roberto Seijo


3:00-3:20pm Machine Learning Techniques

for Protein Types

Classification

Bernardo Roque Carrión Computer Science José Sotero

3:20-3:40pm Para-aminobenzamidine

Spacer Arms Morphology

Classification using Machine

Learning Algorithms

Jordan Caraballo-Vega Computer Science José Sotero

3:40-4:00pm Desk Automated Hydroponics

System

Esteban Valentín Arroyo

Yassel Martinez Diaz

Engineering Juan

González

4:00-4:20pm Improving Cellular Device

Tests in Reverberation

Chambers

Pablo Domínguez Grau Engineering Kate Remley

4:20-4:40pm Improving the Efficiency of

CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing

with Engineered Transgene

Templates

Elizabeth Rivera-Sierra Engineering Katie Mueller

4:40-5:00pm A Study of Modular Embedded

Technologies for Accurate and

Usable Wind Tunnel

Operation

Luis Vega Maisonet Engineering Manuel Jiménez

113

Session 29A

Room: Chardón 319

Moderator: Oscar M. Suárez


11:00-11:20am Affordability of a 3D Printed

Customized Mosquito Trap

Kevin Huang Zhu Engineering Mauricio Cabrera

11:20-11:40am High-Risk Human

Papillomavirus Genomes

Arnaldo Tousset Rodriguez

Desiré Vázquez Ortiz

Mathematics Maytee Cruz

11:40am-12:00pm Mathematical Epidemiology of

the Human

ImmunodeficiencyVirus (HIV)

in Puerto Rico

Gretchen Figueroa Santiago

Israel Hernández Rivera

Mathematics Maytee Cruz

12:00-12:20pm A Virtual Instrumentation

Environment for

Characterizing Dielectric

Absorption in Integrated

Capacitors

Chris Aquino Ortiz

Raul Cedrés

Electronics M Jiménez

12:20-12:40pm A Mid-column Reversal

Algorithm for Free-Vehicle

Underwater Exploration

Roberto Hernández Martínez Engineering M Jiménez

12:40-1:00pm Elastic Wave Acquisition

System for Non-destructive

Testing

Johnny Sánchez Marrero Engineering M Jiménez

1:00-1:20pm At Most Two-To-One

Functions For Trapdoor

Functions

Edgardo Peña Cotto Mathematics Moisés Delgado

1:20-1:40pm Effect of Solvent on the

Stability of Lewis Acidic Sn-

Beta Zeolite Catalyst for the

Conversion of C6

Carbohydrates to ?-hydroxy-

acids

Ambar Velázquez Albino

Edgard Lebrón Rodríguez

Engineering Nelson Cardona

1:40-2:00pm A Family of Permutation

Polynomials over a Finite

Field

Brian Reyes Vélez Mathematics Omar Colón

114

Session 29B

Room: Chardón 319

Moderator: Oscar M. Suárez


3:00-3:20pm Some Criteria for Permutation

Binomials over Finite Fields

Laura Mora Mercado Mathematics Omar Colón

3:20-3:40pm Aluminum-Cerium Alloys

Treated with Niobium

Diboride Nanoparticles for

Aerospace Applications

Julie Colon Martínez Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz

3:40-4:00pm Assessing the Viability of

Using Spathodea campanulata

Wood with Recycled Polymers

and the Enhancement of its

Properties

Yivaldo Juan Morales Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz

4:00-4:20pm Fabrication of Aluminum

Welding Fillers Reinforced

with Niobium Diboride

Nanoparticles for Aerospace

Applications

Javier Rodríguez Camacho Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz

4:20-4:40pm Fabrication of Porous Metal

via Free Corrosion of

Hypoeutectic Aluminum-

Copper Alloys

Kenyi Choy Hernández Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz

4:40-5:00pm Fabrication of Porous Metals

Via Dealloying of Al-Zn Alloys

in Acidic Aqueous Solutions

Kenneth Silva Reyes Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz

115

Session 30A

Room: Chardón 318

Moderator: Reyes Ortiz


11:00-11:20am Mechanical Properties of a

Novel Al-Ce Alloy Produced

via Centrifugal Casting

Karnia Ramos Ortiz

William Crespo Martinez

Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz

11:20-11:40am Multi-variable regression

models for compression

resistance estimates for

mortars

Cristina Lorenzo Velázquez Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz

11:40am-12:00pm Nanoparticle-Bearing Mortars

for Structural Patchment

Krystal Rodríguez Soto Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz

12:00-12:20pm Study of the Microstructure of

an Al-Ce Alloy After Free

Corrosion in Alkaline Aqueous

Solutions

Adriana Echevarría García Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz

12:20-12:40pm Syntesis and characterization

of chitosan/TiO2 as a biocide

composite

Edwin Ramos Mercado Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz

12:40-1:00pm Development of Au Thin Films

for the Detection and

Characterization as a

Function of Size of Proteins of

Interest using SERS and ATR-

SEIRAS

Gabriel Cordero Bruno Engineering Pedro Resto

1:00-1:20pm Convolutional Variational

Auto-Encoders for Modeling

the Appearance of Honeybees

in Video

Jeffrey Chan Santiago Computer Science Remi Megret

1:20-1:40pm Recognition of Fanning Bees

from Video using

Convolutional Neural

Networks

Matías Rosner Ortiz

Zuleyka González Rosa

Computer Science Remi Megret

1:40-2:00pm Introduction To f-

Factorizations

Geraldo Soto Rosa Mathematics Reyes Ortiz

116

Session 30B

Room: Chardón 318

Moderator: Reyes Ortiz


3:00-3:20pm On the Characterization of

$\\tau_{(n)}$-Atoms II

André Hernández Espiet Mathematics Reyes Ortiz

3:20-3:40pm Thermal Model and

Simulation of Photovoltaic

Modules Under Tropical

Weather Conditions

Ian Rivera Colon

Javier Morales Ferrer

Engineering R Salgado

3:40-4:00pm Bioelectric Characterization

of Cancer Cell Lines with

Electrochemical Impedance

Spectroscopy

Eugenio Caraballo Justiniano Engineering Ruben Díaz

4:00-4:20pm Characterization of High-

throughput Microfluidic

Device for Single-Cell

Electroporation

Julio Rivera De Jesús Engineering Ruben Díaz

4:20-4:40pm Design and Temperature

Control of Microheater for

Environmental Gas Sensor

Berenice Fernández Rivera Engineering Ruben Díaz

4:40-5:00pm Thermal Modeling of Single

Nanowire Assembly by LIFT

Enrique Santana Meléndez Engineering Ruben Díaz

117

Session 31A

Room: Chardón 317

Moderator: Wandaliz Torres


11:00-11:20am A Hybrid Pedestrian

Evacuation Model for

Tsunamis

Xaimarie Hernández Cruz Engineering Saylisse Dávila

11:20-11:40am Design and Validation of

Turbulence-Generating

Structures for a Small-Scale

Low-Speed Wind Tunnel

Elizabeth Torres De Jesús

Geovannie Alvarado Luna

Engineering Sheilla Torres

11:40am-12:00pm Experimental design in a low

speed wind tunnel: Flow

Separation in a Compressor's

Rough-Surfaced Airfoil

Cascade

Felix Torres Soler Engineering Sheilla Torres

12:00-12:20pm Modeling the Atmospheric

Boundary Layer in a Low-

speed Wind Tunnel: An

Experimental Approach

Camila Casares Rivas Engineering Sheilla Torres

12:20-12:40pm Rapid Bioengineering of

Bispecific Antibodies for T-

cell recruitment to EGFR-

positive Tumor Cells

Gabriela Rosado-González. Engineering Andrew Tsourkas

12:40-1:00pm Flow Resistance of Vegetative

Lining for Erosion Protection

of Waterways using Grass

Species Native to the

Caribbean

Robert Lewis Engineering Walter Silva

1:00-1:20pm Exploratory Transcriptomic

Data Analysis for Car-T cell

Characterization

Carlos Adames Ramos Computer Science Wandaliz Torres

1:20-1:40pm Gene Expression Biomarker

Discovery in Endometriosis

Valerie Maisonave Collazo Engineering Wandaliz Torres

1:40-2:00pm Wristband with Vibration on

Acupoints for Treatment of

Sleep Problems

Berenice Fernández Rivera

Marielly Rodríguez Gauthier

Engineering Wilma Santiago

118

Session 31B

Room: Chardón 317

Moderator: Wandaliz Torres


3:00-3:20pm Mathematical Model for DC

Power Sources

Yazmin Torres Feliciano Engineering Eduardo Torres

3:20-3:40pm Experimental Design and

Characterization of Concrete

Mixtures Using Recycled

Plastic, Fly Ash, and Silica

Nanoparticles

Yesenia Franqui Bernard Engineering Oscar M. Suaréz

3:40-4:00pm A study of factors affecting the

recruitment and retention of

Women in Engineering

Rochelly González Engineering Lourdes Medina

119

POSTER

SESSION

120




May 4, 2019

POSTER SESSIONS

● Astronomy (AST)

● Chemistry (CH)

● Computer Science (CS)

● Engineering (ENG)

● Environmental Sciences (ES)

● General Sciences (GS)

● Geosciences (GEO)

● Industrial Pharmacy (IP)

● Life/Biological Sciences (LBS)

● Mathematics (MA)

● Physics (PHY)

121

ASTRONOMY

Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

AST-1 Possible Radius to Intensity Mapping in

Radio Pulsar Magnetospheres

Alnaldo J. Zapata Velez (University of Puerto Rico:

Mayaguez), Leszek A. Nowakowski (University of Puerto

Rico: Mayaguez), Nohely Miranda Colon (University of

Puerto Rico: Mayaguez), Henri A. Radovan (University of

Puerto Rico: Mayaguez)

AST-2 Star-formation Region W51 in C-Band

Frequency Range

Elluz Pacheco Cabrera (UPR-RP), Mayra Lebron (UPR-RP),

Jorge Morales (UPR-RP), Esteban Araya (Western Illinois

University), Hector Arce (Yale University), Tapasi Ghosh

(NAIC-AO)

AST-3 Vertical Structure of Pulsar

Magnetospheres

Nohely Miranda Colón (UPRM), Leszek A. Nowakowski

(UPRM), Henri A. Radovan (UPRM)

122

CHEMISTRY

Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

CH-1 Electrochemical Oxidation f Ammonia on

Platinum (100) Nanoparticles at the

International Space Station

Camila Morales Navas (UPR Río Piedras), Jessika Pazol

(UPR Río Piedras), Genn Torres (UPR Río Piedras), Pedro

Trinidad (UPR Río Piedras), Gian Rivera (UPR Mayagüez)

CH-2 Nickel Magnetite from Environmental

Remediation as Photoharvesting Material

Camila Morales Navas (UPR Río Piedras), Pedro Trinidad

(UPR Río Piedras), Gen Torres (UPR Río Piedras), Alexdiel

Figueroa (UPR Río Piedras)

CH-3 Synthesis and Development of Super

Paramagnetic Iron Oxide metal-based

Nnanocomposites for Bio-Imaging

Applications

Christian O. Alicea (UPRRP and Molecular Science Reseach

Building), Alexis Lavin (UPRRP and Molecular Science

Reseach Building), Dalice M. Piñero (UPRRP and

Molecular Science Reseach Building), Gerardo Morell

(UPRRP and Molecular Science Reseach Building), Brad

R.weiner (UPRRP and Molecular Science Reseach Building)

CH-4 Synthesis and characterization of cobalt,

iron and ruthenium catalysts for the

production of synthetic diesel

Dayna M. Ortiz Rodríguez (Universidad Ana G. Méndez,

Recinto de Gurabo (antes Universidad del Turabo)),

Francisco M. Márquez Linares (Universidad Ana G.

Méndez, Recinto de Gurabo (antes Universidad del Turabo))

CH-5 Incorporating Kinetic Control Over

Thermodynamically Driven Self-

Assembled Colloidal Particles

Diana V. Silva Brenes (UPR-Río Piedras), José M. Rivera

(UPR-Río Piedras)

CH-6 Novel Fluorinated Metal-Phthalocyanine

Nanowires for the Selective Detection of

Toxic Gases in Highly Hydrated

Environments

Jean C. González Espiet (University of Puerto Rico at Rio

Piedras), Dalice M. Piñero Cruz (University of Puerto Rico

at Rio Piedras), Juan Cintrón (University of Puerto Rico at

Rio Piedras), Luis Fonseca (University of Puerto Rico at Rio

Piedras), Soraya Flores (University of Puerto Rico at Rio

Piedras)

CH-7 Fabrication of a bio-functional porous

nano active layer using the self-assembling

characteristic of di-block copolymer and

lipase B

Jessika Pazol-ramos (Department of Chemistry, University

of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto

Rico, 00931), Adriana S. Vazquez (Department of

Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras

Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931), Eduardo Nicolau

(Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Rio

Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931)

123

CHEMISTRY

Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

CH-8 Boosting ORR/OER Activity of

Graphdiyne by Simple Heteroatom

Doping

Jinxing Gu (Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto

Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931,

USA), Saneliswa Magagula (Department of Chemistry,

University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan,

Puerto Rico 00931, USA), Jingxiang Zhao (College of

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory of

Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of

Educ), Zhongfang Chen (Department of Chemistry,

University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan,

Puerto Rico 00931, USA)

CH-9 Carbon Nano Onions used as support for

electrocatalyst by applying the Rotating

Disc Slurry Electrode (RoDSE) technique

Joed E Ortiz Santiago (Universidad Ana G. Mendez), Harim

Delgado Seo (Universidad Ana G. Mendez), Lisandro Cunci

(Universidad Ana G. Mendez)

CH-10 Undergraduate Research as a

Fundamental Mechanism Towards a

Higher Education: Research Experience

for Undergraduates PR-CLIMB

Jose A. Santiago Espinoza (University of Puerto Rico-Rio

Piedras), Yahaira M. Cruz Galarza (University of Puerto

Rico-Rio Piedras), Chamary Fuentes Vergara (University of

Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras), Arthur D. Tinoco (University of

Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras)

CH-11 Fluorescent Studies of Ti(IV) Uptake in

living cells to understand a possible

endocytosis route.

Josue A. Benjamin-rivera (University of Puerto Rico in Rio

Piedras), Angel L. Vazquez (University of Puerto Rico in Rio

Piedras), Juan D. Rodriguez (2Escuela Secundaria

Especializada en Ciencias, Matemáticas y Tecnología

(CIMATEC)), Arthur D. Tinoco (University of Puerto Rico in

Rio Piedras)

CH-12 Hydrogen Sulfide Limits Amyloids

Development in Myoglobin and

Hemoglobin

Leishla M. Cruz Collazo (University of Puerto Rico -

Mayaguez), Juan López Garriga, Phd (University of Puerto

Rico -Mayaguez)

CH-13 Bisphosphonates-based Metal-Organic

Frameworks as Potential Drug Delivery

Systems for the Treatment of Bone-related

Diseases

Lesly Carmona-sarabia (Department of Chemistry, University

of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931

United States), Lorraine Feliciano-cruz (Department of

Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras San Juan,

Puerto Rico, 00931 United States.), Waldemar Rodríguez-

silva (Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río

Piedras San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931 United States.), Vilmalí

López-mejías (Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto

Rico, Río Piedras San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931 United

States)

124

CHEMISTRY

Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

CH-14 Biomimetic water purification membranes

using Liquid crystals

Liz Santiago-martoral (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río

Piedras), Sebastián López Méndez (Universidad de Puerto

Rico, Río Piedras), Gerardo Quintana Cintrón (Universidad

de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras), Eduardo Nicolau (Universidad

de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras)

CH-15 Enzymatic triggering of the self-assembly

of supramolecular G-quadruplexes into

colloidal particles

Luis A. Prieto Costas (UPR-RP), Carla M. Quiñones (UPR-

RP), Génesis R. Rivera Cordero (UPR-RP), José M. Rivera

(UPR-RP)

CH-16 Evaluation of guanosine-based

supramolecular colloidal particles using

Raman microspectroscopy

Luxene Belfleur (UPRRP), Kiara Villa (UMET)

CH-17 Study of the effect of nanomaterials on the

metabolic response of Vibrio fischeri: A

model bioindicator for the impact of

emerging contaminants in marine

ecosystems

Marielys Torres Díaz (University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras

Campus)

CH-21 Electrochemical Proteus vulgaris Whole

Cell Lab-on-a-Chip Urea Sensor

Nadja E. Solis-marcano (University of Puerto Rico, Rio

Piedras Campus), Myreisa Morales-cruz (University of

Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus), Craig Priest (University

of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus), Carlos R.

Cabrera (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus)

CH-22 Aggregation Induced Emission theranostic

agents: The next step in photothermal

therapy

Nataniel Medina Berríos (1University of Puerto Rico Río

Piedras Campus, San Juan;UPR Molecular Sciences

Research Center), Jazmín A. Calimano Colón (1University

of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus, San Juan;UPR

Molecular Sciences Research Center), Dalice M. Piñero

Cruz (1University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus, San

Juan;UPR Molecular Sciences Research Center)

CH-23 Towards the Development of

Electroconductive Membranes with

Antifouling Properties for Water

Reclamation

Perla E. Cruz-tato (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras

Campus), César A. Lasalde-ramírez (University of Puerto

Rico Rio Piedras Campus), Nicole A. Rivera-fuentes

(University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus), Eduardo

Nicolau (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus)

125

CHEMISTRY

Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

CH-24 Computational Screening of Hypothetic

Pure Silica Zeolites for Effective Removal

of Problematic Compounds in

International Space Station

Shiru Lin (Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto

Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931, USA), Yinghe Zhao

(Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio

Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931, USA), Yekun Wang

(Department of Mathematics, University of Puerto Rico, Rio

Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931, USA), Arturo J. Hernández-

maldonado (Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute

for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Puerto Rico,

Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez), Zhongfang Chen

(Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio

Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931, USA)

CH-25 Evaluating an Alginate Electrospun

Membrane for the Removal Potential of

Polyphenolic Compounds from Water

Simara Laboy Lopez (UPR-RP), Pedro Mendez (UPR-RP),

Eduardo Nicolau (UPR-RP)

CH-26 Recessed Nanodisk-Array Electrodes

Derived from Microphase-Separated

Block Copolymer PS-b-PMMA for

Electrochemical Aptasensors

Xaimara Santiago-maldonado (UPRRP), Agnes M. Ríos-

delgado (UPRRP), Eduardo Nicolau-lópez (UPRRP)

CH-27 The synthesis, characterization and

performance of copper-based catalysts for

the application of ammonia oxidation in

alkaline fuel cells

Xinyu Liu (UPRRP)

126

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

CS-1 Tracking of Multiple Honeybees in Video

in Presence of Misdetection and Double

Detection

Chhaya Katiyar (UPRRP(Department of Mathematics)),

Ivan F. Rodriguez (UPRRP((Department of

Mathematics)), Rémi Mégret (UPRRP(Computer

Science Department)), José L. Agosto

(UPRRP(Biology Department)), Tugrul Giray

(UPRRP(Biology Department))

CS-2 Automatic Video Monitoring of Honeybee

Foraging Behavior using Convolutional

Neural Networks

Ivan Rodriguez (UPRRP), Remi Megret (UPRRP),

Kristin Branson (Janelia), Jose L Agosto (UPRRP),

Edgar Acuña (UPR Mayaguez), Tugrul Giray (UPRRP)

CS-3 Development of analytical tools to cluster

individual differences in circadian

rhythms

Sofía Meléndez Cartagena (Universidad de Puerto Rico,

Recinto de Río Piedras), Patricia Ordoñez (Universidad

de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras), José Luis

Agosto Rivera (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de

Río Piedras)

127

ENGINEERING

Poster

Number Title Authors/

Affiliation

ENG-1 Nano-Engineered Mortars with

Pozzolanic Material for Structural

Patchment

Alfer Castro (Civil Engineering and Surveying Department),

Cristina Lorenzo (Civil Engineering and Surveying

Department), Brian Aponte (Civil Engineering and Surveying

Department), Noel Torres (NAVSEA, MD), Carlos Medina

(NAVAIR, MD), Oscar Marcelo Suárez (Department of

Engineering Science and Materials, University of Puerto Rico)

ENG-2 Development of organic solar cells using

sulfonated-based polymers as active

layers in bulk heterojunction de

Christian Negron Mcfarlane (University of Puerto Rico at

Mayagüez)

ENG-3 Fluorinated polymer synthesis and

characterization for active layer in

organic photovoltaic solar cell devices

Diego A. Navarro

ENG-4 Numerical Modeling of Realistic

Atmospheric Boundary Layer Conditions

for a Low-Speed Wind Tunnel

Francesco Gabrielle Forina Morales (University of Puerto Rico

Mayaguez), Sheilla Noemi Torres-nieves (University of Puerto

Rico Mayaguez)

ENG-5 Biodegradable Chitosan Matrix

Composite Reinforced with Titanium

Dioxide for Biocidal Applications

John Lopez (UPRM), Ariana Torres (UPRM), Karla Romero

(UPRM), Genesis Reyes (UPRM), Edwin Ramos (UPRM),

Oscar Suarez (UPRM)

ENG-6 Point-Of-Care MIC Biosensor For The

Treatment Of Coliform Bovine Mastitis

Lizz D. Lugo Jordán (University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez),

Pedro Resto Irizarry (University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez)

ENG-7 Interlacing the Evalation of Mechanical

Properties of Concrete with Near-

Infrared Spectroscopy and X-Ray

Diffraction Using Multivariate Data

Analysis

Luis Fernando Florian Algarin (UPRM)

ENG-8 Al-Ce Alloys Processed via Gravity

Casting and Liquid Phase Sintering for

Aerospace Application

Mairym Vázquez (UPRM)

ENG-9 Study of Al11Ce3 distribution in

aluminum matrix produced via

centrifugal casting

Manny X De Jesus-lopez (Materials Science and Engineering

Program UPR-Mayaguez), William Crespo-martínez

(Mechanical Engineering Department UPR-Mayaguez), Ángel

Torres-gonzalez (Chemical Engineering Department UPR-

Mayaguez), Karnia Ramos-ortiz (Chemical Engineering

Department UPR-Mayaguez), Kevin Maldonado-torres

(Mechanical Engineering Department UPR-Mayaguez), Oscar

Marcelo Suárez (Materials Science and Engineering Program

UPR-Mayaguez)

128

ENGINEERING

Poster

Number Title Authors/

Affiliation

ENG-10 Bioelectric Spectra Characterization of

Individual Cancer Cells with Electrical

Impedance Spectroscopy.

Marco Arturo Becerra Arias (Department of Mechanical

Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayag?ez,

Mayag?ez PR 00681), Valle-melendez, Edison O

(Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto

Rico at Mayag?ez, Mayag?ez PR 00681), Diaz-rivera, Rubén

E. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of

Puerto Rico at Mayag?ez, Mayag?ez PR 00681)

ENG-11 Innovative IDE Design for Nanomaterial

Sensor Assembly by LIFT

Nerida H. De Jesus Villanueva (UPR-Mayaguez Campus),

Dr. Ruben E. Diaz Rivera (UPR-Mayaguez Campus)

ENG-12 Synthesis and Dynamics of Biocompatible

Nanomotors for Biomedical Applications

Nicole E. Pérez-salas (Bioengineering Graduate Program,

University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez), Thomas Long

(Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of

New York), Madeline Torres-lugo (Chemical Engineering

Department, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez), Ilona

Kretzschmar (Department of Chemical Engineering, The City

College of New York), Ubaldo M. Córdova-figueroa

(Chemical Engineering Department, University of Puerto

Rico at Mayagüez)

ENG-13 Fabrication of aluminum welding fillers

reinforced with niobium diboride

nanoparticles for aerospace applications

Norman A. Burgos Leon (UPRM), Javier Rodriguez

(UPRM), Andres Calle, Oscar Marcelo Suarez (UPRM)

ENG-14 Numerical Assessment of Roughness

Effects on Boundary Layer Development

over Adjacent Blades in a Linear

Compressor Cascade

Pharlin Médard (Department of Mechanical Engineering,

University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez), Sheilla Torres-

nieves (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of

Puerto Rico at Mayaguez)

ENG-15 Assessing the Viability of Using

Spathodea campanulata Wood with

Recycled Polymers and the Enhancement

of its Properties

Rey D Montalvo (UPR-Mayaguez), Yivaldo J. Morales

(UPR-Mayaguez), Oscar Marcelo Suárez (UPR-Mayaguez),

Oscar Abelleira (UPR-Mayaguez)

ENG-16 Computational Modeling using Multi-

Omics to Extract Early Predictive

Signatures of T-cells Quality

Valerie Y. Odeh Couvertier (University of Puerto Rico

Mayaguez), Wandaliz Torres García (University of Puerto

Rico Mayaguez)

129


Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

ES-1 Hydrogen production by photocatalytic

water splitting using mixed oxide solid

solutions under UV-vis light irradiation

Abraham García, María Del C. Cotto, José Ducongé,

Francisco Márquez

ES-2 Hurricane Events Influencing Population

Dynamics: Disturbance Effects on the

Anolis poncensis Abundance in a Coastal

Dry Ecosystem

Alberto C. Cruz Mendoza (University of Puerto Rico Rio

Piedras Campus), Coralys Vicens López (University of Puerto

Rico Rio Piedras Campus), Johann D. Crespo Zapata

(University of Puerto Rico Humacao Campus), Eliacim

Agosto Torres (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus)

ES-3 Synthesizing a novel janus carbon nano-

onions modified as a support for

electrocatalytic nanoparticles

Angelica Del Valle Perez (Universidad Ana G. Mendez-

Gurabo Campus), Kattia M. Gonzalez Aponte (Universidad

Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus), Joshua Reyes Morales

(Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus), Yashira N.

Escalera Torres (University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Campus), Lisandro Cunci (Universidad Ana G. Mendez-

Gurabo Campus)

ES-4 Survey of Marine Yeasts assoiated with

Mangroves in Puerto Rico

Carla F. Colon Rosario (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Campus), Rafael E. Rivera Sotomayor (University of Puerto

Rico, Mayaguez Campus), Shelsy M. Torres Nieves

(University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus), Matias J.

Cafaro (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus)

ES-5 Endophytic Microorganisms in Two

Medicinal Plants in Puerto Rico: a Pilot

Study

Edwin G. Velázquez-pérez (Universidad Ana G. Méndez),

Sharon A. Cantrell (Universidad Ana G. Méndez), José R.

Pérez-jiménez (Universidad Ana G. Méndez)

ES-6 Porous Nanowires for Environmental

Monitoring

Gellyz N Gonzalez Diaz (University of Puerto Rico, Rio

Piedras Campus), Luis Fonseca (University of Puerto Rico,

Rio Piedras Campus)

ES-7 Toxicology of Nanomaterials on

Zebrafish

Jimmy De León Morales (Universidad Aana G. Mendez),

María Del C. Cotto (Universidad Aana G. Mendez), Francisco

Márquez (Universidad Aana G. Mendez)

ES-8 Diadema antillarum grazing effects on

algal/benthic cover and diversity in La

Parguera Natural Reserve

Juan Cruz-motta (University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

Campus, Department of Marine Sciences), Stacey Williams

(Institute of Social and Ecological Research)

ES-9 Dynamics of microbial groups in response

to simulated hurricane at El Yunque Rain

Forest in Puerto Rico

Karleen M. González Rosario (Universidad Ana G. Méndez,

Recinto de Gurabo), Sharon A. Cantrell (Universidad Ana G.

Méndez, Recinto de Gurabo), José R. Pérez-jiménez

(Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Recinto de Gurabo)

130


Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

ES-10 Bioremediation of Oil Pollutants by Fungi

Associated with Coastal Mangroves from

Puerto Rico

Kathleen N. Matías Cabán (University of Puerto Rico -

Mayaguez), Aslin Vázquez Nieves (University of Puerto Rico

- Mayaguez), Matías J. Cafaro (University of Puerto Rico -

Mayaguez)

ES-11 Sedimentation of Puerto Rico's Water

Reservoirs after Hurricane Maria

Lloyd A. Ramirez (UPR Mayaguez), Luis R. Perez Alegria

(UPR Mayaguez)

ES-12 Neuropeptide Y Measurement with

Aptamer-Modified Microelectrodes using

Electrochemical Impedance Spectrosocpy

Luis F. Lopez (Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Gurabo

Campus), Nérika G. Hernandez (Universidad Ana G. Mendez,

Gurabo Campus), Krystal Flores (Universidad Ana G.

Mendez, Gurabo Campus), John Cruz (Universidad Ana G.

Mendez, Gurabo Campus), Lisandro Cunci (Universidad Ana

G. Mendez, Gurabo Campus)

ES-13 Genetic Diversity of Mycoplasma Species

in Dairy Farm Soils during Three

Seasons in the Northern Area of Puerto

Rico

Luz V. Arroyo-cruz (Universidad Ana G Méndez Recinto de

Gurabo), Jose R. Pérez-jiménez (Universidad Ana G Méndez

Recinto de Gurabo)

ES-14 Post-hurricane Assessment of Abundance

and Diversity of Land Birds in Coastal

Dry Forest at Jobos Bay

Mariangely Colón-cruz (Universidad Ana G Méndez

Gurabo), Ian J Pérez-cruz (Universidad Ana G Méndez

Gurabo), Fred C Schaffner (Universidad Ana G Méndez

Gurabo)

ES-15 Assessment of polycyclic aromatic

hydrocarbons in the surface and

groundwater of Cucharillas Marsh,

Cataño, PR

Pedro J Berríos-rolón (Universidad del Turabo), María Del C

Cotto-maldonado (Universidad del Turabo)

ES-16 Heterogeneity in the spatial and temporal

water dynamics in an urban coastal

wetland: The case of the Ciénaga Las

Cucharillas

Solimar Pinto Pacheco (University of Puerto Rico, Rio

Piedras campus), Elix Hernandez Figueroa (University of

Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus), Elvira Cuevas (University

of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus)

131

GENERAL SCIENCES

Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

GS-1 NSF-PREM Center for Interfacial

Electrochemistry of Energy Materials

(CIE2M); A Partnership for Innovation

Lymari Fuentes-claudio (Universidad Ana G. Méndez-

Cupey), Vilmali Lopez-mejias (Universidad de Puerto Rico-

Rio Piedras), Lisandron Cunci (Universidad Ana G. Méndez-

Gurabo), Mitk’el Santiago (Universidad Ana G. Méndez-

Cupey), Carlos R. Cabrera (Universidad de Puerto Rico-Rio

Piedras), Jorge L. Colón (Universidad de Puerto Rico-Rio

Piedras)

132

LIFE / BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

LBS-1 The Presence of Batrachochytrium

dendrobatidis (BD) in the international

amphibian trade

Adolfo Rodríguez- Velázquez (University of Puerto Rico, Río

Piedras Campus)

LBS-2 Identification and Molecular Analysis of

Cultivable and Uncultivable Bioprospects

Capable of Producing Biofilm

Angel Rubio-marrero (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez

Campus), Carlos Ríos-velázquez (University of Puerto Rico

Mayaguez Campus)

LBS-3 Determination of the DNA binding

preference of the SIX transcription factor

optix in Heliconius butterflies.

Anthony R Rivera Barreto (University of Puerto Rico Rio

Piedras Campus), Valeria A Santa Melendez (University of

Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus), Luis D Garcia Sanchez

(University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus), Riccardo

Papa (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus), José A

Rodriguez-martinez (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras

Campus)

LBS-4 First Report of the Presence of the Tokay

Gecko (Gekko gecko) in Puerto Rico

Beatriz Romero-cordero (UPR -Mayaguez), Alberto R.

Puente-rolon (UPR -Mayaguez)

LBS-5 Optimization of Rearing Practices for

Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) and Helicoverpa

armigera (Hubner) in Quarantine

Carlos S. Morales Rivera (University of Puerto Rico Rio

Piedras), Xariana Vales Torres (University of Puerto Rico Rio

Piedras), Fernando Rodrigues Da Silva (University of

Florida), Jose C. Verle Rodrigues (University of Puerto Rico

Mayaguez)

LBS-6 Actinobacteria Secondary Metabolites as

a Potential Antimicrobial Agents

Christian J. Quiles-pérez (University of Puerto Rico

Mayagüez), Jeffrey Marrero-rivera (Puerto Rico Science,

Technology and Research Trust), Abel Baerga-ortiz

(University of Puerto Rico Medical Science campus), Matias

J. Cafaro (University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez)

LBS-7 Impacts of the invasive green iguana

(Iguana iguana) on Puerto Rico\'s

agricultural community

Christina De Jesús Villanueva (University of Rhode Island),

Gabriela Massanet Prado (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio

Piedras), Andrea Pimentel Rivera (Universidad de Puerto

Rico, Rio Piedras), Cathleen Mcginley (USFS-International

Institute of Tropical Forestry), William Gould (USFS-

International Institute of Tropical Forestry), Jason Kolbe

(USFS-International Institute of Tropical Forestry)

LBS-8 Identification of Proteus vulgaris growth

parameters in human synthetic urine for

an ureolysis system with an integrated

ammonia fuel cell

Delmaliz (Barreto Vázquez), Arnulfo (Rojas), Carlos

(Cabrera)

133


Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

LBS-9 Changes in shoreline and the relation

between diversity of shell-mollusks and

sand texture on beaches of the West Coast

of Puerto Rico

Dimaris Colon Molina (University of Puerto Rico at

Mayaguez), Carlos J. Santos Flores (University of Puerto

Rico at Mayaguez), Wilson Ramirez (University of Puerto

Rico at Mayaguez)

LBS-10 The effect of the HIV envelope protein

gp120 in the survival of human B cells

Dr. Anibal Valentin, Mark Miranda, Nelson Alvarez,

Glorianne Diaz

LBS-11 Preliminary Study of the Reproductive

Biology of the endangered Varronia

bellonis

Ed M. Lopez-rodriguez (University of Puerto Rico at

Mayaguez Department of Biology), Martin Hamilton (Royal

Botanic Gardens, Kew. Richmond, Surrey, U.K), Roció

Barrales (University of Portsmouth School of Biological

Sciences), Omar Monsegur (Fish and Wildlife Biologist –

Caribbean Field Office), Alberto R. Puente-rolón (University

of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Department of Biology)

LBS-12 FLG loss of Function Mutations R501X

and R2447X in Puerto Rico: Association

to Atopic Dermatitis and Ichtyosis

Vulgaris

Edwin G. Ramirez Aponte (Department of Biology,

University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez), Paola A. Oneill

Mojica (Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico at

Mayagüez), Claudia S. Rabanal De Veer (Department of

Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez), Juan C.

Martínez-cruzado (Department of Biology, University of

Puerto Rico at Mayagüez)

LBS-13 Morphological variation related to habitat

use between populations of Anolis

poncensis (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

Eliacim Agosto Torres (University of Puerto Rico at

Mayagüez), Alberto. R. Puente Rolón (University of Puerto

Rico at Mayagüez), Kristin. M. Winchell (Washington

University in St. Louis)

LBS-14 Protein-DNA interactomes of cardiac

transcription factors GATA4 and NKX2-5

Emmanuel A. Carrasquillo Dones (University of Puerto Rico

Rio Piedras campus), Brenda César Hernández (University of

Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus), José A. Rodríguez

Martínez (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus)

LBS-15 Knowledge, attitudes and practices about

the use, management and storage of water

after a natural disaster in Puerto Rico.

Erika Ortiz Chaparro (University of Puerto Rico School of

Medicine), Olga L. Díaz-miranda (University of Puerto Rico

School of Medicine), José González-caraballo (University of

Puerto Rico School of Medicine), Enid J. García-rivera

(University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine)

LBS-16 Bioinformatic elucidation of operon for

arsenate respiration among Firmicutes

Felix R. Lopez-gonzalez (Universidad Ana G. Méndez,

Recinto de Gurabo), José R. Perez-jimenez (Universidad Ana

G. Méndez, Recinto de Gurabo)

134


Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

LBS-17 Screening and analysis of a Puerto Rican

Amerindian Population for high

throughput Genetic Epidemiology

Gabriela P. Román Busó (University of Puerto Rico

Mayaguez Campus), Ash A. Matchett (University of Virgin

Islands), Juan Carlos Martínez Cruzado (University of Puerto

Rico Mayaguez Campus)

LBS-18 Distribution of Harpellales

(Kickxellomycotina) in Culicidae and

Chironomidae in Puerto Rico

Gamalier Alicea (UPRM), Matias J. Cafaro (UPRM), Fabian

H. Gonzalez (UPRM)

LBS-19 North Sumatran traditional use of some

medicinal plants against common

bacterial infections and their

antimicrobial activity

Ileana Rodriguez (UPR Humacao), Francisco Guzman

Velazquez (UPR Humacao)

LBS-22 Uncovering DNA binding specificity of

cardiac transcription factors complexes of

GATA4, NKX2-5 and TBX5

Jessica Marie Rodriguez Rios (University of Puerto Rico, Río

Piedras Campus), Emili Rosado Rodríguez (University of

Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus), Jose Arcadio Rodriguez

Martinez (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus)

LBS-23 Predation of fruits and seeds of

Crescentia portoricensis by rodents

documented by using camera traps

Jose Arce

LBS-24 Effect of Beta lactoglobulin in oxidatively

stress-challenged Saccharomyces

cerevisiae cells

Jose C Rivera-baiges (Graduate Student), Yivaldo Juan

(Undergraduate student), Julio Acevedo (Graduate Student),

Magda Latorre (Researcher)

LBS-25 Differential expression of Wnt family

genes in the mesentery regeneration of

the sea cucumber H. glaberrima

Joshua G. Medina-feliciano (University of Puerto Rico Río

Piedras), Stephanie Colón-marrero (University of Puerto Rico

Río Piedras), David Quispe-parra (University of Puerto Rico

Río Piedras), Sebastián Cruz-gonzalez (University of Puerto

Rico Río Piedras), Humberto Ortiz-zuazaga (University of

Puerto Rico Río Piedras), Jose E. García-arrarás (University

of Puerto Rico Río Piedras)

LBS-26 Gravitational Effect of Zinc Oxide

Nanoparticle Microbicidal Activity

Julio O. Acevedo Matos (University of Puerto Rico,

Mayaguez Campus), Magda Latorre Esteves (University of

Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus)

LBS-27 Examining the physical and biological

homogenization of urban soils along the

Rio Piedras Watershed

Luis Kidany Sellés Pérez (UPR - Río Piedras)

135


Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

LBS-28 Fabrication of Stereolithography derived

Open-celled 3D printed Casts

Osvaldo Rivera Valentin (University of Puerto Rico Rio

Piedras Campus), Jessiry Abreu Cruz (University of Puerto

Rico Humacao, Humacao, Puerto Rico), Ricardo Nieves

Santiago (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, San Juan,

Puerto Rico), Humberto Guzmán (University of Puerto Rico,

Medical Science Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico), Dessire

Verges (University of Puerto Rico Humacao, Humacao,

Puerto Rico), Emma Fernández-repollet (University of Puerto

Rico, Medical Science Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico)

LBS-29 Preparation and biophysical

characterization of nAChR for high-

resolution studies

Rafael Maldonado Hernández (University of Puerto Rico

Department of Biology), José A. González (Molecular

Sciences Research Center), José Orlando Colón (University of

Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus), Claude Maysonet

(University of Puerto Rico Department of Biology), Orestes

Quesada (University of Puerto Rico Department of Physical

Sciences), José Lasalde (University of Puerto Rico

Department of Biology)

LBS-30 Environmental stress winterize honey

bees on a tropical island affecting the life-

span

Stephanie Feliciano Cardona (UPR-RP), Mehmet Ali Do?ke

(UPR-RP), Janpierre Aleman-rios (UPR-RP), Jose Agosto-

rivera (UPR-RP), Tugrul Giray (UPR-RP)

LBS-31 Developmental roles of frizzled receptors

in butterfly embryos

Teomie Rivera Miranda (University Of Puerto Rico Rio

Piedras), Joseph Hanly (George Washington University), Jose

Juan Hermina-pérez (George Washington University),

Christopher R. Day (George Washington University), Arnaud

Martin (George Washington University), Riccardo Papa

(University Of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras)

LBS-32 Evaluating the Potential of Maximin H5

Peptide to Avoid Biofilm formation of

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A water

purification approach

Valerie Ortiz Gómez (Department of Biology, UPR-RP),

Victor D. Rodriguez (Department of Biology, UPR-RP),

Claudia S. Pérez (Department of Biology, UPR-RP), Rafael

Maldonado (Department of Biology, UPR-RP), José A.

González (Department of Biology, UPR-RP), Eduardo

Nicolau (Department of Chemistry, UPR-RP)

LBS-33 The effect of psychedelics substances on

executive function and memory on Latino

samples: A Systematic Review

Yanira Angelis Soto Del Valle (Ponce Health Sciences

University)

136

MATHEMATICS

Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

MA-1 Application of meta-analysis in

agricultural studies

Alejandra M. De Jesús Soto (University of Puerto Rico at

Mayagüez), Raúl E. Macchiavelli, Phd (University of Puerto

Rico at Mayagüez)

MA-2 An Efficient Implementation of

Patterson's Decoding Algorithm for

Application to McEliece Public Key

Cryptosystems for Post-Quantum

Cryptography

Andres J. Arroyo (UPR Rio Piedras)

MA-3 On the number of solutions to systems of

polynomial equations with multivariate

polynomial coefficients over finite fields

Carlos Emanuel Seda Damiani (University of Puerto Rico at

Río Piedras)

MA-4 Un modelo matemático para evaluar los

efectos de herbivoría de una polilla sobre

el frailejón

Jessenia Ivonne Quintero Güiza, Dra. Karen Ríos-soto

MA-5 Un modelo matemático para evaluar los

efectos de herbivoría de una polilla sobre

el frailejón

Jessenia Ivonne Quintero Güiza (Universidad de Puerto Rico

Mayagüez), Dra. Karen Ríos-soto

MA-6 Prior-free Bayes Factors Based on Data

Splitting Compared with Geometric

Intrinsic Bayes Factors

Yekun Wang, Luis R Pericchi Guerra

137

PHYSICS

Poster

Number Title

Authors/

Affiliation

PHY-1 ZnO thin films: The influence of O2/Ar

sputtering gas ratio on the structure,

morphology, composition and hydrogen

gas sensing properties

Adrián A. Camacho-berrios (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio

Piedras, Puerto Rico), Zulmari Silva-pedraza (Universidad de

Puerto Rico, Cayey, Puerto Rico), Wilfredo Otaño-rivera

(Universidad de Puerto Rico, Cayey, Puerto Rico)

PHY-2 Influence of rare-earth substitution on

the structural, magnetic,optical and

dielectric properties of ZnO

nanoparticles

Claudia C. Zuluaga Gomez (University of Puerto Rico, Rio

Piedras), Ricardo Martinez (University of Puerto Rico, Rio

Piedras), Sandra Dussan (University of Puerto Rico, Rio

Piedras), Hannu Huhtinen (University of Puerto Rico, Rio

Piedras), Wojciech Jadwisienczak (Department of physical and

Astronomy, university of Turku), Ratnakar Palai (University of

Puerto Rico, Rio Piedraswe)

PHY-3 Drug-loaded Biodegradable Microfibers

for Controlled Release in Regenerative

Medicine

Jaime Santillan (Department of Physics, University of Puerto

Rico, Rio Piedras campus, PR, USA 00931), Jorge Padilla

(Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

campus, PR, USA 00931), Katerina Malollari (Department of

Material Science and Engineering & Bioengineering, University

of California, Berkeley, CA, USA 94720), Phillip Messersmith

(Department of Material Science and Engineering &

Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

94720), Eduardo Nicolau (Department of Chemistry, University

of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus, PR, USA 00931)

PHY-4 Time-Resolved Surface Dynamics of

Phase Transition Materials Visualized

by Light Diffraction

Larry Theran (University of Puerto Rico), Armando Rúa

(University of Puerto Rico), Felix E. Fernández (University of

Puerto Rico), Sergiy Lysenko (University of Puerto Rico)

PHY-5 Electrical Properties of Vanadium

Sesquioxide Thin Films

Leonardo Ramos (university of puerto rico mayaguez), Miguel

De Jesús (university of puerto rico mayaguez), Karla Echeverría

(university of puerto rico mayaguez), Armando Rúa (university

of puerto rico mayaguez)

PHY-6 Effective Localized Graphene

Patterning for its Implementation in

Electronic Devices

Samuel A. Escobar Veras (Department of Physics, University of

Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras), Ernesto Espada (Department of

Education, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras), Rajesh

Katiyar (Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico - Rio

Piedras), Vladimir Makarov (Department of Physics, University

of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras), Brad Weiner (Department of

Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras), Gerardo

Morell (Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico - Rio

Piedras)

PHY-7 Metal Phthalocyanine Nanowires for

Environmental Air Monitoring at Las

Cucharillas Marsh.

Soraya Flores (Uprrp), Luis Fonseca (Uprrp), Jean Gonzales

(Uprrp), Dalice Piñero (Uprrp), Jose Alberto Hernandez (Uprrp)

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