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Rob Nichol ’27 – Spare Parts

Rob Nichol ’27 – Spare Parts

Posted by on Jun 11, 2026 in Posts, Student News

Rob is starting his first summer of research, rising to the challenge and learning new things. So far, his work is focused on synthesizing and analyzing tiopronin gold nanoparticles, attaching different molecules to the surface to enhance their properties and changing their charge. So far he has faced the unique challenge of working almost exclusively out...

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Lana Dang ’28 – Summer Switch Ups

Posted by on Jun 11, 2026 in Posts, Student News

The change in seasons marks the end of Lana’s sophomore school year and the start of her second summer of full-time research. Although the weather outside hasn’t fully caught up to the summer memo yet, Lana has already been diving headfirst into her research. In only the first few weeks, she has been switching up various aspects of her experiments, trying...

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