A Syracuse University research professor with a PhD in organic chemistry, Miriam primarily concentrates on projects that involve patents and trade secrets, with a specific focus on projects involving alternative energy, biopharmaceutical drugs, chemical compounds, database storage, engineering, hydrogen-fuel cells, medical devices, nanoparticles, pharmaceuticals, polymer chemistry, and solar energy.
Miriam has a deep knowledge of life sciences, technology commercialization, synthetic chemistry, and analytical chemistry, and she has an extensive and diverse background in research science and in chemistry precursor synthesis for engineering applications. She additionally has substantial experience in general organic, solid state, inorganic, and organometallic synthetic chemistry, specializing in work involving small molecule silicon, germanium, and nitrogen-based silyl and s-block compounds.
Prior to Barclay Damon, Miriam handled technology commercialization and patent landscape analysis through Syracuse University College of Law's NYS Science & Technology Law Center and NYS Pre-Seed Workshop.