2025 PREM Joint Annual Meeting Program
Friday December 12, 2025
Nuevo Edificio de Ciencias (NEC), University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
205 Avenue Antonio R. Barceló, Cayey, PR 00736
| 8:15 AM | Depart from Four Points by Sheraton Caguas Real Hotel to UPR-Cayey |
| 9:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast, Lobby Amphitheater, NEC Building |
| 9:50 AM | Welcome Messages, NEC Amphitheater |
| 10:00 AM | PREM Progress Report, Idalia Ramos, PI, UPR-Humacao |
| Faculty Progress Reports | |
| 10:15 AM | O1. Advances in Autonomous Experimentation for Fluidic Device Optimization, Robert Rosario1, Sophia Martínez1, Kimberly Hernández-Ferrer1, Daviannie Rivera1, Raychan J. Galarza1, Alana Castro1, Idalys González1, Nerismar Román1, Emmanuel Rosa-Delgado1, Ezio Fasoli1, Preston Moore,2 José O. Sotero-Esteva1, 1UPR-Humacao, 1, 2Saint Joseph's University |
| 10:25 AM | O2. Physical Vapor Deposition of Metal Nanoparticles: Towards Scalable Hyperuniform Nanophotonic Structures and Strong Light-Matter Interaction Platforms, Francisco Bezares1, Eric Stach2, Deep Jariwala2, 1UPR-Mayagüez, 2Penn |
| 10:35 AM | O3. Alternative Platforms for Colorimetric Analysis, Vibha Bansal1, Ivan J. Dmochowski2, Ezio Fasoli3, Daeyeon Lee2, José O. Sotero-Esteva3, 1UPR-Cayey, 2Penn, 3UPR-Humacao |
| 10:45 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 AM | O4. Cubosomes for drug delivery, Rolando Oyola1, Daeyeon Lee2, José O. Sotero-Esteva1, 1UPR-Humacao, 2Penn |
| 11:10 AM | O5. Functionalized Cellulose Platforms for Dual Detection and Removal of Water Pollutants, Ezio Fasoli1, Vibha Bansal2, Ivan J. Dmochowski3, Francisco Bezares4, José O. Sotero-Esteva1, 1UPR-Humacao, 2UPR-Cayey, 3Penn, 4UPR-Mayagüez |
| 11:20 AM | O6. Multifunctional oxides for neuromorphic computing and solid-state thin-film batteries, Danilo Barrionuevo1, Steven May2, Eric Stach1, 1UPR-Cayey, 2Drexel, 3Penn |
| 11:30 AM | O7. Investigating charge transport in the two-dimensional ferroelectric semiconductor β-In2Se3, Nicholas J. Pinto1, Deep Jariwala2, 1UPR-Humacao, 2Penn |
| 11:40 AM | Q & A |
| 12:00 PM | Working Lunch, Cafeteria, UPRC |
| 1:15 PM | Group Photo |
| 1:30 PM | Group Discussion: The Future of PREM, NEC Amphitheater |
| 2:30 PM | Coffee Break |
| 2:45 PM | Laboratory Tour, Miguel Meléndez Muñoz (MMM) and NEC Buildings, UPR-Cayey |
| 3:30 PM | Student Poster Session (See list of posters), NEC Building |
| 4:30 PM | Brief from Advisory Board |
| 5:15 PM | Closing |