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Carlos R. Cabrera Martinez

Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry

Office Building: Chemistry and Computer Science Building
Office Room: 2.0804
Phone: (915) 747-7550
Email: crcabrerama@utep.edu

Bio

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Awards and Honors

President of the American Chemical Society-Rio Grande Valley - American Chemical Society (01/02/2024)
Ralph and Kathleen Ponce de Leon Professorship in Chemistry - College of Science (12/07/2023)
Waldemar Adam Award - American Chemical Society- Puerto Rico Section (11/04/2023)

Education

Ph D in Chemistry , Cornell University (1987)
BS in Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus (1982)

Publications

Ex Situ and In Situ Analyses of the Mechanism of Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production by CoxZn1–xO (0 < x < 0.018) Materials in Alkaline Media ACS Applied Energy Materials 5 6 (2022), Joselyn Del Pilar Albadalejo, Suheily Alonso-Sevilla, Nicohl I. Cintrón, Xinran Feng, Ángel D. García, Dinorah D. Martínez-Torres, Astrid M. Rodríguez, Natalia I. Román-Montalvo, José I. Torres, Yao Yang, Armando Peña-Duarte, Rahul Singhal, Louise M. Debefve, Christopher J. Pollock, Carlos R. Cabrera, Héctor D. Abruña, Mitk’El B. Santiago-Berríos.
Test Strip Platform Spin-Off for Telomerase Activity Detection: Development of an Electrochemical Biosensor ACS Omega 7 11 (2022), Ramonita Díaz-Ayala, Marjorie López-Nieves, Etienne S. Colón Berlingeri, Carlos R. Cabrera, Lisandro Cunci, Carlos I. González, Pedro F. Escobar.
Glucose Strip Platform Spin-Off for Telomerase Activity Detection: development of an electrochemical biosensor ACS Omega 7 11 (2022), Carlos R. Cabrera, Ramonita Diaz-Ayala, Marjory López-Nieves, E. Colón-Berlingeri, Pedro Escobar, Lisandro Cunci, Carlos I. González, .
Boosting the efficiency of urea synthesis via cooperative electroreduction of N-2 and CO2 on MoP JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A 11 1 (2022), Dongxu Jiao, Yilong Dong, Xiaoqiang Cui, Qinghai Cai, Carlos R. Cabrera, Jingxiang Zhao, Zhongfang Chen.
Boosting the Efficient Urea Synthesis Via Cooperative Electroreduction of N2 and Co2 on Mop SSRN (2022), Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
Combined Rotating Disk Slurry Electrodeposition-Spontaneous Galvanic Displacement for Pt-M (M = Co, Ni, and Cu) Catalyst Synthesis for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS (2022), Perez, Joesene J. Soto, Armando Pena-Duarte, Pedro Trinidad, Gerardo Quintana, Xueru Zhao, Kotaro Sasaki, Miguel J. Yacaman, Ruben Mendoza-Cruz, Cabrera, Carlos R. ..
Ex Situ and In Situ Analyses of the Mechanism of Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production by CoxZn1-xO (0 < x <0.018) Materials in Alkaline Media ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS (2022), Albadalejo, Joselyn Del Pilar, Suheily Alonso-Sevilla, Cintron, Nicohl, I, Xinran Feng, Angel D. Garcia, Dinorah D. Martinez-Torres, Astrid M. Rodriguez, Roman-Montalvo, Natalia, I, Torres, Jose, I, Yao Yang, Armando Pena-Duarte, Rahul Singhal, Louise M. Debefve, Christopher J. Pollock, Carlos R. Cabrera, Hector D. Abruna, Mitk'El B. Santiago-Berrios.
Ex Situ and In Situ Analyses of the Mechanism of Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production by CoxZn1-xO (O < x < 0.018) Materials in Alkaline Media ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS 5 6 (2022), Albadalejo, Joselyn Del Pilar, Suheily Alonso-Sevilla, Cintron, Nicohl, I, Xinran Feng, Angel D. Garcia, Dinorah D. Martinez-Torres, Astrid M. Rodriguez, Roman-Montalvo, Natalia, I, Torres, Jose, I, Yao Yang, Armando Pena-Duarte, Rahul Singhal, Louise M. Debefve, Christopher J. Pollock, Carlos R. Cabrera, Hector D. Abruna, Mitk'el B. Santiago-Berrios.
Fabrication of tunable hierarchical ZnO nanostructures via an anodization process MATERIALS LETTERS 314 (2022), D. K. Kumar, Damaris Suazo-Davila, Desiree Garcia-Torres, Carlos R. Cabrera, Ch. V. Reddy, Kakarla R. Reddy.
Test Strip Platform Spin-Off for Telomerase Activity Detection: Development of an Electrochemical Biosensor ACS OMEGA 7 11 (2022), Ramonita Diaz-Ayala, Marjorie Lopez-Nieves, Colon Berlingeri, Etienne S., Carlos R. Cabrera, Lisandro Cunci, Gonzalez, Carlos, I, Pedro F. Escobar.
Anodic coulometry of zero-valent iron nanoparticles Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 896 (2021), S\'anchez-\'Alvarez, Annelis O, Jeffrey E. Dick, Eduardo Larios, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Anodic coulometry of zero-valent iron nanoparticles JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 896 (2021), Annelis O. Sanchez-Alvarez, Jeffrey E. Dick, Eduardo Larios, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Design and Characterization of Gold-Palladium Electrode Platforms for Cancer Detection Biophysical Journal 120 3 (2021), Poueymirou, Manuel J La Torre, Ramonita D. Ayala, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Design and Characterization of Gold-Palladium Electrode Platforms for Cancer Detection BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL 120 3 (2021), Poueymirou, Manuel J. La Torre, Ramonita D. Ayala, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Glucose oxidation reaction at palladium-carbon nano-onions in alkaline media JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY 25 1 (2021), Carlos A. Velez, Joesene J. Soto-Perez, Juan Corchado-Garcia, Eduardo Larios, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Luis A. Echegoyen, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Glucose oxidation reaction at palladium-carbon nano-onions in alkaline media Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 25 1 (2021), V\'elez, Carlos A, Soto-P\'erez, Joesene J, Corchado-Garc\'\ia, Juan, Eduardo Larios, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Luis Echegoyen, Carlos R. Cabrera.
In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of PtNi-Nanowire/Vulcan XC-72R under Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media ACS omega 6 27 (2021), Soto-P\'erez, Joesene, Luis E. Betancourt, Pedro Trinidad, Eduardo Larios, Rojas-P\'erez, Arnulfo, Gerardo Quintana, Kotaro Sasaki, Christopher J. Pollock, Louise M. Debefve, Carlos R. Cabrera.
In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of PtNi-Nanowire/Vulcan XC-72R under Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media ACS OMEGA 6 27 (2021), Joesene Soto-Perez, Luis E. Betancourt, Pedro Trinidad, Eduardo Larios, Arnulfo Rojas-Perez, Gerardo Quintana, Kotaro Sasaki, Christopher J. Pollock, Louise M. Debefve, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Iron Quantum Dots Electro-Assembling on Vulcan XC-72R: Hydrogen Peroxide Generation for Space Applications ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces (2021), Peña-Duarte, Armando, Santosh H. Vijapur, Timothy D. Hall, Kathleen L. Hayes, Larios-Rodr\'\iguez, Eduardo, Joselyn D. Pilar-Albaladejo, Mitk’El B. Santiago, Stephen Snyder, Jennings Taylor, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Iron Quantum Dots Electro-Assembling on Vulcan XC-72R: Hydrogen Peroxide Generation for Space Applications ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 13 25 (2021), Armando Pena-Duarte, Santosh H. Vijapur, Timothy D. Hall, Kathleen L. Hayes, Eduardo Larios-Rodriguez, Del Pilar-Albaladejo, Joselyn, Mitk'El B. Santiago, Stephen Snyder, Jennings Taylor, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Multicolor Fluorescent Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots for Sensing Cancer Cell Biomarkers ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS 4 1 (2021), Lisandro Cunci, Viviana Gonzalez-Colon, Brenda L. Vargas-Perez, Joed Ortiz-Santiago, Miraida Pagan, Paola Carrion, Jomari Cruz, Agustin Molina-Ontoria, Namyr Martinez, Walter Silva, Luis A. Echegoyen, Carlos R. Cabrera.
PCR-assisted impedimetric biosensor for colibactin-encoding pks genomic island detection in E. coli samples ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 413 18 (2021), Nadja E. Solis-Marcano, Myreisa Morales-Cruz, Gabriela Vega-Hernandez, Ramon Gomez-Moreno, Claudia Binder, Abel Baerga-Ortiz, Craig Priest, Carlos R. Cabrera.
PCR-assisted impedimetric biosensor for colibactin-encoding pks genomic island detection in E. coli samples Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry (2021), Nadja E. Solis-Marcano, Myreisa Morales-Cruz, Vega-Hern\'andez, Gabriela, G\'omez-Moreno, Ram\'on, Claudia Binder, Abel Baerga-Ortiz, Craig Priest, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Potential dependent Ag nanoparticle electrodeposition on Vulcan XC-72R carbon support for alkaline oxygen reduction reaction Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 891 (2021), Melissa Vega-Cartagena, Rojas-P\'erez, Arnulfo, Col\'on-Quintana, Guillermo S, P\'erez, Daniel A Blasini, Pe\~na-Duarte, Armando, Larios-Rodr\'\iguez, Eduardo, De Jes\'us, Marco A, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Potential dependent Ag nanoparticle electrodeposition on Vulcan XC-72R carbon support for alkaline oxygen reduction reaction JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 891 (2021), Melissa Vega-Cartagena, Arnulfo Rojas-Perez, Guillermo S. Colon-Quintana, Perez, Daniel A. Blasini, Armando Pena-Duarte, Eduardo Larios-Rodriguez, De Jesus, Marco A., Carlos R. Cabrera.
RoDSE Electro-Assembling of Iron Quantum Dots on Vulcan Xc-72R for ORR Toward Peroxide Generation for Space Applications 47 (2021), Armando Pena-Duarte, Kathleen Hayes, Santosh H. Vijapur, Timothy Hall, E J. Taylor, Joselyn Del Pilar, Carlos Cabrera.
Single-atom catalysts with anionic metal centers: promising electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction and beyond Journal of Energy Chemistry (2021), Jinxing Gu, Yinghe Zhao, Shiru Lin, Jingsong Huang, Carlos R. Cabrera, Bobby G. Sumpter, Zhongfang Chen.
Single-atom catalysts with anionic metal centers: Promising electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction and beyond JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY 63 (2021), Jinxing Gu, Yinghe Zhao, Shiru Lin, Jingsong Huang, Carlos R. Cabrera, Bobby G. Sumpter, Zhongfang Chen.
Catalytic Performance Study of Ptni-Nanowires for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) with Temperature-Controlled Experiments in Alkaline Medium 46 (2020), Carlos Cabrera Martinez, Joesene Soto.
Electrochemistry for Space Life Support ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY INTERFACE 29 1 (2020), George J. Nelson, Santosh H. Vijapur, Timothy D. Hall, Brittany Brown, Armando Pena-Duarte, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Enhancing ORR performance of bimetallic PdAg electrocatalysts by designing interactions between Pd and Ag ACS Applied Energy Materials 3 3 (2020), Luis E. Betancourt, Arnulfo Rojas-Perez, Ivan Orozco, Anatoly I. Frenkel, Yuanyuan Li, Kotaro Sasaki, Sanjaya D. Senanayake, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Enhancing ORR Performance of Bimetallic PdAg Electrocatalysts by Designing Interactions between Pd and Ag ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS 3 3 (2020), Luis E. Betancourt, Arnulfo Rojas-Perez, Ivan Orozco, Frenkel, Anatoly, I, Yuanyuan Li, Kotaro Sasaki, Sanjaya D. Senanayake, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Multicolor Fluorescent Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots for Sensing Cancer Cell Biomarkers ACS Applied Nano Materials 4 1 (2020), Lisandro Cunci, Gonz\'alez-Col\'on, Viviana, Lee Vargas-Pérez, Brenda, Joed Ortiz-Santiago, Pag\'an, Miraida, Paola Carrion, Jomari Cruz, Agustin Molina-Ontoria, Namyr Martinez, Walter Silva, others.
Phytonanoremediation by Avicennia germinans (black mangrove) and nano zero valent iron for heavy metal uptake from Cienaga Las Cucharillas wetland soils Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring \& Management 14 (2020), Keyla T. Hidalgo, Carri\'on-Huertas, Pedro J, Richard T. Kinch, Luis E. Betancourt, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Urea-based system for energy and waste recovery in water recycling Google Patents (2019), Carlos R. Cabrera, Eduardo Nicolau, Michael Flynn, Kai Griebenow.
Ammonia Oxidation Reaction Under Microgravity Conditions 57 (2019), Carlos R. Cabrera.
Bioelectrochemical Approach for Urea Removal from Synthetic Urine 44 (2019), Rojas-P\'erez, Arnulfo, Barreto-V\'azquez, Delmaliz, Santosh H. Vijapur, Timothy D. Hall, EJ Taylor, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Computational screening of efficient single-atom catalysts based on graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) for nitrogen electroreduction Small Methods 3 6 (2019), Zhe Chen, Jingxiang Zhao, Carlos R. Cabrera, Zhongfang Chen.
Computational Screening of Efficient Single-Atom Catalysts Based on Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4) for Nitrogen Electroreduction SMALL METHODS 3 6 (2019), Zhe Chen, Jingxiang Zhao, Carlos R. Cabrera, Zhongfang Chen.
Development of a Urine Recycling Chemostat System Coupled to an Ammonia Fuel Cell Using Urease-Positive P. vulgaris Bacteria for Urea Removal 8 (2019), Barreto-V\'azquez, Delmaliz, Gary Toranzos, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Electrochemical Proteus vulgaris whole cell urea sensor in synthetic urine Current Research in Biotechnology 1 (2019), Myreisa Morales-Cruz, Nadja E. Solis-Marcano, Claudia Binder, Craig Priest, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Electrochemical Proteus vulgaris whole cell urea sensor in synthetic urine CURRENT RESEARCH IN BIOTECHNOLOGY 1 (2019), Myreisa Morales-Cruz, Nadja E. Solis-Marcano, Claudia Binder, Craig Priest, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Highly Selective Toward Four-or Two-Electrons ORR on Nitrogen Doped Carbon Nano Structures in Fuel Cells for Space Applications 57 (2019), Armando Pena, Santosh H. Vijapur, Timothy D. Hall, Stephen Snyder, Jeffrey Sweterlitsch, EJ Taylor, Carlos R. Cabrera.
In-Situ Resource Utilization for Electrochemical Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide for Disinfection (2019), Santosh Vijapur, Timothy Hall, E J. Taylor, Dan Wang, Stephen Snyder, Brian Skinn, Carlos Cabrera, Pe\~na Duarte, Armando, Jeffrey Sweterlitsch.
Label-free telomerase activity detection via electrochemical impedance spectroscopy ACS Omega 4 16 (2019), Diana C. Diaz-Cartagena, Griselle Hernandez-Cancel, Dina P. Bracho-Rincón, José A. González-Feliciano, Lisandro Cunci, Carlos I. González, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Label-Free Telomerase Activity Detection via Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy ACS OMEGA 4 16 (2019), Diana C. Diaz-Cartagena, Griselle Hernandez-Cancel, Dina Bracho-Rincon, Jose A. Gonzalez-Feliciano, Lisandro Cunci, Gonzalez, Carlos, I, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Low-temperature titania-graphene quantum dots paste for flexible dye-sensitised solar cell applications Electrochimica Acta 305 (2019), D K. Kumar, Damaris Suazo-Davila, Garc\'\ia-Torres, Desiree, Nathan P. Cook, Aruna Ivaturi, Min-Hung Hsu, Mart\'\i, Angel A, Carlos R. Cabrera, Baixin Chen, Nick Bennett, others.
Low-temperature titania-graphene quantum dots paste for flexible dye-sensitised solar cell applications ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA 305 (2019), D. K. Kumar, Damaris Suazo-Davila, Desiree Garcia-Torres, Nathan P. Cook, Aruna Ivaturi, Min-Hung Hsu, Angel A. Marti, Carlos R. Cabrera, Baixin Chen, Nick Bennett, Hari M. Upadhyaya.
Next Generation Water Recovery for a Sustainable Closed Loop Living 57 (2019), Santosh H. Vijapur, Timothy D. Hall, EJ Taylor, Dan Wang, Stephen Snyder, Carlos R. Cabrera, Barreto-V\'azquez, Delmaliz, Rojas-P\'erez, Arnulfo.
Non-Precious Metal-Based Electrocatalytic Cathode Materials for Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells (AMFC) ECS Transactions 92 8 (2019), Joselyn Del-Pilar, Carlos R. Cabrera, others.
On Demand Electrochemical Peroxide Generation for Disinfection 57 (2019), Santosh H. Vijapur, Timothy D. Hall, EJ Taylor, Dan Wang, Stephen Snyder, Brian Skinn, Carlos R. Cabrera, Armando Pena, Jeffrey Sweterlitsch.
Proteus vulgaris Microbial System for Urea Removal and Sensing in Synthetic Urine 8 (2019), Myreisa Morales, Carlos R. Cabrera.
RoDSE Synthesized Fine Tailored Au Nanoparticles from Au(X)(4)(-) (X = Cl-, Br-, and OH-) on Unsupported Vulcan XC-72R for Ethanol Oxidation Reaction in Alkaline Media ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS 2 1 (2019), Luis E. Betancourt, Angel M. Ortiz-Rodriguez, Juan Corchado-Garcia, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Silver--Palladium Electrodeposition on Unsupported Vulcan XC-72R for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media ACS Applied Energy Materials 2 7 (2019), Melissa Vega-Cartagena, Flores-V\'elez, Elena M, Col\'on-Quintana, Guillermo S, Blasini Pérez, Daniel A, De Jes\'us, Marco A, Carlos R. Cabrera.
Silver-Palladium Electrodeposition on Unsupported Vulcan XC-72R for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS 2 7 (2019), Melissa Vega-Cartagena, Elena M. Flores-Velez, Guillermo S. Colon-Quintana, Perez, Daniel A. Blasini, De Jesus, Marco A., Carlos R. Cabrera.
Solid-state electrochemical analysis of Inka pottery from Qotakalli archeological site in the Cusco (Per\'u) area Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 23 5 (2019), Lyda La-Torre-Riveros, Dom\'enech-Carb\'o, Antonio, Carlos R. Cabrera, Dom\'enech-Carb\'o, Mar\'\ia Teresa, Wilber Huahuasoncco-Condori, Guzm\'an, Dino Quispe, del Carmen Guti\'errez-Castillo, Mar\'\ia, Katia Carmona-Ochoa, P\'erez-Trujillo, Amelia.
Solid-state electrochemical analysis of Inka pottery from Qotakalli archeological site in the Cusco (Peru) area JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY 23 5 (2019), Lyda La-Torre-Riveros, Antonio Domenech-Carbo, Carlos R. Cabrera, Teresa Domenech-Carbo, Maria, Wilber Huahuasoncco-Condori, Dino Q. Guzman, del Carmen Gutierrez-Castillo, Maria, Katia Carmona-Ochoa, Amelia Perez-Trujillo.

Presentations

Nanocatalyst Synthesis via RoDSE Method for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media (2023), Volume Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
La Electroquímica: Desde La Energía Renovable Hasta Dispositivos Biomédicos (2023), Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
Bulk Nanocatalyst via Electrosynthesis and Galvanic Displacement Method for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media (2023), Volume Virtual, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
La Electroquímica: Desde la Energía Renovable Hasta Dispositivos Biomédicos (2022), Volume WEBINAR, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
Tandem Microbial and Alkaline Fuel Cell System for Urine Purification at Arid Environments (2022), Volume San Juan, PR, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
Bioelectrochemical Uranium Remediation using Geobacter Sulfurreducens and Boron Doped Diamond Electrodes (2022), Volume Cancun, MX, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
Bulk Nanocatalyst Via Electrosynthesis and Galvanic Displacement Method for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media (2022), Volume Cancun, MX, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
Biografía de las Ciencias: Un Conservatorio con el Dr. Carlos R. Cabrera (2022), Volume Virtual, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
Electrochemical Biosensing Strip for Telomerase Activity Detection (2022), Volume San Diego, CA, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
Nano zero valent iron (nZVI) for heavy metals environmental remediation at Las Cucharillas Marsh, Cataño, Puerto Rico (2022), Volume San Diego, CA, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.

Grants

Mid-scale RI-2: A first-of-its-kind X-ray facility for new science at the high magnetic field frontier
Scholarly Partnership in Nuclear Security (SPINS)
Center for Interfacial Electrochemistry of Energy Materials
Next Generation Water Recovery for a Sustainable Closed Loop
Center for Innovation, Research, and Education in Environmental Nanotechnology

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Spring 2025	MASE 6398 - Dissertation	27405
Spring 2025	MASE 6399 - Dissertation	27409
Spring 2025	MME 5396 - Graduate Projects	27289
Spring 2025	MME 5397 - Graduate Projects	27300
Spring 2025	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	23904
Spring 2025	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	23905
Spring 2025	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	26362
Spring 2025	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	26363
Spring 2025	MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects	27332
Spring 2025	MASE 6294 - Graduate Research Projects	27338
Spring 2025	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	27388
Spring 2025	MASE 6191 - Individual Studies	27327
Spring 2025	MASE 6291 - Individual Studies	27335
Spring 2025	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	27375
Spring 2025	CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research	22548
Spring 2025	CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research	21400
Spring 2025	MME 5398 - Thesis	27306
Spring 2025	MME 5399 - Thesis	27321
Spring 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	25385
Fall 2024	MASE 6398 - Dissertation	10051
Fall 2024	MASE 6399 - Dissertation	10056
Fall 2024	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	14397
Fall 2024	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	17773
Fall 2024	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	14413
Fall 2024	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	14414
Fall 2024	MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects	10027
Fall 2024	MASE 6294 - Graduate Research Projects	14939
Fall 2024	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	11236
Fall 2024	MASE 6191 - Individual Studies	14897
Fall 2024	MASE 6291 - Individual Studies	14927
Fall 2024	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	17328
Fall 2024	CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research	14423
Fall 2024	CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research	14424
Fall 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	16206

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2025	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	23904
Spring 2025	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	23905
Spring 2025	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	26362
Spring 2025	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	26363
Spring 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	25385
Summer 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31320
Spring 2024	MASE 6399 - Dissertation	21533
Spring 2024	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	24484
Spring 2024	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	24485
Spring 2024	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	28078
Spring 2024	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	28079
Spring 2024	CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research	22855
Spring 2024	CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research	21562
Fall 2023	CHEM 5319 - Contem Topics Analytical Chem	17573
Fall 2023	CHEM 6319 - Contemp Topics in Analyt Chem	17616
Fall 2023	MASE 6398 - Dissertation	10114
Fall 2023	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	15390
Fall 2023	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	15408
Fall 2023	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	15409
Fall 2023	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	11453
Fall 2023	CHEM 6195 - Graduate Seminar	14222
Fall 2023	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	15282
Fall 2023	CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research	15419
Fall 2023	CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research	15420
Fall 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	17858
Summer 2023	CHEM 6399 - Dissertation	36200
Summer 2023	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	35845
Spring 2023	CHEM 6398 - Dissertation	25241
Spring 2023	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	25210
Spring 2023	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	25211
Spring 2023	MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects	21239
Spring 2023	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	23202
Spring 2023	MASE 6291 - Individual Studies	21453
Spring 2023	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	24167
Spring 2023	CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research	23153
Spring 2023	CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research	21703
Fall 2022	CHEM 5318 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry	17005	Syllabus
Fall 2022	CHEM 6318 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry	17006	Syllabus
Fall 2022	CHEM 6398 - Dissertation	20067
Fall 2022	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	20089
Fall 2022	MASE 6194 - Graduate Research Projects	10129
Fall 2022	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	12625
Fall 2022	MASE 6391 - Individual Studies	19957
Fall 2022	CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research	20132
Fall 2022	CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research	20133
Summer 2022	CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research	36620
Spring 2022	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	29567
Spring 2022	CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	29568
Spring 2022	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	29569
Spring 2022	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	29570
Spring 2022	MASE 6191 - Individual Studies	27773
Spring 2022	CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research	20400
Spring 2022	CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research	20399
Fall 2021	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	20080
Fall 2021	CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry	20081
Fall 2021	CHEM 6195 - Graduate Seminar	18227
Fall 2021	MASE 6191 - Individual Studies	19953

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2023	CHEM 6319 - Contemp Topics in Analyt Chem	17616	Evaluation
Fall 2022	CHEM 6318 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry	17006	Evaluation
Fall 2021	CHEM 6195 - Graduate Seminar	18227	Evaluation

Bio

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Awards and Honors

President of the American Chemical Society-Rio Grande Valley - American Chemical Society (01/02/2024)
Ralph and Kathleen Ponce de Leon Professorship in Chemistry - College of Science (12/07/2023)
Waldemar Adam Award - American Chemical Society- Puerto Rico Section (11/04/2023)

Ph D in Chemistry , Cornell University (1987)
BS in Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus (1982)

Publications

Ex Situ and In Situ Analyses of the Mechanism of Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production by CoxZn1–xO (0 < x < 0.018) Materials in Alkaline Media ACS Applied Energy Materials 5 6 (2022), Joselyn Del Pilar Albadalejo, Suheily Alonso-Sevilla, Nicohl I. Cintrón, Xinran Feng, Ángel D. García, Dinorah D. Martínez-Torres, Astrid M. Rodríguez, Natalia I. Román-Montalvo, José I. Torres, Yao Yang, Armando Peña-Duarte, Rahul Singhal, Louise M. Debefve, Christopher J. Pollock, Carlos R. Cabrera, Héctor D. Abruña, Mitk’El B. Santiago-Berríos.
Test Strip Platform Spin-Off for Telomerase Activity Detection: Development of an Electrochemical Biosensor ACS Omega 7 11 (2022), Ramonita Díaz-Ayala, Marjorie López-Nieves, Etienne S. Colón Berlingeri, Carlos R. Cabrera, Lisandro Cunci, Carlos I. González, Pedro F. Escobar.
Glucose Strip Platform Spin-Off for Telomerase Activity Detection: development of an electrochemical biosensor ACS Omega 7 11 (2022), Carlos R. Cabrera, Ramonita Diaz-Ayala, Marjory López-Nieves, E. Colón-Berlingeri, Pedro Escobar, Lisandro Cunci, Carlos I. González, .
Boosting the efficiency of urea synthesis via cooperative electroreduction of N-2 and CO2 on MoP JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A 11 1 (2022), Dongxu Jiao, Yilong Dong, Xiaoqiang Cui, Qinghai Cai, Carlos R. Cabrera, Jingxiang Zhao, Zhongfang Chen.
Boosting the Efficient Urea Synthesis Via Cooperative Electroreduction of N2 and Co2 on Mop SSRN (2022), Carlos Cabrera Martinez.

Presentations

Nanocatalyst Synthesis via RoDSE Method for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media (2023), Volume Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
La Electroquímica: Desde La Energía Renovable Hasta Dispositivos Biomédicos (2023), Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
Bulk Nanocatalyst via Electrosynthesis and Galvanic Displacement Method for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media (2023), Volume Virtual, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
La Electroquímica: Desde la Energía Renovable Hasta Dispositivos Biomédicos (2022), Volume WEBINAR, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.
Tandem Microbial and Alkaline Fuel Cell System for Urine Purification at Arid Environments (2022), Volume San Juan, PR, Carlos Cabrera Martinez.

Mid-scale RI-2: A first-of-its-kind X-ray facility for new science at the high magnetic field frontier
Scholarly Partnership in Nuclear Security (SPINS)
Center for Interfacial Electrochemistry of Energy Materials
Next Generation Water Recovery for a Sustainable Closed Loop
Center for Innovation, Research, and Education in Environmental Nanotechnology

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