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Aikomarí Guzmán-Martínez, PhD

Associate Professor

Aiko received her B.S. in Chemistry from University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras where she worked with Dr. Néstor Carballeira. She later joined Pfizer Inc. at Groton, CT, where she was  an assistant scientist. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from University of California, San Diego, where she worked under the supervision of Dr. Michael VanNieuwenhze, for the Total Synthesis of Lysobactin. She continued her experiences and was a NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in Boston College, where she worked with Dr. Amir Hoveyda on Cu-catalyzed enantioselective  methodology of allylic boronates promoted by chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes. After a three years working as a lecturer in University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, in January 2014, Aiko was appointed as an Assistant Professor at University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez.

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EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Origins of Life - Prebiotic Chemistry

Origin and Evolution of Polypeptides 

2002 - 2007

University of California, San Diego

M.S & Ph.D., with Dr. Michael VanNieuwenhze

Chemical Education of Antibiotics 

Developing Educational Research for Isolation and Testing of Antibiotics

Summer of 2017 and 2018

Georgia Institute of Technology

Summer Research Associate, with Dr. Nick Hud

at the NSF-NASA Center for Chemical Evolution

2000

University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

B.S.

2000 - 2002

Pfizer Inc.

Assistant Scientist I

2008 - 2010

Boston College

Postdoctorate, with Dr. Amir Hoveyda

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