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Aida M. Herrera, Ph.D.
Technology Specialist

Aida's practice focuses on patent prosecution in the areas of pharmaceuticals, small molecule chemistry and organic/inorganic chemistry.

Professional Experience
Prior to joining Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, Aida worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the laboratory of Professor John M. Essigmann at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003-2006) and as a postdoctoral research fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Robert Hanson at Northeastern University (2007).

Aida's research experience at Tufts University focused on the synthesis and characterization of organic compounds and transition metal complexes her thesis was titled "Nickel, Copper, and Iron Complexes of Aminopyridine Macrocycles with a Modifiable Pendant Aminopropyl Arm."

Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, Tufts University
B.S., Chemistry, University of Chicago

Selected Publications
Taktak S.; Ye W.; Herrera AM.; Rybak-Akimova EV.Synthesis and catalytic properties in olefin epoxidation of novel Iron (II) complexes with pyridine-containing macrocycles bearing an aminopropyl pendant arm. Inorg. Chem., 2007, 46, 2929-2942.

Herrera AM.; Staples RJ.; Kryatov SV.; Nazarenko AY.; Rybak-Akimova EV. Nickel (II) and Copper (II) Complexes with Pyridine-Containing Macrocycles Bearing an Aminopropyl Pendant Arm: Synthesis, Characterization, and Modifications of the Pendant Amino Group. Dalton Trans., 2003, 5, 846 - 856.

Herrera AM.; Kalayda GV.; Disch JS.; Wikstrom JP.; Korendovych IV.; Staples RJ.; Campana CF.; Nazarenko AY.; Haas TE.; Rybak-Akimova EV. Reactions at the Azomethine C=N Bonds in the Nickel (II) and Copper (II) Complexes of Pyridine-Containing Schiff-Base Macrocyclic Ligands. Dalton Trans., 2003, 23, 4482 - 4492.

Rybak-Akimova EV.; Kryatov SV.; Herrera AM. Peroxide activation by dinuclear and mononuclear iron model complexes: which intermediates are reactive? J. Inorg. Biochem., 2001, 86, 414-414.

Rybak-Akimova EV.; Nazarenko AY.; Chen L.; Krieger PW.; Herrera AM.; Tarasov VV.; Robinson PD. Synthesis, Characterization, Redox Properties, and Representative X-ray Structures of Four- and Five-Coordinate Copper(II) Complexes with Polydentate Aminopyridine Ligands. Inorg. Chim. Acta., 2001, 342, 1-15.

Languages
Fluent in Spanish