Organic Synthesis and Natural Products Synthesis of bioactive compounds and carbon-based materials Organic Chemistry: Mechanisms, Stereoselectivity, Synthetic Applications Green Chemistry. Photochemisty and photocatalysis.

1. Co-directora de 1 tesis de Doctorado y de 1 tesis de Maestría.
2. Profesora Guía y Directora de 5 tesis de Preegrado.
3. Docencia en Cursos de Postgrado en Química:
Materia 1: Síntesis Orgánica Avanzada.
Materia 2: Reacciones y Química Orgánica Avanzada.

Difusión de resultados en Congresos Nacionales e Internacionales:
1. Po S. Poon y Ajoy K. Banerjee. Síntesis del precursor de Mansonona F. VI Congreso Venezolano de Química. Margarita, Venezuela. Nov 2-6, 2003. Oral communication.
2. A.K. Banerjee, W. Vera, P. Poon., J. Azócar, M. Laya, M. Arveláez. Synthesis of Some Substituted Naphtalenes and Tetralones. Komppa Centenary Symposium Espoo. Finland. Julio 6-9, 2003. Oral.
3. A.K. Banerjee, W. Vera, Po S. Poon and A. Velásquez. Synthetic Studies on Aromatic Sesquiterpenes. International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic, Combinatorial and Medicinal Chemistry. Moscow, Russia. May 5-8, 2004. Oral.
4. A.K. Banerjee and Po S. Poon. 5-Methoxy-1-tetralone- A convenient starting material for the synthetic studies on Terpenoids.14th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry. Helsinki, Finland. July 4-8, 2005. Oral.
5. A.K. Banerjee and Po S. Poon. Total synthesis of (±)-cis-5-Hydroxycalamenene. International Conference on Organic Synthesis (BOS 2008). Vilnius, Lituania. June 29-July 2, 2008. Oral communication.
6. Po S. Poon and A. K. Banerjee. A New Strategy for the Synthesis of Cadalen-15-oic Acid. International Symposium on Organic Synthesis and Drugs development (ISSOD08). Nanjing, China. Oct 14-18, 2008. Poster.
7. Po S. Poon and A. K. Banerjee. Estudio en Síntesis de Sesquiterpenos con anillo aromático. Síntesis Total del (±)-cis-5-Hidroxicalameneno y Síntesis Formal de Biflorin y Mansonona F. LVIII Convención Annual Asovac. Yaracuy, Venezuela. Nov 30- Dec 5, 2008. Oral.
8. Po S. Poon and A.K. Banerjee. Estudio en síntesis de sesquiterpenos con anillo aromático. Síntesis total del ácido cadalen-15-oico y 7-metoxi-8-metil-1-tetralona. 2do Simposio Iberoamericano de Química Orgánica (SIBEAQO-II). Santiago de Compostela, España. Sept 8-12, 2010. Poster.
9. A.K. Banerjee, P. S. Poon, M. E. Adrian, E. V. Cabrera, C. Melean, E. Rosales. Transformación de la 5-metoxi-1-tetralona. 2do Simposio Iberoamericano de Química Orgánica (SIBEAQO-II). Santiago de Compostela, España. Sept 8-12, 2010. Oral.
10. J. Matos, A. García, Po S. Poon. Environmental green chemistry applications of activated carbons. Annual International World Conference on Carbon (Carbon2011). Shanghai, China. Julio 24-29, 2011. Poster.
11. P.S. Poon, A.K. Banerjee, L. Bedoya. Estudio en la Síntesis del agente antihiperglucémico Cacalol. 2do Congreso Venezolano de Ciencias, Tecnología e Innovación Locti-PEII. Caracas, Venezuela. Nov 7-10, 2013. Oral.
12. Po S. Poon, Manuel S. Laya, Ajoy K. Banerjee. Sintesis Total Formal de Agentes Antibacterianos tipo orto-Naftoquinona. XIII Jornadas Académicas de la FEC, Universidad del Zulia. Maracaibo, Venezuela. Oct 29-31, 2014. Invited Lecture.
13. G. Churio, P.S. Poon, L. Bedoya, A.K. Banerjee. Sintesis de la 8-Metil-1-Tetralona, un intermediario potencial para el (±)-Platyphyllide. XIII Jornadas Académicas de la FEC, Universidad del Zulia. Maracaibo, Venezuela. Oct 29-31, 2014. Oral.
14. L. Bedoya, P.S. Poon, A.K. Banerjee. Bentonite- lavado con ácido: un nuevo reactivo para la desprotección de los éteres de tetrahidropiranilos. XIII Jornadas Académicas de la FEC, Universidad del Zulia. Maracaibo, Venezuela. Oct 29-31, 2014. Poster.
15. J. Matos, R. Montaña, P.S. Poon, X. Wang. Photodegradation of phenol and methylene blue on mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride mpg-C3N4 under artificial solar light irradiation. The Annual World Conference on Carbon. Carbon-2015. Dresden, Alemania. Julio 12-19, 2015. Oral.
16. C. Miranda, J. Matos, A. Maldonado, G. Churio, Po S. Poon, H. Mansilla. Nanostructured hybrid C-TiO2 photocatalysts for the phenol photodegradation. VIII Congress of Environmental Application of Advanced Oxidation Technologies (EPOA) and II Iberoamerican Congress of Advanced Oxidation Technologies (CIPOA). Belo Horizonte, Brasil. Nov 3-6, 2015.
17. J. Matos, C. Miranda, G. Churio, P.S. Poon, H. Mansilla. Nanostructured Hybrid C-TiO2 Photocatalysts for the Phenol Photodegradation. 3rd Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries (CIAB), 4th Latin American Congress on Biorefineries, and 2nd International Symposium on Lignocellulosic Materials. Concepción, Chile. Nov 23-25, 2015.
18. J. Matos, C. Miranda, G. Churio, P.S. Poon, H. Mansilla. Uso de Materiales Híbridos Nanoestructurados a base de C-TiO2 para la Degradación Fotocatalítica de Fenol. 32° Congreso Latinoamericano de Química/ The 32nd Latin American Congress of Chemistry (CLAQ 2016). Concepción, Chile. Enero 19-22, 2016. Poster.
19. P.S. Poon, G. Churio, L. Bedoya, A.K. Banerjee. Síntesis de la 8-metil-1-tetralona. Intermediario potencial para el producto natural Platyphyllide. 32° Congreso Latinoamericano de Química/ The 32nd Latin American Congress of Chemistry (CLAQ 2016). Concepción, Chile. Jan 19-22, 2016. Oral.
20. P.S. Poon, J. Matos. Eco-friendly selective phenol hydrogenation on Pd-based catalysts supported on Hybrid C-TiO2 materials. 2nd Latin-American Workshop on Carbonaceous Materials (TLMC-2). Termas de Chillán, Chile. Nov 16-18, 2016.
21. F. García, J. Matos, P.S. Poon. Síntesis de materiales híbridos y su estudio en reacciones de oxidación selectivas. 2nd Latin-American Workshop on Carbonaceous Materials (TLMC-2). Termas de Chillán, Chile. Nov 16-18, 2016.
22. G.J. Churio, R. Montaña, P.S. Poon, J. Matos. Efecto de la temperatura de síntesis de TiO2-C sobre la fotodegradación de compuestos aromáticos presentes en aguas residuales. 2nd Latin-American Workshop on Carbonaceous Materials (TLMC-2). Termas de Chillán, Chile. Nov 16-18, 2016.
23. C.Miranda, J. Matos, P. S. Poon, H. D. Mansilla. Nanostructured hybrid TiO2-C for the catalytic conversion of phenol. 2nd Latin-American Workshop on Carbonaceous Materials (TLMC-2). Termas de Chillán, Chile. Nov 16-18, 2016.
24. P. Ruiz-Orellana, G. Churio, R. Montaña, P.S. Poon, J. Matos. Evaluación fotoquímica y degradación fotocatalítica de tartrazina en agua con el híbrido TiO2-ACPB-CO2. 1er Taller Chileno de Materiales de Carbono (TChMC). Valparaiso, Chile. April 19-20, 2018. 48 p.
25. P. Orrego-Luengo, G. Churio, R. Montaña, P.S. Poon, J. Matos. Fotodegradación de Ibuprofeno sobre TiO2 -AC bajo Irradiación Solar. 1er Taller Chileno de Materiales de Carbono (TChMC). Valparaiso, Chile. April 19-20, 2018. 47 p.
26. J. Matos, R. Montaña, P.S. Poon. Carbonos Nanoporosos y Materiales Híbridos para la Remediación Ambiental y la Producción de Combustibles Solares. 1er Taller Chileno de Materiales de Carbono (TChMC). Valparaiso, Chile. April 19-20, 2018. 15 p.
27. J. Matos, J. Ocares-Riquelme, P.S. Poon, X. García, M.M. Titirici, C.O. Ania. Nanoporous Carbons for Solar Fuels Production. The World Conference on Carbon: Carbon-2018. Madrid, España. Julio 1-6, 2018. KN-190.
28. J. Matos, L. Bravo, R. Montaña, P. S. Poon, X. García, C. O. Ania. Valorization of Agroindustrial wastes from Chilean Bio-Bio´s Region for the removal of Rhodamine-B as zwitterionic target molecule. 41a Ibero Adsorption Meeting and 3rd Iberoamerican Symposia of Adsorption (41RIA-IBA3). Gijón, España. Septiembre 5-7, 2018.
29. J. Matos, G. Churio, P.S. Poon, C.O. Ania. Oral. Influence of bio-precursor upon the adsorption and solar photodegradation of methylene blue on TiO2@C. Proceeding of the 41a Ibero Adsorption Meeting and 3rd Iberoamerican Symposia of Adsorption (41RIA-IBA3). Gijón, España. Septiembre 5-7, 2018. O4.
30. A.K. Banerjee, L. Bedoya, D. Arrieche, W. Vera, E. Cabrera, P.S. Poon. Isopropylation of Substituted-1-Tetralone. Origin of Potential Intermediates for Sesquiterpenes and Diterpenes. XXII International Conference on Organic Synthesis (22-ICOS). Florencia, Italia. Septiembre 16-21, 2018. OC-30.
31. P. Muñoz-Flores, J. Matos, C.O. Ania, P.S. Poon, R. Montaña. Evaluation of the potential of solar technology in wastewater treatment. 5th Latin American Congress on Biorefineries. Concepcion, Chile. Enero 07-09, 2019. pp. 175. POSTER
32. P.S. Poon, J. Matos. Sustainable synthesis of Pd/C-doped TiO2 catalyst for the selective phenol hydrogenation. Book of Proceedings. 5th Latin American Congress on Biorefineries. Concepcion, Chile. Enero 07-09, 2019. pp. 187. POSTER
33. J. Matos, P.S. Poon. Defining a New Surface Reaction-Rate Constant for C-Based Photocatalysts. The 4th International Conference on New Photocatalytic Materials for Environment, Energy and Sustainability The 6th International Conference on Photocatalytic and Advanced Oxidation Technologies for the Treatment of Water, Air, Soil and Surfaces (NPM-4/PAOT-5). Antwerp, Belgica. April 23-25, 2019. Pag 4.
34. J. Matos, P.S. Poon. Biomass-derivative molecules for the sustainable synthesis of Carbon-doped high-performance nanostructured materials. 235th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting, Dallas, Texas, USA. Mayo 26-30, 2019. BO4-0755.
35. P. Muñoz-Flores, J. Matos, P.S. Poon, A. Gomis-Berenguer, C.O. Ania. Carbon-containing Cu- and Mo-based photocatalysts for the yellow-5 photodegradation. The Annual World Conference on Carbon: Carbon-2019. Lexington, USA. Julio 14-19, 2019. Abstract # 100.
36. V. Fierro, J. Matos, P.S. Poon, A. Sanchez-Sanchez, A. Celzard. Pollutants removal by photocatalysis on tannin-derived ordered mesoporous carbons. The Annual World Conference on Carbon: Carbon-2019. Lexington, USA. Julio 14-19, 2019. Abstract # 444.
37. J. Matos, V. Fierro, Po S. Poon, A. Sanchez-Sanchez, A. Celzard. Anomalies in Adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine-B on tannin-derived ordered mesoporous carbon. 2nd Symposium Beyond Adsorption. The City College of New York. New York, USA. Julio 20, 2019. Pag 3.
38. J. Matos, P.S. Poon, A.G. Souza-Filho, E. Barros, J.A. Rodriguez, J.C. Hernández-Garrido, E. Rodríguez-Aguado, E. Rodríguez-Castellón, M.C. Fernández de Córdoba, C.O. Ania. H2 production on 1D and 2D Carbon-containing Fe-, Co- and Ni-based foamy catalysts. 8th International Conference on Carbon for Energy Storage and Environment Protection. Alicante, España. Octubre 20-24, 2019. S8-6.
39. J. Matos, P.S. Poon, V. Fierro, A. Sanchez-Sanchez, A. Celzard. Photocatalytic activity of semiconductor-free, tannin-derived mesostructured carbons. 8th International Conference on Carbon for Energy Storage and Environment Protection. Alicante, España. Octubre 20-24, 2019. S9-2.
40. P. Muñoz-Flores, J. Matos, P. S. Poon, A. Gomis-Berenguer, C.O. Ania. Poster. Photocatalytic degradation of tartrazine using C-doped Cu-/Mo-based catalysts under solar irradiation. Abstact Book. ISBN 978-84-1302-058-7. 8th International Conference on Carbon for Energy Storage and Environment Protection. Alicante, España. Octubre 20-24, 2019. P-72.
41. J. Matos, A.A. Barbosa, M.M.B. Duarte, P.S. Poon, O.R.S. Da Rocha. C- and N-doped TiO2 needle-like rods for the removal by adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of food dyes under solar irradiation. 4th Iberoamerican Congress on Advanced Oxidation Processes: IV-CIPOA. Natal, Brasil. Noviembre 18–22, 2019. PCS-P36.
42. J. Matos, P.S. Poon. Surface Density and Reaction-Rate Constants in Graphene-based Photocatalysts: Environment and Solar Fuels Production. 4th Iberoamerican Congress on Advanced Oxidation Processes: IV-CIPOA. Natal, Brasil. Noviembre 18–22, 2019. Plenary-9.
43. J. Matos, P.S. Poon. CQDs for the Sustainable Production of Solar Fuels and Chemicals. XXXIII Jornadas Chilena de Química. Puerto Varas, Chile. Jan 7-10, 2020.
44. J. Matos, P.S. Poon. Noble Metal-Free Graphene-Based Photocatalysis: Defining a New Turnover Number for Water Remediation´s Processes. XXXIII Jornadas Chilena de Química. Puerto Varas, Chile. Jan 7-10, 2020.