Senior year is flying by, but Moji is keeping up with her research. She is continuing her investigation of the origin of fluorescence in polymeric carbon dots. Building on her summer findings, she is now approaching the next step in the purification method. Instead of dialysis, Moji is using spin filters to separate all of her three pH samples. It is a...
Read MoreGeorgia Kazis ’27 – New Year, New Project
Georgia has started her senior year and started a new project! After getting published over the summer she has moved away from origami arrays and is instead focusing on origami octahedral cages! She is starting with characterization with all her normal instrumental methods as well as helping to train Luke, a new research student in the group, who will take...
Read MoreEmmanuel College – Summer Research Poster Session
Congrats to Lana, Georgia, Moji, Rob, and Ann-Lee on fantastic work in the lab this summer which led to stunning research posters at the Summer Research Poster Session this weekend. It was great to see faculty, family, and students all gathered around to talk chemistry research. This was great practice for future poster sessions coming up at ACS New...
Read MoreAnn-Lee Coriolan ’28 – Locked IN
Ann-Lee is diving head first into her academic, research, and professional endeavors! Amongst her classes, she’s excited to continue her Instrumental Analysis course to learn more skills that can translate well into her research. Conducting research over the past two summers has opened up opportunities such as the MIT ACCESS program, that will give a...
Read MoreLana Dang ’28 – New classes and new developments
It feels like classes just started, but junior year has already gone into full swing for Lana. She has been very excited to experience new courses, labs, and, of course, to get back into research! While the end of summer provided her with some new developments in the QCM project, there are still so many more experiments to do and data to collect. Despite...
Read MoreSummer Research Fun 2026
Another summer of research is coming to a close, but not before we reach some important milestones. Our team of high school student researchers from Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School – Donnie, Melannie, Isabela, and Lee – did amazing work last week and shared their successes, challenges, and fun in their end-of-week presentations. Congrats and...
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