Madi O'Dell

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 Virginia, joining the Personick group. Their current research interests fall generally into applications of transition metals and plasmonics/photocatalysis. Outside the lab, Madi spends their time cooking and hiking with their partner, playing video games and D&D, and singing with a local choir.