How can we expand student knowledge and interests?
Dr. Hernandez research laboratory provides students an intense research experience through spectroscopic techniques in applications including:
- Mid-Infrared Laser Spectroscopy (QCLs)
- Raman Spectroscopy (RS)
- Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Applications
- Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
- Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering (TERS)
- Multivariate Analyses and Chemometrics
- Ab Initio and Chemical Modeling
2018-2019 Academic Year Activities
Activity 1. International Day of the Light: OSA UPR-M and SAS UPR-M Student Chapters
International Day of the Light
![From left to right: Wilmaris Muñiz (SAS Member), Annette M. Colón (SAS President), Gabriela Padilla (SAS Member), Larry Theran (OSA President) and Sergiy Lysenko (OSA UPR-M Advisor) [Photo credit: Larry Theran]](https://www.uprm.edu/ccs-cicsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/183/2019/07/International-Day-of-the-Light-2.jpg)
From left to right: Wilmaris Muñiz (SAS Member), Annette M. Colón (SAS President), Gabriela Padilla (SAS Member), Larry Theran (OSA President) and Sergiy Lysenko (OSA UPR-M Advisor) [Photo credit: Larry Theran]
![Demonstration of extraction of dyes to be separated using thin layer chromatography and identified by Raman spectroscopy. [Photo credit: Larry Theran]](https://www.uprm.edu/ccs-cicsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/183/2019/07/International-Day-of-the-Light-3-300x192.jpg)
Demonstration of extraction of dyes to be separated using thin layer chromatography and identified by Raman spectroscopy. [Photo credit: Larry Theran]
Activity 2. Beyond the Optics Workshop Collaboration with OSA UPRM Chapter
Photo credit: Larry Theran
Dr. Samuel P. Hernández-Rivera, SAS UPR-M Advisor, during his presentation at the “Beyond the Optics” OSA UPR-M workshop. [Photo credit: Larry Theran]
From left to right: Dr. Jonathan S Friedman-Siegel (Director, Puerto Rico Photonics Institute), Dr. Felix Fernández (Professor of Physics), Dr. Héctor Jimenez (Director of Climatology Office, UPRM) Dr. Sergiy Lysenko (Professor of Physics, OSA Advisor), Dr. Samuel P. Hernández-Rivera, (Professor of Physical Chemistry, SAS Advisor) and Dr. Rafael A. Ramos (Professor of Physics). [Photo credit: Larry Theran]
Activity 3. Zirconia camp for girls
[Photo credit: Larry Theran]
Members of SAS and OSA UPR-M Chapters and Zirconia Camp for girls participating. From left to right: From left to right: Gabriela Padilla-Rivera (SAS Member), Annette M. Colón-Mercado (President SAS), Larry Theran (President OSA) and Sergiy Lysenko (OSA UPR-M Advisor). [Photo credit: Larry Theran]
Participants of the Zirconia Camp looking through a diffraction grating. [Photo credit: Larry Theran]
Activity 4. Webinar: Photonic Devices
Professors and graduate students during the webinar.
Professors and graduate students during the webinar.
Activity 5: First Members Meeting
Annette M. Colón-Mercado (SAS President) introducing to SAS-RUM Chapter members in the first meeting of the semester.