SCHOOL OF METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
Ángel Manuel
MELÉNDEZ REYES
School Director
CONTACT
Information
amelende@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2502 - 2419
GENERAL
Biography
Dr. Ángel Manuel Meléndez Reyes is a tenured professor who has been serving as the director of the Electrochemistry Laboratory at the Center for Scientific and Technological Research in Materials and Nanosciences (CMN) since 2012. The CMN is located in the Research Building of the UIS Guatiguará Technology Park. In 2016, he successfully organized the II Colombian Congress of Electrochemistry and the 2nd Symposium on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. From 2016 to 2018, he held the positions of director of the CMN and the CIMBIOS research group. During this period, he also served as the 1st Vice President of the Colombian Association of Electrochemistry.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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Ph.D. in Science (Chemistry)
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, 2011
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Chemistry
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, 2006
School Director
CONTACT
Information
amelende@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2502 - 2419
AREAS OF
Expertise
Electrochemistry
Energy sciences
Environmental chemistry
Hydrometallurgy
Ionometallurgy
Surface chemistry
Nanomaterials
Photoelectrochemistry of semiconductors
Solid state chemistry
Advanced materials
ATTENTION
Hours
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
UIS Central Campus, Edificio Jorge Bautista Vesga, oficina 208
Outstanding
Works
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Understanding the role of copper vacancies in photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction on cuprous oxide
Article, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022
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Controlling the phase segregation in mixed halide perovskites through nanocrystal size
Article, ACS Energy Letters, 2019
AWARDS AND
Recognitions
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Recognition of trajectories of undergraduate or postgraduate graduates
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México, 2023
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National Trajectory Award in Electrochemistry
Asociación Colombiana de Electroquímica, Colombia, 2022
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Mercury(II) decontamination of wastewater from artisanal and small-scale gold mining and the role of nanomaterials in environmental remediation
Conferencia Magistral. 3er Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería de Minerales, México, 2022