SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY
Stelia Carolina
MÉNDEZ SÁNCHEZ
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Director of Postgraduate Office
Director of GED
Research Group
CONTACT
Information
scmendez@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 3584
GENERAL
Biography
Stelia Carolina Méndez Sánchez is a professor in the School of Chemistry at Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) and has been an active member of both the Biochemistry and Microbiology Research Group (GIBIM) and the Research Group on Organic Compounds of Medicinal Interest (CODEIM).
Her academic background includes a degree in Chemistry from Universidad del Quindío, as well as the attainment of a Ph.D. in Science with a specialization in Biochemistry from Universidade Federal do Paraná. Professor Méndez Sánchez’s areas of expertise are diverse and encompass Pharmacological Biochemistry, Drug Development, Molecular Docking, research in Cancer, Insecticides, Repellents, and Proteomics.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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Doctor in Science, Biochemistry
Universidade Feredal do Paraná, 2009
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Chemist
Universidad del Quindío, 2003
Director of Postgraduate Office
Director of
GED Research Group
CONTACT
Information
scmendez@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 3584
AREAS OF
Expertise
Pharmacological biochemistry
New drugs
Molecular docking
Cancer
Insecticides
Repellents
Proteomics
OFFICE
Hours
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Monday to friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Parque Tecnológico Guatiguará, Km 2 Vía refugio (Piedecuesta, Santander), Laboratorio de Bioquímica Celular
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Outstanding
Works
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Cymbopogon flexuosus (nees ex steud.) w. watson essential oil effect on mitochondrial bioenergetics
Article, Journal of Essential Oil Research, 2022