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Javier Fajardo, Ph.D.

Javier Fajardo, Ph.D.

650-335-4922
jfajardo@fenwick.com
Technical Advisor
Intellectual Property
Office

Silicon Valley

Javier
Fajardo, Ph.D.

Javier
Fajardo, Ph.D.

Javier
Fajardo, Ph.D.

Technical Advisor
Intellectual Property
Office

Silicon Valley

Industries
Education & Admissions

Ph.D., Chemistry
California Institute of Technology

B.S., summa cum laude, Chemistry & Physics
University of California, Riverside

Admissions: None

Javier is a Technical Advisor in Fenwick's intellectual property and life sciences groups, where he assists with prior art searches and analysis, drafting patent applications, preparing claim construction and invalidity charts, and patent prosecution.

He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and has spent time as a researcher at UCLA and Sandia National Laboratories. His research background includes experience in organic, organometallic, inorganic, and materials chemistry.

  • J. Fajardo, Jr.; Rowen, J. F.; Schleif, T.; Jariwala, P.; M. A. García-Garibay. “Elusive Arylalkylcarbenes in Solution and in Crystals: Facile 1,2-R (R = H, Ph) Migrations of 1,2,2-Triphenylethylidene.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, Submitted.
  • E. Rivera; I. Paul; J. Fajardo, Jr.; M. A. García-Garibay. “Quantum Chain Amplification in Nanocrystalline Dewar Benzenes by Intramolecular Sensitization.” Chemical Science 2023, 14, 5802–5810.
  • A. T. Barth; J. Fajardo, Jr.; W. Sattler; J. R. Winkler; H. B. Gray. “Electronic Structures and Photoredox Chemistry of Tungsten(0) Arylisocyanides.” Accounts of Chemical Research 2023, 56, 1978–1989.
  • J. Fajardo, Jr.; A. T. Barth; M. Morales; M. K. Takase; J. R. Winkler; H. B. Gray. “Photoredox Catalysis Mediated by Tungsten(0) Arylisocyanides.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143, 19389–19398.
  • J. Fajardo, Jr.; J. L. Schwan; W. W. Kramer; M. K. Takase; J. R. Winkler; H. B. Gray. “Third-Generation W(CNAr)6 Photoreductants (CNAr = Fused-Ring and Alkynyl-Bridged Arylisocyanides).” Inorganic Chemistry 2021, 60, 3481–3491.
  • J. Fajardo, Jr.; J. C. Peters. “Tripodal P3XFe–N2 Complexes (X = B, Al, Ga): Effect of the Apical Atom on Bonding, Electronic Structure, and Catalytic N2-to-NH3 Conversion.” Inorganic Chemistry 2021, 60, 1220–1227.
  • D. X. Ngo; S. A. Del Ciello; B. J. McNicholas; B. C. Sanders; J. Fajardo, Jr.; H. B. Gray; J. R. Winkler. “Cyano-Ambivalence: Spectroscopy and Photophysics of [Ru(diimine)(CN–BR3)4]2− Complexes.” Polyhedron 2020, 188, 114692.
  • J. Fajardo, Jr.; J. C. Peters. “Catalytic Nitrogen-to-Ammonia Conversion by Osmium and Ruthenium Complexes.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017, 139, 16105–16108.
  • J. Fajardo, Jr.; A. L. Chan; F. S. Tham; V. Lavallo. “Synthesis and Characterization of Anionic Polybrominated Carboranyl Azides.” Inorganica Chimica Acta 2014, 422, 206–208.
  • A. L. Chan; J. Fajardo, Jr.; J. H. Wright; M. Asay; V. Lavallo. “Observation of Room Temperature B–Cl Activation of the HCB11Cl11– Anion and Isolation of a Stable Anionic Carboranyl Phosphazide.” Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52, 12308–12310.

  • J. Fajardo, Jr.; Rowen, J. F.; Schleif, T.; Jariwala, P.; M. A. García-Garibay. “Elusive Arylalkylcarbenes in Solution and in Crystals: Facile 1,2-R (R = H, Ph) Migrations of 1,2,2-Triphenylethylidene.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, Submitted.
  • E. Rivera; I. Paul; J. Fajardo, Jr.; M. A. García-Garibay. “Quantum Chain Amplification in Nanocrystalline Dewar Benzenes by Intramolecular Sensitization.” Chemical Science 2023, 14, 5802–5810.
  • A. T. Barth; J. Fajardo, Jr.; W. Sattler; J. R. Winkler; H. B. Gray. “Electronic Structures and Photoredox Chemistry of Tungsten(0) Arylisocyanides.” Accounts of Chemical Research 2023, 56, 1978–1989.
  • J. Fajardo, Jr.; A. T. Barth; M. Morales; M. K. Takase; J. R. Winkler; H. B. Gray. “Photoredox Catalysis Mediated by Tungsten(0) Arylisocyanides.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143, 19389–19398.
  • J. Fajardo, Jr.; J. L. Schwan; W. W. Kramer; M. K. Takase; J. R. Winkler; H. B. Gray. “Third-Generation W(CNAr)6 Photoreductants (CNAr = Fused-Ring and Alkynyl-Bridged Arylisocyanides).” Inorganic Chemistry 2021, 60, 3481–3491.
  • J. Fajardo, Jr.; J. C. Peters. “Tripodal P3XFe–N2 Complexes (X = B, Al, Ga): Effect of the Apical Atom on Bonding, Electronic Structure, and Catalytic N2-to-NH3 Conversion.” Inorganic Chemistry 2021, 60, 1220–1227.
  • D. X. Ngo; S. A. Del Ciello; B. J. McNicholas; B. C. Sanders; J. Fajardo, Jr.; H. B. Gray; J. R. Winkler. “Cyano-Ambivalence: Spectroscopy and Photophysics of [Ru(diimine)(CN–BR3)4]2− Complexes.” Polyhedron 2020, 188, 114692.
  • J. Fajardo, Jr.; J. C. Peters. “Catalytic Nitrogen-to-Ammonia Conversion by Osmium and Ruthenium Complexes.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017, 139, 16105–16108.
  • J. Fajardo, Jr.; A. L. Chan; F. S. Tham; V. Lavallo. “Synthesis and Characterization of Anionic Polybrominated Carboranyl Azides.” Inorganica Chimica Acta 2014, 422, 206–208.
  • A. L. Chan; J. Fajardo, Jr.; J. H. Wright; M. Asay; V. Lavallo. “Observation of Room Temperature B–Cl Activation of the HCB11Cl11– Anion and Isolation of a Stable Anionic Carboranyl Phosphazide.” Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52, 12308–12310.