Puerto Rico Development

Rivera Ríos, Luis R.

Balcones San Pedro J-***, José de Diego St. #19 Guaynabo, PR 00969

Phone: 787-***-**** E-Mail: abmy36@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To find a permanent position as scientist in the pharmaceutical area with a company who could make

the most of my leadership, problem solving abilities and knowledge in chemistry, biochemistry,

bioorganic, macromolecular and supramolecular chemistry. This position is the ideal starting point to

lunch my career.

Experience

Professor, Analytical chemistry, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto Metro (2010-2011)

Professor, Organic Chemistry Review for MCAT, PCAT and DAT, Kaplan PR Inc. (2005-2006)

Chemist II, QA, Baxter, Jayuya, PR (2004)

Responsible for the analysis of component (salts, carbohydrate, amino acids) concentrations of the

three stages (initials, in-process, finals) of the packing process

Education

Ph.D. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR (2013)

Worked in the synthesis and self-assembly of multifunctional supramolecules from 8-aryl

deoxyguanosine. Self-assemble dendrimers, and the development of peroxidase assay for

supramolecules are two highlights of these investigations.

M.S. University of California, San Diego, CA (2004)

Worked in the synthesis of collagen-like bioactive peptides and total synthesis of antibiotics with

chemotherapeutic ability.

B.S. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR (2001)

Worked in the isolation, characterization and synthesis of marine natural products.

Publication

Rivera, L. R. Betancourt, J. E. and Rivera J. M. “Aquatic Self- Assembly of sixteen subunits into a 39-kDa

Dendrimer” Langmuir (2011), 27, 1409 DOI: 10.1021/la 103961m

Skills

Synthesis: Peptides (solid phase and solution), collagen, carbohydrate (protecting group

manipulations, glycosylations), lipids, non-natural nucleotide, self-assembly of dendrimers and artificial

systems mimicking globular proteins

Spectroscopy: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) 1D, 2D and DOSY, Fourier Transform Infrared

Spectroscopy (FTIR), Circular Dichroism (CD), UV-Vis and Fluorescent

Others: Dynamic Light Scattering, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Mass Spectrometry, molecular

modeling (Maestro), computational analysis (Spartan 10), assay development (peroxidase activity of

supramolecular GQ’s), kinetic analysis (including statistics), excellent communication both written and

writing, Spanish and English, interpersonal oriented, team work and costumer service trained

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