Laura Wzorek is an Associate and Registered Patent Attorney in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the Boston office of Foley Hoag. Dr. Wzorek has assisted with preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications in the areas of biotechnology, chemistry, materials science, and pharmaceuticals. She has also assisted in the preparation of freedom-to-operate and patentability opinions.
In her graduate work, Dr. Wzorek developed an asymmetric palladium-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond formation methodology that enabled access to chiral scaffolds containing a 1,5-diene moiety.