Graduate Researchers

Eric Donarski

Fourth-year Graduate Student in Chemistry

Eric Donarski graduated from the University of Michigan in 2020 with a B.S. in Biophysics and a minor in Physics. He joined the Venton Lab in May of 2023. In the lab, Eric is using imaging techniques...

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Kelly Dunham

Fifth-year Graduate Student in Chemistry

Kelly Dunham graduated from Tennessee Tech University in 2018 with degrees in Molecular & Cellular Biology and Biochemistry.  As an undergraduate researcher, she studied the distribution and...

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Faith Eyimegwu

First-year Graduate Student in Chemistry

Faith Eyimegwu earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Nigeria Nsukka in 2019.
She completed a master's degree in 2023 at Illinois State University under Dr. Jun-Hyun Kim,
focusing on...

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Grace Levit

Firat-year Graduate Student in Chemistry

Grace Levitt is a first-year graduate student in the Chemistry Department. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and a Bachelor of Arts degree in German from Wofford College in...

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Emilly Miller

First-year Graduate Student in Chemistry

Emily Miller graduated from the University of New Haven in 2023 with a B.S. in Forensic Science - Chemistry and a minor in Biology. In the Venton lab, She will be working on the microelectrode project...

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Greatness Olaitan

Third-year Graduate Student in Chemistry

Greatness Olaitan graduated from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, in 2018. After graduation, he worked with Professor Wesley Okiei on designing electrochemical sensors for in vitro measurement of...

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Kailash Shrestha

Fourth-year Graduate Student in Chemistry

Kailash Shrestha received a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Kathmandu University, Nepal, in 2015. He graduated with a Master’s in 2020 from SIUE, Illinois, under Prof. Michael J. Shaw studying the synthesis...

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He (Oliver) Zhao

Fourth-year Graduate Student in Chemistry

He Zhao graduated from American University in 2019 with a BS in Biochemistry. His research focused on synthesizing different shapes of AuNPs and their applications on improving the signals of CFMEs...

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