Estela Ordonez
Estela Ordonez is a Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from the University of Houston and she collaborates with our patent department. Her work focuses on the study and technical analysis of patents, patent drafting, patent infringement analysis and study and response to Office Actions.
Education
University of Houston - Houston, Texas, 2017, Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 2013-2017, Bachelor of Science – Chemical Engineering Double major – Bachelor of Science – Chemistry.
Professional Experience
Aguirre, Noboa & Freire Attorneys, July 2018 - Present - Patent department.
University of Houston – Chemistry Department, May 2018 – Present - Harth Research Laboratory – Welch Center of Polymer Excellence.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry, May 2016 – May 2017 - Hermans Research Laboratory
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry, May 2014 – July 2014 - Andrew Research Laboratory
University of Houston, August 2017– May 2018 -Organic Laboratory Teaching Assistant
Patents, Publications, and Presentations
E. Harth, L. Kendrick-Williams, E. Ordonez, B. Loftin. “Novel Nanoparticles and Nanonetworks Formed Therefrom.” U.S. Patent App. 62/755,611
E. Ordonez, B. Loftin, E. Harth. “Design and Synthesis of Polyester Nanoparticles from Itaconic and Fumaric Acid via ADMET and click crosslinks.” (Manuscript in preparation)
E. Ordonez, L. Kendrick-Williams, E. Harth. “Synergistic dual drug delivery of sustained-release formaldehyde from polymer prodrugs and doxorubicin nanoparticles for improved anti-tumor efficacy.” (Manuscript in preparation)
E. Ordonez, E. Tsogtgerel, H. Dau, E. Harth. “Nanosponges: Macromolecular Networks in the Nanoscale and Beyond.” Macromolecular Rapid Communications. (Review manuscript in progress)
G.R. Jones, E. Ordonez, A. Keyes, H. Dau, E. Tsogtgerel, Y. Liu, H. Rauf, Ch. Zhao, D. Nguyen, E. Harth. “Combining Techniques for Block Copolymer Synthesis.” Chemical Reviews. (Review manuscript in progress)
A. Keyes,H. E. Basbug Alhan, E. Ordonez, U. Ha, D. B. Beezer, H. Dau, Y. Liu, E. Tsogtgerel, G. R. Jones, E. Harth. “Olefins and Vinyl Polar Monomers: Bridging the Gap for Next Generation Materials.” Angewandte Chemie, 2019. DOI: 10.1002/ange.201900650
A. Keyes, H. Dau , H. E. Basbug Alhan , U. Ha , E. Ordonez, G. R. Jones, Y. Liu, E. Tsogtgerel , B. Loftin , Z. Wen, J. I. Wu, D. B. Beezer, E. Harth. “Metal-Organic Insertion Light Initiated Radical (MILRad) Polymerization: Photo-initiated Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Polar Monomers with Various Palladium Diimine Catalysts.” Polymer Chemistry, 2019,10, 3040-3047.
E. Ordonez, L. Kendrick-Williams,Eva Harth. “Synergistic Dual Delivery for Sustained-Release of Formaldehyde and Doxorubicin.” Graduate Chemistry Symposium at University of Houston – Chemistry Department (2020) May 7; Houston, Texas. (poster)
E. Ordonez, L. Kendrick-Williams,Eva Harth. “Synergistic Dual Delivery for Sustained-Release of Formaldehyde and Doxorubicin.” 258thACS National Meeting (2020) March 22-26; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (poster)
E. Ordonez. “Light-mediated controlled radical polymerization of polymer brushes.” University of Houston - Organic division seminar (2019) May 6; Houston, Texas.
Languages:: spanish and english
