Damaris Esther Perez

5th Year
M.S. Chemistry, 2012
State University of New York at Oswego, NY

Education

2013-Present
Chemistry Graduate Student, North Carolina State University

2010-2012
Master of Science in Chemistry, State University of New York at Oswego, NY Research Document: Synthesis of New Ligands for the Ullmann C-C Coupling Reaction at Room Temperature, and Synthesis of 2-(phenylcarbamoyl)pyridine 1-oxide, and its Use as a Ligand for the Ullmann C-N Coupling Reaction of Imidazole and Pyrazole.

2004-2009
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

Professional Experience

2013-Present
Chemistry Graduate Student, NCSU, Elon A. Ison

2012-2013
Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. James Takacs, University of Nebraska Lincoln

2010-2012
Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Fehmi Damkaci, State University of New York at Oswego

2009-2010
Chemistry Graduate Student, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

Awards

Spring 2016
Graduate School Diversity Enhancement Graduate Assistant Grant, NCSU
2014-2015
Graduate School Diversity Enhancement Graduate Assistant Grant, NCSU
2012-2013
Department of Chemistry Chair’s Fellowship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2012-2013
Department of Chemistry Chair’s Fellowship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Summer 2011
Student/Faculty Collaborative Challenge Grant, State University of New York at Oswego

Poster Presentations / Seminars

Spring 2016
Poster Presentation: “Mechanistic Study of the Catalytic Hydrosilylation Reaction of Aldehydes by Novel Cationic Diamido Amine Rhenium(III) Bisacetonitrile Complex,” NCSU Symposium

Spring 2015
Poster Presentation: “Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Novel Neutral and Cationic Diamido Amine and Diamine Amido Rhenium Complexes,” NCSU Symposium
Seminar: “Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of New Diamidoamine and Diamineamido Rhenium Complexes” NCSU Symposium

Spring 2014
Poster Presentation: “Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of new Diaminoamida Rhenium Complexes,” NCSU Symposium

Spring 2012
Poster Presentation: “New Ligand for Ullmann Type Couplings of Aryl Halides at Room Temperature”, SUNY Oswego

Publications

  1. Hoang, G.L.; Yang, Z-D.; Smith, S.M.; Pal, R.; Miska, J.L.; Pérez, D.E.; Pelter, L. S.W.; Zeng, X.C.; Takacs, J.M Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 940–943.
  2. Pérez, D. E.; Smeltz, J. L.; Sommer, R. D.; Boyle, P. D. and Ison, E. A.” Cationic Rhenium (III) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity for Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes.” Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 4609-4616.