Seila Rodriguez Vilches

• Materials formulation and characterization • Patenting and publishing • Procurement management (lab equipment, materials and service providers) • Evaluation of laboratory budgets • Responsible for laboratory infrastructure build-up

Designed and developed biochips via shape memory polymers capable of selectively recognizing cancer biomarkers. Such systems may therefore find potential use in medical diagnostic devices. This work involved the synthesis of novel polymers, their micro- and nanostructuration in light diffraction gratings, surface chemistry and numerous characterization techniques

Synthesized and characterized liquid crystal elastomers. The ultimate goal of this project was to develop novel materials with specific recognition properties for the use in diastereomeric drug separation.

Synthesized diazonium salts via modification of polystyrene. These polymers were firstly immobilized onto electrodes and later envisaged for their use in analytical sensors

Nanotechnlogy, polymer chemistry and materials sciences

Polymer Chemistry