Office Location: Mudd 648
Area of Specialization: Biochemistry/Biophysics
I am a graduate student in Damien Thévenin’s lab. My work focuses on using the pH (Low) insertion peptide (pHLIP) as a model for other pH dependent proteins and peptides by distinguishing how specific residues and environmental factors affect pHLIP’s pH dependent insertion. In my free time I enjoy playing tabletop and board games.
Office Location: Sinclair 315
Area of Specialization: Computational Physical Chemistry
I'm a student in the Fredin lab. My research currently focuses on the conductive
properties of COFs and other semiconductor materials.
Office Location: Mudd 432
Area of Specialization: Organometallics
My research involves making nickel complexes that can perform reductive elimination reactions to form fluorinated molecules that have potential applications in medicinal chemistry.
Office Location: Mudd 523
Area of Specialization: Physical Organic Chemistry
I am currently a doctoral student in the Young lab. My primary investigation involves bisphenalenyl molecules in solution, with a focus on understanding their photopohysical properties.
Office Location: Mudd 423
Area of Specialization: Organometallics
I'm interested in developing methods and reagents for fluorination and/or fluoroalkylation of organic molecules. I'm also currently working on ways to recycle some C2 refrigerants mainly by dehydrofluorination using neutral organic superbases.
Office Location: Mudd 657
Area of Specialization: Bioanalytical/Biochemistry
My research focuses on studying the effect of cholesterol in protein-ganglioside
interactions in lipid rafts, which are important in Alzheimer's disease and Multiple
sclerosis. I use various membrane models such as supported lipid bilayers and giant
unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), and techniques like fluorescence microscopy and quartz
crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D).
Office Location: Mudd 657
Area of Specialization: Bioanalytical Chemistry
My research is focused on the biophysical properties of lipid bilayer membranes and molecular interactions that occur at biological surfaces. Specifically, I use techniques like optical microscopy, spectroscopy, and QCM-D to examine how oxidized lipids involved in cardiovascular disease alter membrane structure, and how these lipids are recognized by innate immune cells.
Office location: Mudd 447
Area of Specialization: Organic chemistry, mechanochemistry
I am a 2nd-year student in Dr. Junpeng Wang's lab. My research is focused on
molecules that generate fluorescence and benzyne when subjected to mechanical force
and their incorporation into polymer systems of polyurethane and poly(ethylene glycol).
Office Location: Mudd 578
Area of Specialization: Surface & materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry
I am a current graduate student in the Ferguson Group. My research focuses on the
stepwise synthesis of multilayered thin films composed of organic polyelectrolytes and
charged sheets of silicate clays. I am currently investigating the use of these films as
scaffolding to grow materials via sol-gel and electrochemical methods.
Office Location: Whitaker 343
Area of Specialization: Biomaterials
My work bridges biomaterials science and regenerative medicine, with a focus on designing responsive scaffold systems that actively engage with cellular processes. My research explores peptide-polymer conjugates to engineer dynamic biomaterials that degrade in response to cell-secreted proteases, enabling tissue-specific remodeling. I also develop platforms for the controlled delivery of angiogenic peptides, coupling therapeutic release with cell-mediated activity to enhance vascularization.
