People

Zhixi (Joy) Xu

Second-year Graduate Student in Chemistry

Zhixi Xu graduated from Xiamen University, China, in 2021 with a B.Sc. in Chemistry. She joined the Venton lab in September 2021 and mainly works on carbon nanomaterials. In her spare time, she enjoys...

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Leah Weizman

Third-year Undergraduate Student in Chemistry

Leah Weizman is a second-year undergraduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences. She plans on studying biochemistry and is very interested in neuroscience. In the future, she hopes to go into...

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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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Courtney Vetter

Undergraduate Researcher

Courtney is an undergraduate student working towards a biochemistry degree. She is currently working on measuring the neurotransmitters octopamine and tyrosine in fruit flies using nanodiamond coated...

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Samuel Wachamo

Undergraduate Researcher

Samuel is a fourth year undergraduate student with a Biochemistry major. He is an Echols scholar in the College of Arts and Sciences, and he serves as a mentor and advisor to six entering class of...

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Trisha Vickrey

PhD in Chemistry, 2012

Masters of Education Program (Education Policy) at Harvard University;
Lecturer at Evergreen State College;
Postdoc at University of Nebraska in chemical education

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