Yearly Archives: 2026

Dr. Paola Baldaguez Medina Named NSF EPSCoR Research Fellow and Awarded $277,886 Research Grant

Dr. Paola A. Baldaguez Medina, Assistant Professor, has been selected as a National Science Foundation (NSF) EPSCoR Research Fellow, receiving a $277,886 award to advance research on sustainable technologies for water treatment and critical material recovery. Her project, titled “Biomass-Derived Carbon Electrodes for Capacitive Deionization and Critical Material Recovery: Mechanistic Characterization and Implementation,” focuses on…

INQU Faculty Awarded 2026 Catalyzer Research Grants

The Department of Chemical Engineering (INQU) at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez congratulates Dr. Yomaira Pagán-Torres and Dr. Hansel Montalvo-Castro on being selected as recipients of the 2026 Catalyzer Research Grant from the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust. The Catalyzer Research Grant supports researchers in Puerto Rico by providing funding to…

UPRM Chemical Engineering Students Recognized by NSF GRFP and Honorable Mention

The Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) recognizes students Lucas Lisondo di Tada and Cecilia P. Matos Berríos, and alumna Verónica Martínez Pesante, for their achievements in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), with Lisondo di Tada and Martínez Pesante receiving the fellowship and Matos Berríos…