Current Group Members

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Priyansha Dubey

Priyansha obtained her doctorate from the University of Wuerzburg, Germany, in May 2024. During her PhD, she mainly focused on the development and characterization of a novel rat model of dystonia...

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Grace Levitt

Graduate Student in Chemistry

Grace Levitt is a 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 2023. As an...

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Emily Miller

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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Faith Eyimegwu

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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Kiersten Angela Kudo

Undergraduate Student in Chemistry

Kiersten is a third-year undergraduate student studying chemistry. She is interested in the human brain and wants to pursue a neuroscience research career. She is currently learning the fundamentals...

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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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Eric Donarski

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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Aaditya Sunil Deshpande

Postdoctoral Researcher

Aaditya received his PhD from Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY in Feb 2023. At CU, his work focused on the fabrication and surface characterization of electrochemical sensors used for oxidative stress...

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Dennis Rinehart

Lab Technician

Dennis Rinehart completed a bachelor’s degree in biology at Liberty University before studying plant breeding as an agricultural intern at The Land Institute, Salina Kansas.  After returning to...

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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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Greatness Olaitan

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

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

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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