Renzo N. Arias Ugarte

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El Paso, TX 79902

915-***-****

r n a r i a s @ m i n e r s . u t e p . e d u

Chemistry/Engineering

EDUCATION

January 2006 - December 2011

University Of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)

PhD Chemistry, “Metal Catalyzed Activation of E-H bonds, E = Si, Ge, Sn”

Dr. Keith Pannell Supervisor

Overall GPA : 3.92

Potential Developed for the Activation of Non Reactive Bonds Through the use of Inexpensive Metal Carbonyl Complexes.

April 1997- December 2002

University National of San Agustin (UNSA), Arequipa, Peru

BS Chemical Engineering

Overall GPA: 3.2

Created a software for “Experimental Designs”, applied to the Planning, Processing and Optimization of Industrial Process (Statistic, Visual Basic And Matlab tools)

HONOR AND AWARDS

February 1, 2012

My Ph. D. Thesis was nominated for the outstanding Ph.D. Thesis of the 2012-2011 Academic year.

December 16, 2012

University of Texas At El Paso (UTEP) - Chemistry Department

Outstanding Dissertation “Metal Catalyzed Activation of E-H bonds, E=Si, Ge, Sn”

October 27-30, 2011

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) -National Conference

National Award for Outstanding Research “Catalytic reduction of Amides into Amines using Metal Carbonyl Complexes”.

April 1, 2010

University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) - Student Government Association (SGA)

Award for Outstanding Research “Use of Inexpernsive Transition Metals as Catalytic Materials ”

October 15-18, 2009

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science(SACNAS)-National Conference

National Award for Outstanding Research “ Catalytic Formation of Distannanes using Fe or Mo catalyst“

SCIENITIFIC PRESENTATIONS

November 11, 2011

U. T. El Paso Doctoral Research Exposition

“Metal catalytic reduction of Amides into Amines in the presence of silanes, germanes and stannanes”

Oral presentation, INORG.

March 21-25, 2010

American Chemical Society National Conference, San Francisco, CA

“Molybdenum and Iron complexes as catalysts for the oxidation of tertiary compounds : R3EH, E = Sn, Si and Ge to R3EOER3.

Poster presentation, INORG. 038, Main Group Chemistry.

July 10-17, 2010

13th Conference of Organometallic Chemistry for Germanium Tin and Lead, Graz, Austria.

“Mo And Fe Complexes as Catalysts for the Formation of Group 14-Siloxanes”

Oral and Poster presentation, ORGANOMET.

December 1-4, 2010

American Chemical Society Regional Conference, New Orleans, LA.

“Molybdenum Complexes as Dehydrogenative Catalysts for the Synthesis of Symmetrical, Unsymmetrical, and Mixed Siloxanes, Germoxanes and Stannoxanes”.

Oral presentation, INORG, Main Group Chemistry.

October 15-18, 2009

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science(SACNAS)-National Conference, Dallas, Texas

“Molybdenum and Iron Carbonyl Complexes as Dehydrogenative Catalyst to the Formation of Distannanes”

Oral presentation, INORG.

November 4-7, 2009

American Chemical Society Regional Conference(ACS), El Paso, Texas

“Molybdenum Carbonyl Complexes as Dehydrogenative Catalysts: Relative Activity Toward

R3EH, E = Si, Ge and Sn”.

Oral presentation, INORG. 131, Main Group Chemistry.

August 17-21, 2008

American Chemical Society National Conference(ACS) , Philadelphia, PA.

“Synthesis and Photochemistry of CpFe(CO)2SiMe2CH2SiMe3-C5H4)Fe(CO)2Me, exhibiting Intra-molecular Oxidative

Addition of The Iron Silicon Bond”

Poster presentation, INORG.

October 9-12, 2008

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science(SACNAS)-National Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.

“Synthesis and Photochemistry of CpFe(CO)2SiMe2CH2SiMe3-C5H4)Fe(CO)2Me, exhibiting Intra-molecular Oxidative

Addition of The Iron Silicon Bond”

Oral presentation,INORG.

October 26-29, 2006

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science(SACNAS)-National Conference ,

Tampa, Florida.

“Formation of Polymers via ring opening of the New Sila-metallacyclobutanes obtained with indenyl iron compounds

and organochlorosilanes"

Poster presentation, INORG.

EXPERIENCE

Spring & Fall 2007

University Of Texas AT El Paso(UTEP)

Teaching Assistant General and Organic Chemistry

Responsible for the Preparation, Supervision, Mentoring and Evaluation of student laboratories. I was “Highly Recommended” by the Department for these activities.

January 2005- December 2006

Farmaceutica del Sur, Arequipa, Peru

Stockroom and Administration

Preparation of inventory, checking and distribution of merchandise (Medicines and consumer products)

Participation in the acquisition of potential products with good commercial potential. In this position I was responsible for the reduction in losses from 15 to a 5%, by implementing an efficient distribution and control of the merchandise.

October 2004

CIA Minera Ares (CAM), Arequipa, Peru

Laboratory and Plant

Preparation, sample handling and spectroscopic analysis of materials samples from mining operation (Silver and Gold) including analysis of environmentally important systems in local aqueous reservoirs.

I was responsible for daily reports on the purity of the source minerals from the different areas.

I implemented a quality control tools (size distribution and statistical analysis resulting in an

improved control of defects and accurate readings).

I developed an standard methodology for sampling, preparation and analysis for the first time.

December 2004

Z-Vicor Corporation, Arequipa, Peru.

Laboratory

Preparation, sample handling and chemical analyses of Foods, Soil and Water.

Responsible for the generation of Physicochemical and Analytical reports to a range of different industries and laboratories.

SKILLS

Proficiency in MS Word,Excel, Power Point, Internet Explorer search Engines and Internet tools.

Proficiency with SPSS , Minitab And Statistic programs

Familiar with Visual Basic programming, Matlab and MS Acces

Extensive use of Ampac 9.2 “Chain calculations and optimization energies”

Extensive Use of ACD Lab 12.0 for NMR simulation

Extensive use of ChemBioDraw Ultra 11.0 for Chemistry drawing and simulations

Working Knowledge of Spanish and proficiency in English( Writing, Grammar and speaking)

Familiar with German

Extensive use of Nuclear Magnetic resonance (NMR) 300MHZ and 600MHZ

Extensive use of Infrared Spectroscopy and GC-Mass Spectrum

Familiar with DART Mass Spectrum (Direct Analysis Retention Time)

Familiar with Atomic absorption, and proficiency with Instrumental Analysis and general lab techniques.

Proficiency in the synthesis, purification, and crystallization of organo-metallic, organic and inorganic materials.

Extensive use of air sensitive materials, and well known techniques to manage them.

PUBLICATIONS

Activation of Non Reactive Bonds Through the use of Inexpensive Metal Carbonyl Complexes:

1. Dehydrogenative Dimerization of Di-tert-butyltin Dihydride Photochemically and Thermally Catalyzed by Iron and Molybdenum Complexes Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 121, 6427-6430

2. Methyl Transfer from Fe (and Mo) to Sn: Formation of (η5-C5H5)M(CO)nSntBu2Me (M = Fe, n = 2; M = Mo, n = 3) Complexes from Photochemical Irradiation of (η5-C5H5)M(CO)nMe and tBu2SnH2

Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 4586-4588

3. Metal-Catalyzed Reduction of HCONR2, R = Me (DMF); Et (DEF), by Silanes to Produce R2NMe and Disiloxanes: A Mechanism Unraveled. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 , 848–851.

4. Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reduction of N,N-Dimethylthioacetamide by Silanes, Germanes and Stannanes, R3EH, to Produce Trimethylamine and R3E-S-ER3., Organometallics., 2011, 30, 6506–6509.

REFERENCES

Keith H. Pannell, Professor Chemistry, University of Texas At El Paso, 915-***-****, avl9d5@r.postjobfree.com

Hemant Sharma, Assistant Professor Chemistry, University of Texas At El Paso, 915-***-****, avl9d5@r.postjobfree.com

Bonnie Gunn, Coordinator Supervisor, General Chemistry, University of texas At El Paso, 915-***-****, avl9d5@r.postjobfree.com

Mahesh Narayan, Professor Biochemistry, University of Texas At El Paso, 915-***-****, avl9d5@r.postjobfree.com

Katja Michael, Professor of Chemistry and Graduate Adviser, University of Texas At El Paso, 915-***-****, avl9d5@r.postjobfree.com

Jose Nunez, Professor of Chemistry, University of Texas At El Paso, 915-***-****, avl9d5@r.postjobfree.com.

Eloy Roman, Manager of Metallurgic Research, CIA Minera Ares, Arequipa, Peru, (tel) 011-**-**-*****, avl9d5@r.postjobfree.com.

Juan Calvera, Manager, Farmaceutica del Sur, S.R.L, Arequipa,Peru, (tel) 011-51-54-427807, avl9d5@r.postjobfree.com

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