phone: (787) 832-4040 ext. 3736
email: carmenamaralis.vega@upr.edu
office: Q-133
Lab: Q-165
Education
Ph.D. University of Florida, 1975

Teaching Interests
Analytical chemistry
Graduate seminar

Research Interests
Electroanalytical techniques applied to bio-remediation. Determination of the electroactivity of pharmaceutical products, such as antibiotics, analgesics, and antifungal and anti-inflammatory products. Cyclic Voltammetry applied to monitor biodegradation of environmental contaminants, including toxic metal such as Lead, Mercury, Zinc and Nickel in naturals and waste waters.

Research
Removal of copper from water by adsorption with calcium-alginate/spent-coffee-grounds composite beads
Adsorption of Ni2+ and Cd2+ from Water by Calcium Alginate/Spent Coffee Grounds Composite Beads
Electrochemical characterization of recombinant His-tag protein immobilized onto functionalized gold nanoparticles
Characterization and Fabrication of a Porous Metal via Selective Phase Dissolution in Al-Cu Alloys
Cyclic voltammetry as a screening tool for the fungal degradation of 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene in aqueous media
Synthesis, characterization, and electrocatalytic ability of γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles for sensing acetaminophen
Electrochemical characterization of MC3T3-E1 cells cultured on γTiAl and Ti–6Al–4V alloys
Surface and Electrochemical Analysis of a Self-Assembled Monolayer Electrochemical Immunosensor for the Determination of Ethyl Glucoronide (EtG)
Síntesis del anticanceroso carboplatino oxidado y estudios electroquímicos de sus interacciones con bases nitrogenadas por voltametría cíclica

Recent Publications
1.      Santos Cancel, M.; Ortega Nuñez, M. E.; Vega, C. A., Surface and Electrochemical Analysis of a Self-Assembled Monolayer Electrochemical Immunosensor for the Determination of Ethyl Glucoronide (EtG). International Journal of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2014), 4 (2), 45-52.
 
2.      Puma, Blas P., Carmen A. Vega, Mayra E. Cádiz, and Enrique Melendéz. “Síntesis del anticanceroso carboplatino oxidado y estudios electroquímicos de sus interacciones con bases nitrogenadas por voltametría cíclica.” Revista Boliviana de Química 32, no. 3 (2015): 53-59.
 
3.      Puma-Caparó, Blas P., and Carmen A. Vega-Olivencia. “Comportamiento electroquímico de la droga anticancer carboplatin y sus interacciones con las bases nitrogenadas sobre el electrodo de oro en condiciones fisiológicas.” Revista Boliviana de Química 32.2 (2015): 30-36.
 
4.      Bueno-Vera, J. A., I. Torres-Zapata, P. A. Sundaram, N. Diffoot-Carlo, and C. A. Vega-Olivencia. “Electrochemical characterization of MC3T3-E1 cells cultured on γTiAl and Ti–6Al–4V alloys.” Bioelectrochemistry 106 (2015): 316-327.
 
5.      Singh, Beer Pal, Arun Kumar, Armando P. Duarte, Segundo J. Rojas, Marielys Crespo-Medina, Hector I. Areizaga-Martinez, Carmen A. Vega-Olivencia, and M. S. Tomar. “Synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical response of iron oxide nanoparticles for sensing acetaminophen.” Materials Research Express 3, no. 10 (2016): 106105.
 
6.      Castellanos, Jorge, Carlos Rios-Velazquez, Freddie Morales, Viridis Miranda-Berrocales, José Liquet-Gonzalez, Isaac Cortez, Ricky Padilla, Carmen A. Vega-Olivencia, and Samuel P. Hernández-Rivera. “Cyclic voltammetry as a screening tool for the fungal degradation of 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene in aqueous media.” International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 96, no. 10 (2016): 978-989.
 
7.      Singh, Beer Pal, Arun Kumar, Hector I. Areizaga-Martinez, Carmen A. Vega-Olivencia, and Maharaj S. Tomar. “Synthesis, characterization, and electrocatalytic ability of γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles for sensing acetaminophen.” Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics (IJPAP) 55, no. 10 (2017): 722-728.
 
8.      Vargas-Martínez, Juan, John E. Estela-García, Oscar Marcelo Suárez, and Carmen A. Vega. “Fabrication of a Porous Metal via Selective Phase Dissolution in Al-Cu Alloys.” Metals 8, no. 6 (2018): 378.
 
9.      Torres-González, Lisa, Ramonita Díaz-Ayala, Carmen A. Vega-Olivencia, and Juan López-Garriga. “Characterization of recombinant His-tag protein immobilized onto functionalized gold nanoparticles.” Sensors 18, no. 12 (2018): 4262.
 
10.   Torres-Caban, Roberto, Carmen A. Vega-Olivencia, and Nairmen Mina-Camilde. “Adsorption of Ni2+ and Cd2+ from Water by Calcium Alginate/Spent Coffee Grounds Composite Beads.” Applied Sciences 9, no. 21 (2019): 4531.
 
11.   Torres-Caban, R., Vega-Olivencia, C. A., Alamo-Nole, L., Morales-Irizarry, D., Roman-Velazquez, F., & Mina-Camilde, N. Removal of copper from water by adsorption with calcium-alginate/spent-coffee-grounds composite beads. Materials, (2019): 12(3), 395.
 
12.  Electrochemical sensing of hydrogen peroxide based on nano Ƴ-Fe2O3 modified glassy carbon electrode, Beer Pal Singh, Shrestha Tyagi, Yogendra K, Gautam, Anil K. Malik, Carmen A Vega-Olivencia, Applied Innovative Research, Vol. 2, June 2020, pp. 162-166.