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Welcome Dr. Gian Grant!

Posted by on Jun 28, 2023 in Posts, Student News

This summer the group is excited to welcome, work with, and learn from Dr. Gian Grant! Dr. Grant is the Science Department Chair and Chemistry Teacher at the Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School in Methuen, MA. She will work with us in the lab through the end of July and then we’ll have the opportunity to visit her classroom in the Fall semester....

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Marissa DiPlacido ’25 – Familiar yet unexpected

Posted by on Jun 28, 2023 in Posts, Student News

As the first official days of summer pass, Marissa is excited to spend her time in the lab for summer research. She has been trying to synthesize a different type of gold nanoparticle to be used for mineralization experiments. Different parameters have been tested to determine how the gold nanoparticle can be synthesized. Marissa has been experiencing...

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Juan Alejandro ’25 – Engineering Success!

Posted by on Jun 23, 2023 in Posts, Student News

As the busy semester came to an end, Juan was excited to start working in the lab for the summer. This is his first time working in the lab ever! As his journey continues this summer working with Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM), Juan has learned the ups and downs of research. Different set-ups have been explored to improve the outcomes of his...

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Hailey Young ’24 – Conquering NERM!

Posted by on Jun 16, 2023 in Posts, Student News

Congrats to Hailey on her amazing presentation at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the ACS (NERM) in Boston this week. Her talk on “DNA origami nanostructures as biomimetic scaffolds for calcium phosphate mineralization” was really well done and was well received. The team was there to cheer her on and there was even an chemistry alum...

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Congrats to Dr. Jason Miech!

Posted by on Jun 16, 2023 in Alumni, Posts

Congrats to GRAB Lab alumni Dr. Jason Miech on the successful defense of his PhD in Chemistry from the School of Molecular Science at Arizona State University. Jason did a lot of really inspiring lab work and field work in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry. Congrats!

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Donalissa Alphonse ’24 – Research One Day at a Time

Posted by on Jun 16, 2023 in Posts, Student News

As the summer starts, Donalissa looks forward to what research has to offer. It is so refreshing to work in the lab alongside her GRAB lab team members. As she continues to work with gold nanoparticles, she has found methods to efficiently attach single stranded DNA in only 1 day! After some minor set-backs, Donalissa has progressed and grown more...

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