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Cheonho Park

Postdoctoral Researcher

Cheonho received his PhD from Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2021. While he was at HYU, he worked on developing an electrochemical method that could be used in clinical applications. His...

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Kani Khaled

Third-year Undergraduate Student in Chemistry

Kani Khaled is a third-year undergraduate student in the Chemistry department. She is interested in pharmaceutical research and exploring different approaches to medicine. She is currently researching...

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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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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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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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Sam Hanser

Fourth-year Undergraduate Student in Chemistry

Sam Hanser is a third-year undergraduate student studying Chemistry. He is interested in drug development and research, but ultimately hopes to attend medical school, maybe with a career in psychiatry...

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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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Kailash Shrestha

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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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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