Argonide Corporation has recruited Yuly Vesga as Research Scientist, replacing Tatiana Kaledin, who will be retiring in March. Vesga’s main focus will be to manage day-to-day operations of the company’s bio lab and assist Leonid Kaledin, VP of R&D, with the development of new technologies. Vesga joins the company from the University of Central Florida (UCF) Orlando, where she worked as a graduate research assistant while earning her PhD in chemistry. She has published numerous articles in the scientific community and has received the Chemical Physics Letters, Editor’s Choice Award as well as UCF’s Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award and Outstanding Chemistry Seminar Award.