head of University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Associate Dean - College of Arts and Sciences 1995 - 2000 Department of Chemistry Associate Chairman 1987 - 1993
member of American Chemical Society Member International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Member Phi Delta Kappa Member
selected publications academic article Vibrational Analysis of Copper Nitrate Compounds with Heterocyclic Ligands: Raman Spectra. J. Raman Spectrosc.. 1993 Vibrational Spectroscopic Characterization of Heavy Metal Ion/Inorganic Ligand Complexes [Abstract]. Envir. Chem. Div. ACS. 33:117. 1993 Matrix Isolation Studies of Nucleic Acid Constituents-III. 1-Methyluracil,3-Methyluracil and 1,3-Dimethyluracil Monomers. Spectrochim. Acta. 41:223. 1985 Vibrational Spectra of Uracils: Experimental Infrared Matrix Studies and Ab Initio Quantum-Mechanical Calculations. Int. J. Quantum Chem.. 18:547. 1985 Matrix Isolation Studies of Nucleic Acid Constituents. 2. Quantitative ab Initio Prediction of the Infrared Spectrum of In-Plane Modes of Uracil. JACS. 106:3415. 1984 The Vibrational Spectra of Amides: Dimethyl Formamide. J. Molec. Spectrosc.. 92. 1982
education and training Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville , Studies of Infrared Spectra of Isolated Molecules 1986 M.S. in Chemistry, Normal Coordinate Analysis of N,N-Dimethylformamide 1980 B.S. in Chemical Engineering 1977 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 1986 - 1987