Karla I. Arias, D.Sc., focuses her practice on patent and trade secret litigation and prosecuting patents for chemical and pharmaceutical clients.
Before joining Crowell & Moring, Karla was a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, where her research focused on investigating the degradation of endocrine-disrupting contaminants in water and the formation and reactivity of iron complexes.
Karla received her doctorate in organic chemistry at the University of Zurich, where her research focused on the synthesis of supramolecular architectures and the study of fluorescent and phosphorescent properties of supramolecular building blocks.
Education
- University of California, San Diego, B.S. chemistry (2004)
- University of Zurich, M.Sc. chemistry (2006)
- University of Zurich, Dr. sc. nat. organic chemistry (2011)
- George Mason University, J.D. (2018)
Affiliations
Professional Activities and Memberships
- HNBA/Microsoft Intellectual Property Law Institute (IPLI) Fellow
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