Past Group Members

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Sydney Connors

Undergraduate Student in Biochemistry

Sydney is an undergraduate student studying biochemistry. She is interested in the intersection of neuroscience and chemistry and wants to pursue a career in research. She is currently working on...

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Leonardo Venturotti

Graduate Student in Chemistry

Leonardo Venutortti graduated from Merrimack College with a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Physics. He is currently learning the fundamentals of Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry for dopamine detection...

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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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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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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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Owen Markow

Third-year Undergraduate Student in Chemistry

Owen Markow is a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing a B.Sc. in biochemistry and a B.A. in music. He joined the Venton Lab in 2023 and is helping with the development of microelectrodes...

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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

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

Past undergraduate student, BS in Chemistry (2023)

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

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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Eduard Dumitrescu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Eduard graduated with a Ph.D. from Clarkson University in May 2019 under the supervision of Dr. Silvana Andreescu. His work there was focused on the use of zebrafish embryos as a biological model (1)...

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Kelly Dunham

PhD in Chemistry (2023)

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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Huaifang Fang

2008-2011

South China University for the Nationalities, Wuhan, China

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Xenia Borue

PhD in Neuroscience, 2009

Complete MD portion of MD/PhD Program at UVa Med School;
Residency at Pitt

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Chris Green

MS, 2010

Pharmacy Student, University of Washington