I leverage my diverse experiences as an inventor to understand my client’s technology and help them achieve their intellectual property goals.
Before she became a patent agent, Tesia worked for over a decade as a research scientist. Tesia’s practice areas align with her research experiences and include subject matter ranging from small molecules, industrial catalysis, electrochemistry, petrochemicals, sustainable processes, metal recycling, and drug delivery. During her time as researcher, she developed novel battery technologies at a startup, metal reclamation processes at a small business, excipients for drug delivery on site at a specialty chemical manufacturer, and analyzed the licensing potential of small molecule processes at a major multinational petrochemical corporation.
Tesia’s doctoral research examined the thermochemical and kinetic effects of small molecule additives and solvents on divalent samarium. These studies demonstrated that samarium can reduce recalcitrant organic functional groups by promoting proton coupled electron transfer. This physical organic work culminated in ten journal articles, two book chapters, and a national research award.
Performed new business development research and development for a specialty chemical manufacturer in the surfactants and excipient space
Developed and evaluated new technologies and processes as the technical director for a metal recycling and retirement company developing new processes.
Awarded inventorship as the first full-time researcher at a startup that recently went public
Performed freedom to operate and technical analysis of new catalysts for licensing at a multinational corporation
Other Publications
Method and System for Producing Aromatic Hydrocarbons. PCT/IB/2021/059064 (pending); co-inventor
Bifunctional (rechargeable) air electrodes comprising a corrosion-resistant outer layer and conductive inner layer. U.S. Patent No. 8,802,304; co-inventor
Electrically Rechargeable, Metal Anode Cell and Battery Systems and Methods. U.S. Patent No. 9,680,193; co-inventor
Ramirez-Solis, A.; Bartulovich, C.; Chciuk, T. V.; Hernandez-Cobos, J.; Saint-Martin, H.; Maron, L.; Anderson, W. R.; Li, A. M.; Flowers, R. A., II. Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Implications of Halide Dependent Aqueous Solvation of Sm(II). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (48) 16731-16739.
Chciuk, T. V.; Anderson, W. R.; Flowers, R. A., II. The Interplay between Substrate and Proton Donor Coordination in Reductions of Carbonyls by SmI2-Water Through Proton-Coupled Electron-Transfer. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (45) 15342-15352.
Chciuk, T. V.; Anderson, W. R.; Flowers, R. A. Proton Coupled Electron Transfer in the Reduction of Carbonyls by Samarium Diiodide-Water Complexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138: 8738–8741.
Chciuk, T. V.; Anderson, W. R.; Flowers, R. A. High-Affinity Proton Donors Promote Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer by Samarium Diiodide. Angew. Chemie - Int. Ed. 2016, 55: 6033-6036.
Chciuk, T. V.; Flowers, II, R. A. Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in the Reduction of Arenes by SmI2-Water Complexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137: 11526-11531.
"Samarium-Mediated Reductions" Flowers, R. A., II; Chciuk, T. V.; Bartulovich, C. O., In Science of Synthesis: Free Radicals: Fundamentals and Applications in Organic Synthesis, (2020) 2, 83.
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