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Kailash Shrestha

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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Dayana Surendran

Research Scientist

Dayana completed her Ph.D. in Biophysics at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in India. Her doctoral research revolved around investigating the role of protein kinase C...

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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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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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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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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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