Group Members

Collin is a third-year undergraduate student from Leesburg, Virginia. He is pursuing a B.S. in Chemistry with a specialization in Biochemistry and a B.A in German Language and Literature on a pre...

Gabe grew up in Alexandria, VA. He attended Wellesley College, where he studied chemistry and art history and did research on mixed-halide perovskite chemistries, receiving a B.A. in 2021. He did the...

Sebastian grew up near Stuttgart, Germany and attended the University of Stuttgart, where he earned his BS and MS in Chemistry, researching the reduction of CO₂ on gas diffusion electrodes and the...

Madi grew up near Atlanta, Georgia and received a B.S. in Chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2023. They moved to Virginia later that summer to pursue a Ph.D. at the University of...

Katrina Obedin grew up in Purcellville, Virginia. She is working towards a B.S. in Chemistry and a minor in Latin at the University of Virginia. She joined the Personick Group in October of 2023 and...

2023 - present   Associate Professor, University of Virginia Department of Chemistry
2021 - 2023   Associate Professor, Wesleyan University Department of Chemistry and College of Integrative Sciences
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Abigail grew up in Henrico, VA. She is currently pursuing a BS in Chemistry and a BA in Spanish at the University of Virginia. She studied in Valencia, Spain during summer 2023 through the UVA in...