Fiorella Olivera

Fiorella Lisset Olivera Venturo (Lima, 1989) is a Peruvian chemist The methodology applied by her teacher did not focus solely on solving exercises; the classes also highlighted the importance of chemistry in real life. This was the main reason Fiorella chose her path.

She earned her Chemistry degree at Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH) in 2011. Afterward, she obtained a Master's in Chemistry at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in 2015.

Her professional profile was complemented by various activities, the most relevant being the study of coordination complexes with biomedical applications at the Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. When Fiorella became a university professor, she noticed that few people were interested in science because it was considered a difficult field.

Career In 2011, Olivera started to working as a university professor and researcher in Chemistry at the Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH) later teaching at Universidad Continental (UC) an organization that promotes scientific knowledge among young people of different age groups. She is also the director of Haciendo Ciencia. Through these projects, she has organized and led numerous science outreach events, such as Festival Peruano de Química and Encuentro de Niñas, Niños y Jóvenes en la Ciencia y la Ingeniería.

She has additionally created, along with other leaders of the professional chapters of the American Chemical Society, the platform Química sin Fronteras, a website that provides high-quality information in Spanish, focused on a young audience.

In 2021, Fiorella's STEM projects were recognized by the Chemical Marketing & Economics (CME) and NASA in Atlanta.

Articles Olivera has published various articles in scientific journals of high impact. Her most relevant publications were published in Revista de la Sociedad Química del Perú and Crystals:

Synthesis and crystal structure of two lead (II) coordination complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline and a cadmium (II) complex with phthalate (FINTES) American Chemical Society Scholarships for Science Outreach Projects